Artist Draws Photorealistic Paintings Using Only His Fingers
Milian-based artist Paolo Troilo creates impressive photo realistic paintings using only his fingers. Troilo’s trademark works in black and white color schemes often feature emotion-ridden portraits of...
View ArticleTender, Playful Expressions Of Birds Captured In ‘Human-Like’ Photographs
Bird-lover and photographer Leila Jeffreys merged both her loves in this series of touching photographs. Sydney-based Jeffreys always felt close to animals since she was young, as she used to rescue...
View ArticleRare, Incredible Portraits Of Native Americans From The Early 1900s
Photographer Edward S. Curtis set out across the United States in 1906 to document the lives of Native Americans.Curtis returned about 20 years later with more than 40,000 photographs. He then used...
View ArticleJapanese Photographer Airs His Family’s ‘Dirty Laundry’ In Revealing Snaps
Japanese photographer Motoyuki Daifu has an interesting set of snapshots that air his family’s ‘dirty laundry’. The set, titled “Project Family”, shows the home he shares with his parents and siblings...
View ArticleIn Shadow Art: Doll Parts ‘Reveal’ Figures In Suggestive Positions
Virginia-based, Korean artist Bohyun Yoon has put together an intriguing suspended art installation called, ‘Unity’. The work features fragmented pieces of dolls suspended in mid-air. They are then...
View ArticleBalloon Artist Creates Humungous Double Helix Sculpture With 10,000 Balloons
‘Pisces’ is a 40-foot-tall double helix balloon structure designed by artist Jason Hackenwerth.Commissioned by the Edinburgh International Science Festival", the 10,000-balloon art sculpture took the...
View ArticleLEGO Artist ‘Re-Invents’ Book Cover Of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’
Bruce Lowell is a LEGO artist and he is responsible for ‘re-inventing’ the front cover of the ever-popular children's book classic, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ (by Eric Carle), with the clever use of...
View ArticlePentagram Alum Creates The Idea Alphabet, An Idea In An Alphabet
UK-based designer Jordan Blyth has created an intelligent series of typographic observations, based on the letters of the English alphabet. The Idea Alphabet is a marriage of typography and graphic...
View ArticleDocumentary Pays Visual Tribute To Typography In Film Opening Sequences
[Click here to view the video in this article] Digital media institute Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule has made a sleek short film that recounts the evolution of title design in film. The...
View ArticleArtist Makes Notes About The Wastage Of Time, In Candid Letterpress Series
Portland-based Alyson Provax is an artist that isn't afraid to express her thoughts about the wastage of time. In her stark and honest letterpress series called, ‘Time Wasting Experiment’, Provax makes...
View ArticlePentagram-Designed Chess Set Debuts At Tournament, In London
Pentagram partner Daniel Weil has contributed a new chess set design to the world of chess. It will join the ranks of the original Staunton chess set, which has been the standard thus far.Weil's chess...
View ArticleForget The Aquarium, Keep Fish In ‘Ice Cubes’ Instead
Arthur Xin has designed an Ice Cube Tank that, when filled with live fish, cleverly makes it look as though the owner has weird frozen-fish fetishes. On closer inspection, one will discover that it is...
View ArticleLOL: What Cat Owners Think About
After featuring Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation and GPS Technology, we came across another funny excerpt from the book—a pie chart detailing a breakdown of cat owners’ thoughts. Illustrated...
View ArticleDesigner Literally Creates A Storm In A Teacup With Device That Reflects Weather
London-based freelance designer Mark McKeague has created an incredible device that can literally stir up a storm in a tea cup. Aptly named “Storm In A Teacup”, the device reflects three elements of...
View ArticleConverse Ad Shows That People Who Wear Sneakers Have More Fun
[Click here to view the video in this article] The message of classic sneaker brand Converse’s new ad is simple: shoes are boring, wear sneakers if you want to have more fun. The “Shoes Are Boring”...
View ArticleA Hilarious But Useful Armpit Map Of The London Tube
Considering the amount of time one spends staring at others’ armpits during crowded subway commutes, that unglamorous anatomical zone could be viewed as a highly visible “public space”. Graphic design...
View ArticleA Bed Cover Printed With Pictures Of Yawning People Will Lull You To Sleep
If you have trouble getting to sleep, the following product is made with you in mind.Dutch bedding company Snurk has created “the world’s most sleep-inducing” duvet cover set that will hopefully send...
View ArticleTwitter Is Looking For A 'Tweeter' To Manage Its Twitter
Do you love Twitter? Would you call yourself a “power user” with active knowledge of its tools and services? If ‘yes’ is your answer, Twitter might want you to manage its Twitter account. The...
View ArticleFacebook Shows How ‘Home’ Makes It Easier To Be Distracted
[Click here to view the video in this article] For its third Facebook Home ad, the social networking giant’s employees and Mark Zuckerberg gather to show how the easy it is to tune your boss out. The...
View ArticleInfographic: Why Do We Love Cats So Much?
Cats. The internet loves them—but why? Is it their cute fluffy faces? Or their adoring ability to fit in tight spaces? In an infographic by Bestsociologyprograms.com, it seeks to explain our...
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