Inspiring

July 10, 2019

7 Women Built Their Dream Retirement Home to Live Their Last Days Together

Many people worry about becoming lonely with old age, but a group of 7 girlfriends in Guangzhou, China made a pact to live out their last days together. They decided to pull together 4 million yuan ($580,000) to turn an old 700-square-meter house into their dream retirement home. Set in the green hills of suburban Guangzhou, their three-story communal home has ample room for group gatherings on the ground floor, while upstairs has private rooms.

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May 22, 2019

97-Year-Old Grandpa Saves Village by Painting Buildings with Colorful Art

A little over 10 years ago, a then-86-year-old Huang Yung-fu faced a dilemma. The Taiwanese government was threatening to knock down his village, as he was the last remaining resident, in attempts to build a more modern apartment complex. He was offered money to pack up his home and move elsewhere, but couldn't bear the thought of leaving the only home he'd ever known in Taiwan. That's when he started painting.

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April 5, 2019

Interview: People Wear Inner Thoughts on Their Skin for Mental Health Awareness

In a powerful new portrait series, photographer Charlie Clift aims to spark a conversation about mental health. Let's Talk asks ordinary people who have suffered from mental health issues to open themselves up and share what goes on inside their minds. Their words are then transformed into artistic hand lettering across their skin by artist Kate Forrester, allowing their inner thoughts to come out in Clift's moving portraits.

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March 23, 2019

Creative Billboards Cleverly Encourage People to Use Less Water

How do you encourage people to use less water? This was a quandary that Denver Water hired the creative agency Sukle to help solve. For over a decade, they came up with clever advertising campaigns that inspired the citizens of Mile High City to be mindful of the amount of water they use. At the start of their campaign, they had a ten-year goal of reducing water consumption by 22%.

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My Modern Met

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