Photography
May 13, 2012

London’s Puddles Reflect the City’s Beauty

London is known to be a rainy town, which isn't thought to be an ideal location for uplifting inspiration, but Londoner Gavin Hammond finds captivating beauty in his city's soaked streets. Hammond's series entitled London in Puddles depicts a somber yet intriguing view of the damp town, focusing on puddles that reflect its surrounding citizens and architecture.

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Art
May 11, 2012

Living Grass Portraits by Ackroyd & Harvey

Surrey, England-based Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey take something we all take for granted, grass, and turn it into a fascinating medium for artistic expression. Their unique portraits are created by exposing plots of seedling grass to light through a custom-made negative, making the grass grow in different shades, from yellow to green. Basically, they harness the process of photosynthesis and capture chlorophyll to fix images to growing grass.

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Art
May 9, 2012

Daniel Buren’s Rainbow Colored Forest

Ready for a fantastic installation that will make you want to hop on a plane to Paris? French conceptual artist Daniel Buren presents Excentrique(s), an incredibly beautiful exhibit at the Grand Palais. Rainbow colored disks act like trees one walks underneath. It's part of Monumenta, an annual art project now in its fifth year, that dares an artist of international stature to overtake one of the French capital's most monumental buildings.

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Houses
May 8, 2012

Tokyo’s Modern Transparent House

One of these houses is not like the others. This house in Tokyo by Sou Fujimoto Architects, known as House NA, stands out with its modern and transparent style. The building is unlike its neighboring houses in its appearance and structure. The interior of the residence has hardly any walls. The house boasts large glass windows for plenty of daylight, but the downside seems to be a lack of privacy.

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My Modern Met

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