Major Historical Events Illustrated With Their Date Numbers
Illustrating 50 historical dates with typography, an excellent project created by designers Levan Patsinashvili and David Babiashvili, who portray the numbers in a creative way, reflecting the events of each date. From the sinking of the Titanic to the Boston Tea Party, through the birth of Microsoft or the assassination of Kennedy, a clever and nice way to learn history! Continue reading »
Photographer Documents Stay-At-Home Dads And Their Kids In Sweden
Johan Bävman is a talented Swedish photojournalist, who worked as a staff photographer at Sydsvenskan, one of the largest newspapers in Sweden. When Johan‘s son Viggo was born three years ago, he decided to take a deeper look at his country’s extremely generous parental leave policies. Continue reading »
This Couple Invites Brown Bear Along To Their Very Special Ceremony
Photo by Olga Barantseva
Denis and Nelya, both 30, from Moscow, Russia invited brown bear Stepan (previously) along to their very special ceremony. As well as witnessing the couple exchange vows, the bear also played the role of registrar at one point. Continue reading »
Drivers In This Chinese City Are Rat-Proofing Their Cars
People living in the city of Nanning in southern China have had to rat-proof their cars recently because the rat population in the city is growing. The DIY solution to this problem is to create what’s being called “a skirt” made out of cloth and bamboo which keeps the rats out. Continue reading »
Retired Ladies Live Their Dreamlife In A Cosy Forest House Designed By A Japanese Architect
Have you wondered how you’ll spend your retired days? I’ll give you an idea. A genius Japanese architect created an unique home for 2 retired ladies with their caretaker and a cook.
Issei Suma is known for his intriguing buildings, but this structure shaped like 5 tents are really eye catching, due to the harmonious flow and the design that perfectly combined minimalism with an ecological style. The building features a spiral-shaped indoor pool and a common kitchen for both ladies. This 100 square m complex is called “Jikka” and is located in the Japanese mountains Shizuoka Prefecture. Though the 3D structure appears like a tent, the plans are perfect squares and they overlap one another. So, how does the house of your dreams look like? Continue reading »
Cat Helps Lost Hikers Find Their Way In The Swiss Mountains
Redditor sc4s2cg shared some photos of an interesting cat they met while in Switzerland. He got lost while hiking and the cat was nice enough to help him find his way back to the hostel. Other redditors noted that they’ve run into the same cat before and that she helped them find their way home too. Continue reading »
Bloggers Show How Their ‘Ideal’ Instagram Photographs Are Taken
British Wren Kitchens asked five popular bloggers to show what is hidden behind their ‘ideal’ food photographs from Instagram, PetaPixel writes. The photographs that they published show how cropping and choosing the right angle can embellish reality and help create a beautiful picture. Continue reading »
Portraits Of Homeless People And Their Dreams Of Old
Photo © by Horia Manolache
For his new project The Prince and the Pauper, San Francisco-based photographer Horia Manolache connected with homeless people, learned their stories, and shot two portraits of each of them: the first shows them as they are now, and the second portrait shows them in the life or career they had once dreamed about. Continue reading »
Artists Turn Their Children’s Drawings Into Jewelry To Preserve Their Creativity
Yasemin Erdin has been working with children art for more than 5 years, encouraging their creativity and making it visible to the public. And now she’s found a partner in the form of sculptor and goldsmith Özgür Karavit, who joined her in turning children’s drawings into timeless jewelry. Continue reading »
Compare Orcs And Their Actors In “Warcraft: The Beginning”
In Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ “Warcraft: The Beginning,” the filmmakers went back into the past to introduce the origins of Warcraft and then took a giant step forward with their use of special effects, computer generated imagery, and motion capture technology to tell that story in the most believable way. Continue reading »
Photographer And Her Friends Reclaim Their African Roots In Visually Striking Portraits
Image courtesy of Atong Atem
25 year-old South Sudanese, Melbourne based photographer Atong Atem discusses Studio Series, a series of portraits inspired by vintage African studio photography. With these images, Atong and her friends, who posed as her subjects and who all live in Australia, aim to celebrate the culture of their countries of origin in Africa. Continue reading »
We Can’t Stop Looking At These Drawings By Artists Reimagining Their Art As Famous Cartoons
There’s a new challenge among artists who use Instagram called the #stylechallenge. It has nothing to do with personal style or the way they dress, and everything to do with their artistic precision. The idea behind the hashtag is for artists to draw the same figure multiple times — once in their own artistic style, and then a number of times in the styles of some of the most popular animated shows on television today. Continue reading »
Classic Cars Vs. Their Modern Versions
There’s nothing like a classic car to give you that old taste where a car was a dirty rough machine that made you feel alive. Or maybe there’s nothing like a shiny, high power fully computerise car that look more like a spaceship than a car that makes you feel like an elite or some VIP. To each is own we guess, but we are sure there is no argument about awesome cars, in general, no matter which year, there’s something about awesome cars that get your blood pumping and the fantasies going. Below are a few examples of awesome car models the way they were in the past and how they look now. Continue reading »
Couple Travels Country In Their Tiny House They’d Built Themselves For Under $20,000
Alexis Stephens and Christian Parsons are an ordinary couple who built an extraordinary house for themselves, which is just 130 square feet (12 square meters) big and has wheels. The house has a rustic cabin, a kitchen, two lofts, a bathroom and a shower, and most materials in it are recycled. They built this house in an attempt to simplify their surroundings. The couple is now travelling across North America, meeting with tiny home owners communities, collecting stories, and documenting tiny house projects for a feature film.Take a look inside the couple’s amazing tiny house. Continue reading »
Pandas Get To Know Their Wild Side
Pandas are one of the world’s most beloved bears, an animal that is not only adorable to many, but also a cultural icon, an economic mainstay and a source of national pride in China – the only country in which these Asian bears still survive. Continue reading »
Parents Found A Great Way To Comfort Their Son Who Lost His Favorite Toy
When a little boy lost his favorite toy he was heartbroken… So, his parents told him that his toy wasn’t lost but that he went travelling around the world. Than his parents wrote about this on Reddit asking everybody who knew how to use Photoshop to make this “toy traveling” story real. Well, Reddit delivered. Continue reading »
German Beer Ad Shows Men Cradling Their Beer Bellies Like Pregnant Moms
German beer company has decided to take an honest approach to their advertising, and as you can see, the result is as refreshing as a cold beer on a hot day. Continue reading »
This Woman Turned Her Friend’s Home Into A Cat Paradise For Their 7 Kitties
“In February, 2014 my friend Eliza and her partner Tiffany bought their first house together. After seeing a few photos she posted on Facebook, I knew I wanted to help catify their incredible new home for their seven cats,” Rebecca Mountain shared with Bored Panda. Continue reading »
Beautiful Colorized Photos Of Immigrants in Their Traditional Dresses At The Ellis Island Immigration Station In The Early 20th Century
The photographs were taken by an immigration official named Augustus Frederick Sherman. He took photographs of immigrants who were being detained for further interrogation, whether for medical or other reasons. Some would be permitted to stay while others would be forced to return to the homes they risked so much to leave. Continue reading »
Police Sketches Of 15 Literary Characters Based On Their Book Descriptions
It’s a complaint you hear time and time again from readers when beloved books are adapted into films: The actors don’t match the mental image conjured up by the book’s description. So illustrator Brian Joseph Davis decided to see exactly what kind of faces those descriptions would create by using a law enforcement composite sketch software called FACES ID. Continue reading »
With Fire On Their Blades: The Dark Fantasy Character Art Of Eve Ventrue
Superb fantasy character art from German concept artist and illustrator Eve Ventrue. Eve Ventrue has been a professional digital artist since 2009 and works in the video game and movie industry. Eve’s clients include Aaron Sims Company, MOOD, LiK Studios, Mackevision, Applibot, CROOZ and PIPER Press. Her incredible fantasy and sci-fi themed creations have also featured in art publications 2d Artist and ImagineFX Magazine. Continue reading »
Military Dads Have Tea With Their Daughters In Touching Photo Series
Lieutenant Navy Officer Andrew Bradstreet and Aliya. © Vanessa Hicks Photography
As a mom and Navy veteran, Vanessa Hicks knows that military family life can be challenging. That’s why she decided to celebrate the bond between military parents and their kids. Continue reading »
“I Asked My Friends Who The Most Beautiful Girl From Their Country Was…”
Online surveys are an extremely popular way of collecting data today. And one guy, a fan of computer games, used this method in a very intriguing way. He asked his numerous fellow gamers to send him a photo of the most beautiful woman from their country. The response was amazing, as he received loads of pictures featuring famous actresses, models, musicians, public figures, and even a photo of one monarch’s wife — every woman had something beautiful about her. Continue reading »
Saddle Shoes In Their Highest Popularity Period – One Of Favorite Fashion Styles Of Young Girls From Between The 1920s And 1950s
Saddle shoes were usually worn with white sport socks, and leg coverings varied from shorts to jeans and skirts or dresses. Although designed for both men and women, saddle shoes were worn by most of young girls in their highest popularity period. And they were also one of youth’s favorite fashion styles from the 1920s to 1950s. Continue reading »
25 People That Accidentally Dressed Like Their Surroundings
Maybe it was a glitch in the matrix, maybe its just a case of being in the right place at the right time – who really knows?
Perhaps the fashion designers and textile manufactures became bored at constantly having to think of bold new patterns, prints and designs so they essentially made for the entire world replicating them on everything. Whatever the story behind these synchronized fashion faux-pas there’s more than a few that will have you laughing out loud. Continue reading »
