Art

May 16, 2013

Cracked Egg Lamp Inspires New Architectural Designs

Broken Egg is an eye-catching lighting fixture mimicking a cracked egg by designer Ingo Maurer. The fantastic and intriguing design, first introduced as a ceramic table lamp in 1996, has inspired a new architectural project, allowing visitors to actually enter a massive oval-shaped venue. The egg-shaped structure is set to be built at Art Park in Inhotim, Brazil, boasting a futuristic space reminiscent of classic sci-fi films.

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May 15, 2013

Powerful Contemporary Oil Portraits by Mark Demsteader

Looking at these paintings is like staring through a foggy window on a rainy day. Soft emotion in blurry form pours out of these feminine portraits by artist Mark Demsteader. The Manchester-based contemporary figurative artist is a self-taught master of the human form. His oil on canvas pieces feature pale figures set against a dark background. The dramatic contrast produces an elegant beauty that has captivated his audience in recent years.

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May 14, 2013

Color Saturated Beauty by Neil Krug

Neil Krug blurs the line between art and photography with his latest series “The Young One.” LoveCat Magazine paired the Los Angeles-based photographer with gorgeous model Lauren Marie Young for an editorial that will soon be released. The photos shown here are the outtakes that Krug did not submit to the magazine because he ended up shooting more than he needed for the spread. In Krug's words, “the best is yet to come.

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May 10, 2013

Man Finds Incredibly Detailed Pen Drawings on Styrofoam Cup

On a routine visit to his car dealership in Norman, Oklahoma, Redditor SquishyMcPhee came across a styrofoam cup that had been left behind by a former customer, but he immediately knew that it was no ordinary cup. The tiny container was covered in intricately crafted doodles with a simple ballpoint pen. Every inch of the cup is meticulously designed with patterns, text, and characters, as though it were a premeditated execution.

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