Art
October 15, 2012

Spectacular Floating Jellyfish Aquarium at Portland Airport

Multi-disciplinary artist Sayuri Sasaki Hemann brings underwater jellyfish worlds to the surface in this ongoing project entitled Urban Aquarium. Growing up, the artist and her family relocated many times between Japan, Australia, and Romania. Often feeling displaced within these new environments and new languages, Hemann says “I naturally found refuge in using my hands and making art.

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DIY
October 12, 2012

10 Creative DIY Halloween Ideas Found on Pinterest

With Halloween right around the corner, today we thought it would be fun to put together some of the most popular DIY Halloween ideas we found on Pinterest. For the past few months we've been collecting these pins in our board Cool DIY Projects, which currently has almost 1.5 million followers (all by itself). It's our hope that you'll incorporate some of these spooktacular ideas during this year's Halloween.

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Art
October 10, 2012

Historical Figures Recreated Using Random Postcards

Malaysia-born artist Amir Zainorin reflects on the status of the world, both socially and economically, in his Postcard to… series. Each large-scale wall collage features dozens, if not hundreds, of postcards that echo the bust of three major visual fixtures from international currency–George Washington (USA), Queen Elizabeth (UK), and Mao Zedong (China).

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Architecture
October 6, 2012

Magnificent Five-Story Book Mountain Library

Architecture firm MVRDV designed this magnificent library called Book Mountain, literally a mountain of books covered by a glass shell. The public library, located in Spijkenisse near Rotterdam, sits in the market square and serves as an invitation for visitors to come in and take a gander at the giant selection of interesting books shelved within the five-story structure. The building is formed out of brick, glass, and wood, and is shaped like a pyramid.

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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.