Art
April 25, 2011

Giant House of Cards Sculpture

Auckland-based designer Fletcher Vaughan believes that the second half of the 20th century was a wild party, full of gas-guzzling cars, cheap energy, and vast personal wealth from a booming economy. Fast forward to today and we are waking up to a nasty hangover, facing the consequences of last night's excess. To represent the the precarious balancing act we are performing with our planet, he created this giant house of cards installation titled Collapse.

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Art
April 22, 2011

Geometric Japanese Art

When it comes to geometry many of us cringe at the thought of it. Tokyo-born artist Ray Morimura not only embraces it, he is wonderful at creating art that celebrates it! His beautiful woodblock prints are known to be filled with abstract geometric forms and beautiful pastel colors.

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Art
April 15, 2011

Embroidered Book Covers

For two months, Illustrator and cartoonist Jillian Tamaki worked on a very cool project with Penguin Classics. She hand embroidered three literary classics in her signature style! (The covers actually wrap around and include french flaps.) To really understand the level of detail and the amount of patience this project must have required, check out the making-of photos on her blog.

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Photography
April 11, 2011

Somewhere in My Surreal Dreams by Luis Beltran, Part 2

Valencia, Spain-based photographer Luis Beltran just sent us word that he's just launched a new website that's chock full of his most beautiful work. Months ago, we posted on Beltran's storytelling photo manipulations in a post titled Somewhere in My Surreal Dreams. As the stunning follow-up, please enjoy this collection which includes some new and never-before-seen pieces. (In fact, the first photo in this post was just finished just last weekend.)

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My Modern Met

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