Art
August 7, 2013

Artist Tracks Her Own Kinetic Movement Directly Onto Paper

New Orleans-based visual artist Heather Hansen explores the combined art of painting and movement for her experimental project titled Emptied Gestures. Like a kinetic performance piece, the artist uses her own body to illustrate action on a two-dimensional surface. Rather than using any brushes or other tools to protect herself, Hansen gets down and dirty, shifting the dark pigment with her own body.

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Design
August 5, 2013

Futuristic Magnetic Dumbbell Concept

What is the worst part of weight training? Some might argue that it is the weights themselves. However, traditional dumbbells may soon become a thing of the past. The future is now molded by the concept of electromagnetism or so says the O2 Magnetic Dumbbell. The two small rings worn by the user above and below the elbow are powered by embedded electromagnets that provide a push and pull resistance.

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Art
August 5, 2013

Ghostly Silhouettes of People as Faint Memories

Fleeted Happenings is a series by photographer Andrew Lyman that presents portraits of people who appear like ghostly figures on Earthy landscapes. The Savannah, Georgia-based artist's collection explores “the transcendence of memory through time in relation to space.” Like a scene from one's own memory, each frame presents a dim, translucent snapshot of these people yearning to recall their time in a specific location.

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Art
July 31, 2013

Cute Dress Design Created Out of Old Book Pages

If you are always looking for something good to read, then this dress is for you! Redditor jorimoo recently created this detailed garment design completely out of the pages of an old book. Rather than leaving them to collect dust on a shelf, this seems like as good a purpose as any for pages that are, in this digital world, becoming more and more obsolete.

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My Modern Met

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