Art
August 8, 2012

Intricately Cut Flowers Sprout Out of Paper Money

New York-based artist Yuken Teruya was commissioned by the New York Times to create this piece entitled Green Economy. The article, written by Paul Krugman, asks the main question, “Is it possible to make drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions without destroying our economy?” To complement the New York Times informative article, Teruya cut these very precise nature designs that appear to be rising up out of variations of these thin, paper, international monetary notes.

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Art
August 4, 2012

Artist’s Mother Inspires Beautiful Butterfly Installation

Late last year, artist Taegan Roberts created this beautiful installation at a youth art exhibition in Geelong (a city in Victoria, Australia) called “Peel Your Eyes.” Lit underneath with just one white light, 1,000 origami butterflies are stunningly soaring up to the ceiling. Called “Alis Volat Propis” (or “She Flies With Her Own Wings”), the installation is dedicated to the artist's mother who lost her own mother when she was young.

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Design
August 2, 2012

Amazing Stage Filled With Gigantic Fairy Tale Books

If you were at this year's massive Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, which took place for three days at the end of June, you may have witnessed the incredibly amazing main stage. ID&T, the Dutch production company behind the event, pulled out all the stops to entertain the over 65,000 attendees (that's just for one day). Touted as one of the world's largest music festival, Tomorrowland is known for their unique fantasy amusement park setting.

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