Design

November 21, 2011

Indoor Jacuzzi Floor

How nice would it be to come home to this? We've all seen the Manhattan townhouse with the indoor pool and now we present an Australian apartment with an indoor jacuzzi! This funky apartment was designed by the creative minds at West Phillips Architects. With the simple use of a winch attached to the ceiling, the user easily pulls the glass cover off the jacuzzi to enjoy a relaxing dip.

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November 19, 2011

Beautifully Decomposing Frames

Perfection is overrated. In works of art, it's the flaws that we truly appreciate. Brooklyn-based artist Valerie Hegarty should know, her installations revolve around the destruction of beautifully framed artwork. Each demolished painting and decomposing frame only contributes to the intrigue. The bubbling decay and weathered remains, of what we can only assume was once a solid form of art, make for an even more engrossing installation.

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November 10, 2011

Nature-Infused Human Beings

New York-based artist Matt Wisniewski creates mixed media images that are beautifully refreshing. His digital art collages create a stunning fashion and nature mash-up. The artist manipulates photos he finds on Tumblr to incorporate both the beauty of the human form and the beauty of nature. The surreal visual experiments, currently featured on Wisniewski's own Tumblr entitled Five Minutes to Live, depict a variety of natural elements as an extension of the photos' subjects.

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November 7, 2011

Best Halloween Costume: Carl from Up

Yes, we all saw some pretty ingenious costumes hit the web this past Halloween, but did you see anything as adorable as this? Cutest costume belongs to little baby Rizden, whose photographer mom, Stephanie Read, dressed him up as Carl Fredricksen, the grumpy old man from the 2009 Pixar film Up. “These were taken at our Church Trunk or Treat last week,” Read says. “Dan (her husband) was sick.

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