Design
January 17, 2012

Playfully Creative Balloon Lamp

How wonderfully whimsical is this? For lighting company Estiluz, CrousCalogero has designed a beautiful balloon-shaped lamp that's perfect for lighting up any room. With its playful design, the lamp would be absolutely perfect for a child's room or even a nursery. Casting a soft white glow and available as a suspension lamp or a wall lamp, it measures 10 1/4″ across and 13 1/4″ tall. Best part?

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Art
January 15, 2012

Magnificent Date Stamp Artwork

That's not a photograph or a painting you're looking at. It's actually made using something many people have sitting in their office – a normal date stamp. Berlin-based artist Federico Pietrella layers ink dates to create the gradients desired for the scene so that when viewed from a distance, they all blend together, revealing an impressive portrait or city scene.

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Art
January 12, 2012

Elaborate Art on an Office Whiteboard

Data manager Bill Taylor has found new ways of using everyday office supplies to reconnect with art and to jazz up his North Carolina cubicle. “Some people put up pictures and newspaper articles. Maybe calendars or stuffed animals. Perhaps I will get around to those things. For now, I just draw on the whiteboard.

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Art
January 10, 2012

Remarkable Geometric Human Figures by Antony Gormley

World-renowned sculptor Antony Gormley creatively reconstructs the human form. The British artist's works, which have flourished over a 40-year time span, revolve around the human body, focusing not so much on the accuracy of the anatomy as the abstraction of the figures and an audience's interaction with the structures. (If you're a New Yorker, you may recall Gormley's statues that littered the area around Madison Square Park, on solid ground and atop skyscrapers, in 2010.)

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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.