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Illuminated Giant Fish Made From Discarded Plastic Bottles

It is stated by the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio=20) between 60 and 80% of debris in the sea are from plastic products. Quite sad…in order to encourage people to think about recycling as means for protecting the earth’s limited natural resources, artists came together in collaboration and built the UN Conference three huge fish out…

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Added by Danielle on June 29, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

A Matter of Taste By Fulvio Bonavia

It is said that food and beauty have long gone hand in hand, and it’s understandable. In the visual world we are ruled by taste, it taps into the heart of our relationship with food…it is universal and speaks to us all. But what about fashion? I feel that it does exactly the same, I’d rather have a handbag that accentuates yummy food than I would a plain black boring…

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Added by Danielle on June 27, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Maximo Riera: Whale Chair

How many times do we think about the fact that we need to understand how to responsibly sustain our marine life population in order to prevent a decline in our earth’s endangered species? Not that often, I know I don’t, but Maximo Riera a spanish designer has recently completed the final piece to his animal chair collection. This last and stunning edition…

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Added by Danielle on June 26, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

A Book of Beards

Nowadays we are generally exposed to the short style beard or none at all! Here in this book “A book of beards” by Justin James Muir is a nonprofit project that includes 86 different types of beards that have been seen throughout the years, as well as 18 written contributions. I guess that for the time they really are stunning, but for nowadays, trending…

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Added by Danielle on June 25, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Celebrities in the Renaissance

Ok so wow, my mind has totally been blown away, and yours will too! Artists from the creative website worth1000.com experimented with celebrities, but not just any experiment. They have tried to ‘catch the moment” by taking famous paintings and adding celebrities in main roles. I am absolutely astounded, and seem to prefer these celebrities, take a look!…

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Added by Danielle on June 21, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Aqueous Electro By Mark Mawson

I have fallen in love with the colours but even more so with how these were created. Uk photographer Mark Mawson explores colour, ink and water with his new collection of photographs titled “Aqueous Electro” The photos are the fourth in a series including “Aqueous Floreau”,”Aqueous I”, and “Aqueous II”.…

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Added by Danielle on June 19, 2012 at 6:00 — 2 Comments

Dupli Casa | J. Mayer H.

The phenomenal geometry of the Dupli Casa designed by J.Mayer H is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site, originally built in 1984, many extensions and modifications have been added since then. The stunning new building echoes the “family archeology” by duplication and rotation. Lifted up, it creates a semi-public space on ground level between two…

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Added by Danielle on June 17, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Philip Karlberg's Celebrity Pin Art Portraits

Jackie O Wearing Burberry Sunglasses

Swedish Photographer and artist Philip Karlberg took on the challenge of arranging over a thousand wooden pegs on several boards known as “pin art” whereby each of the pegs-in-holes when pieced together shows several famous faces wearing…

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Added by Danielle on June 15, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Philosophy posters By Max Temkin

For this post I came across some amazing inspirational quotes and really felt that I needed to share them. Chicago-based graphic designer Max Temkin has created a series of 10 philosophy posters with quotes from some of the world’s greatest thinkers…

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Added by Danielle on June 13, 2012 at 6:00 — 1 Comment

A couture upcycled origami gown made with 1000 paper cranes

Every week newspapers come out, we read them and then we recycle or throw them away. But Ukranian artist Yuliya Krypo has a different take on the newspaper world. Ask her and she just might make you a couture gown. Krypo hand folded 1000 paper cranes from old recycled Metro newspapers, which are free and daily, so she had quite a…

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Added by Danielle on June 10, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Deep-Fried Gadgets By Henry Hargreaves

Brooklyn based photographer Henry Hargreaves teamed up with food stylist Caitlin Levin and deep-fried a series of electronic equipment called "Deep-Fried Gadgets". The series can be taken as a critique on consumerist culture whereby working technological devices…

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Added by Danielle on June 8, 2012 at 6:00 — 2 Comments

Maurizio Anzeri's Photo Embroidery

When it comes to sewing, I have absolutely no idea on what takes place and even how it does so, so don’t take any advice from me. The person that I would turn to is Maurizio Anzeri, most well-known for his “hair sculptures” is also a talented sewer. He makes colourful embroidery on vintage photographs, bringing them to life.…

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Added by Danielle on June 6, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Jose Romussi's Embroidered Dancers

I have never really been a ballerina fan, but the work of Jose Romussi a Chilean mixed media artist has most definitely turned me into a fan. He makes use of vintage black and white photographs of ballerinas and brings them to life through embroidering colourful thread over the costumes. A playful and new way of using mixed media he creates astounding…

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Added by Danielle on June 4, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Adam Martinakis Digital Art

Adam Martinakis is a digital artist as well as an interior designer and his work is out of this world! He mainly works on 3D through creating digital environments and scenes that are far from normal.

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Added by Danielle on May 30, 2012 at 6:00 — 3 Comments

Everything is a remix | Popular Movie Poster Cliches

Have you ever thought that many movies have the same story lines? Or that you swear you have seen that specific movie before? Or even that you swear you have seen the movie by resemblance of a cover but in actual fact you haven’t. I most certainly have, most movies have a similar story line, or some even the same, producers and directors…

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Added by Danielle on May 28, 2012 at 6:00 — 1 Comment

X-Ray Fashion Photography by Nick Veasey

Nick Veasey a British photographer uses industrial X-ray machines to create incredible photos of everyday objects. In his recent series, Veasey attuned his focus to finding an antidote to the “obsession appearance” through revealing the beauty within. His work comments on society’s increasing paranoia and control by security and surveillance. He states that “To…

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Added by Danielle on May 26, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

iPanties - Slide To Unlock

The words on everybody’s...and I mean everybody’s lips are iPhone this, iPad that. But one thing that has come to the forefront of the "i" industry are the 'Slide to unlock' iPanties: They are thongs that come in black and white and are made from 100% pure cotton. They are a hilarious take on the iPhone whereby the plays on words are displayed on the front of the panties.…

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Added by Danielle on May 23, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Colour of Beats

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Added by Danielle on May 21, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Louis Vuitton – Animal Leather Series

No animal permits, gardens or any inspections needed whatsoever to take these home with you! Louis Vuitton commissioned British Artist Billie Achilleos to work on four animals for the launch of My Monogram service on Small Leather Goods. The 30 piece collection…

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Added by Danielle on May 18, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments

Sean Avery creates animal sculptures from shattered CDs

In my books, when things get recycled, somehow they tend to become more creative in the process, for instance: Australian artist Sean Avery builds stunning sculptures from old CD’s and obsolete computer parts. In his latest series, he transforms the shattered remains of old CD’s into feathered and furry animals. Avery states “I blend many different…

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Added by Danielle on May 16, 2012 at 6:00 — No Comments


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