Design

August 31, 2017

Large Cross-Body Tattoos Celebrate the Delicate and Dangerous Parts of Nature

Talented tattooist and self-described “astral ruffian” Pony Reinhardt creates fanciful tattoos inspired by a range of flora and fauna. Large-scale and rendered in black ink, each nature tattoo exhibits the artist's distinctive style and fantastical approach to body art. Featuring an eclectic mix of elements found in the natural world—from earthly plants and animals to “lost and found nebulae” and astrological entities—Reinhardt's body of work depicts the diversity of her many muses.

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August 21, 2017

Designer Suspends Tiny Hidden Art Studio Under a Bridge

Plumber-turned-designer Fernando Abellanas has taken micro-dwelling to a whole new level with his new art studio, installed under a bridge in his hometown of Valencia, Spain. Showing incredible imagination and the ability to fabricate anything his mind conjures up, Abellanas suspends himself under the bridge, seeking solitude in an unexpected place. Abellanas, who runs the design label Lebrel, created this urban hideaway using the concrete underbelly of the bridge as a skeleton.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.