All Blog Posts Tagged 'art' (381)

Fascinating Photos of New York City Captured with a Bicycle

You have definitely seen photos taken inside a car or a train or any other wheeled transportation but have you ever saw one taken with a bicycle? Me neither. And this would be the first time that I actually saw one. Photographer Tom Olesnevich interestingly attached his DSLR…

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Added by C. on December 11, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Delicately Crafted Aerial Paper Artwork

Spring Breeze / 2004

This has got to be one of the most quaint and beautiful paper art installation you'll ever see. Japanese artist Yuko Takada Keller dainty artwork is a definitely head turner.

Yuko uses tracing paper for…

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Added by rd on December 10, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Artistic Illustrations Drawn Onto Photographs

Artist Johan Thornqvist took a simple take-a-picture from mobile phone to the next level. He came up with a clever idea to draw straight onto these photos and the results were indeed playful and somewhat adorable. Check them out after the jump! ♥

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Added by C. on December 10, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Heavenly Origami Installation by Elixr and Dream Interiors

Origami has in-explainable calming effect doesn't it? Especially when grouped together in several of colors.

Take for example this installation for Saturday in Design event by collaborating team Elixr and …

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Added by rd on December 8, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Patiently Drawn Intricate Map of London

It takes not just enough but an incredibly long thread of patience to draw a map with your bare hands. Well I guess, illustrator Jenni Sparks had a lot more than that when she worked pretty hard to complete this hand-drawn map of the old London town. Sparks was commissioned by art print retailer…

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Added by C. on December 8, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Craziest Client Requests Become Amusing Art

Designers, ever heard of that line coming from a clueless client? Leaves you speechless doesn't it? It's very difficult to answer these type of requests and not sound the least bit sarcastic. But you try your nicest. They say kids say the darnest things, well, clients too. Sometimes, even more so.

Seeing the bright side of this situation are Ireland based designers …

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Added by rd on December 7, 2012 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Striking Mimicry Chairs Installation by Nendo

Take a sneak peek of this unique installation by Nendo for London's Victoria and Albert Museum known to be the world's greatest musem of art and design.

The artist says:

For each location, we modified the chair to mimic the particular space and objects with which it was…

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Added by C. on December 6, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Astounding + Ever-changing Installation of 3500 Coloured Books

LOST & FOUND, ERROR #19 DE STUDIO, ANTWERPEN 2012

This unique art installation by Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof is composed of 3,500 pieces of coloured books. The physical installation measures about 4.10M x 2.30M and is arranged, destructed and re-arranged again to create a…

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Added by rd on December 4, 2012 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Hilarious Song Charts That Will Brighten Up Your Day

I candidly sang along with this one the first time I stumbled upon the site. Actually, the original post where I saw this was about the ten favorite song charts that I Love Charts has posted since it was created (first year and a half to be exact). And for my own post, I decided to rearrange the list based on my personal liking. Hope you would love…

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Added by C. on December 4, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Not-Your-Usual All-Time Favorite Sandcastles

Be amazed with these sandcastles created by artist Calvin Seibert who attempted to modify our all-time favorite pastime while hitting the beach. All I can say is that his works are great and they inspire me want to make one myself.

The artist says:

Time well spent I always have…

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Added by C. on December 1, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Picturesque Paint-Like Images

These photos are absolutely fantastic and you would not easily believe that these are actually pictures. For your precious information, these are not paintings. Unbelievable, huh?!? Yes, they are truly photos taken by Canadian photographer Matt Molloy. And how does he do it? The artist stacks hundreds of…

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Added by C. on November 28, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Brilliant Quilling Artwork of Yulia Brodskaya

Gladly through this post I learned something new and it is about the art of quilling which involves the use of thin strips of paper that can be rolled, shaped, and glued to the background. All I thought before was that quilling only involves stitching together different types of cloth (remember the movie How to make an American Quilt?) But ooooh! I searched through Google and…

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Added by C. on November 27, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Impressive Furnitures made from Shredded Magazines

Who ever said that shredded paper would still be as useful as these ones are? Apparently, someone said yes and that is Florence-based Belgian designer Jens Praet who came up with his collection of Shredded Magazine Furniture. Kilos of glossy leftover magazines…

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Added by C. on November 26, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Exceptionally-crafted Guitar from Whiskey Barrels

Seeing this guitar reminds me so much of a great song from The Beatles, entitled While My Guitar Gently Weeps which was composed by George Harrison. It sure has an interesting story with how…

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Added by C. on November 24, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Fascinating Paper Typography by Bianca Chang

Australia-based designer and artist Bianca Chang hand-cuts numerous sheets of 100% recycled paper using only a pencil, ruler, compass point and blade. The results are absolutely fabulous like the first artwork that you saw which was published as feature opener in May 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

The artist…

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Added by C. on November 23, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Adorable Pleated Dresses made from Vintage Maps

Last week, we featured a custom map wall mural for those who would want to give their homes a distinctive touch. Now, we have another post for map lovers out there (obviously I belong to this group). These small-scale, folded pleated dresses are made from old maps of San Francisco, Dublin, Conneticut,…

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Added by C. on November 20, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Clever Dancing Colors by Fabian Oefner

If Jack Long has breathtaking drops of paint while Mark Mawson has amazing aqueous electreau, then…

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Added by C. on November 20, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Marvelous Colorful Installation + 2500 Toy Cars

Men would surely love this installation and most probably women too. This installation dubbed as Car Atlas was created by artist David T Waller who used 2,500 toy cars colorful enough to make his work absolutely attractive and pleasant to the eyes. It would totally be so much fun if these cars were remote controlled by 2,500 people towards…

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Added by C. on November 17, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Crazy Giant Flower Sculpture Parade in Zundert

Every first Sunday of September, a wonderfully crazy parade of giant flower sculpture grace the streets of Zundert, a town in Noord Brabant, the Netherlands. A tradition which begun in 1936 that continues until today. Each of this stunning display contain thousands of carefully pieced…

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Added by rd on November 16, 2012 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Thrifty Sculptures Made From Pennies

Big things definitely come from small ones. A fitting example of this statement is what Philadelphia-based artist Stacey Lee Webber did with her sculptures. Webber considered using pennies for her God Bless America series and check out how magnificent the results came…

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Added by C. on November 16, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

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