Photography
June 1, 2011

Bouncy Ball Photography

Thank God someone captured that magical moment! Danish photographer Peter Funch was on hand when Sony let loose 250,000 colorful bouncy balls into the streets of San Francisco to launch their BRAVIA brand. Do you remember that commercial? Interesting fact: A team of 50 interns was on hand to gather up the balls for the six takes it took in the more than four days to film the advertisement!

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Art
May 28, 2011

Powerful Mixed Media Art

Christopher Lucania is an artist who uses some unlikely mediums. Sure they include more common items like acrylic, latex and oil, but he also adds in plaster, alcohol and large amounts of copy toner. “I also use a process of transferring manipulated images to the canvas.,” he tells us. “It involves a jigsaw of copied printouts that I fix to the canvas with a gel medium.

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Art
May 25, 2011

Persuasive Strip Advertising

Clever advertising has reached new heights! Dutch outdoor advertising company Interbest uses extremes to bring awareness to their billboard visibility. Here they used a male stripper to grab the attention of onlookers in a campaign that won them the Gold at the 2011 Clio Awards!An overweight male strips down in each billboard with the caption “The sooner you advertise, the better.

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Art
May 21, 2011

Miniature Star Wars Characters

Who doesn't love a good miniature drawing..especially of iconic Star Wars characters? Mikey Turvey's cute Lil' Star Wars illustrations have been a sensation on the Tumblr scene. They are incredibly cute and so wonderfully executed that we can't wait to see what Turvey has next up his sleeve!

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My Modern Met

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