Photography
December 7, 2010

Highly Creative Self-Portraits (16 photos)

Don't call Pierre Beteille an artist or photographer. Why? Because he doesn't believe he's either one of those things. As an art director for the last eight years, Beteille (aka Monkeyman) sees his self-portraits as a way to creatively express himself, a way to make the ideas in his head come to life. He simply calls it – “just making images.” Beteille uses Photoshop, Lightroom and sometimes Illustrator to create these fantastic works of art.

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Art
December 4, 2010

Homeless Street Art (10 pieces)

Street artist Michael Aaron Williams purposely puts up his homeless street people in places where others will find them. He doesn't glue them up, rather, he simply tapes them to the walls so that anyone who passes by might want to stop, take them off the wall, and bring them home. And if no one does? “They will cease to exist,” Williams says.

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Art
November 29, 2010

3D Holographic Glass Paintings (16 pieces)

Columbian artist Yosman Botero likes to think beyond 2D. Painting on multiple Plexiglas sheets, he creates three-dimensional holographic images. The resulting works are full of depth, original, and intriguing. I caught up with Yosman to ask him a few questions: Can you please give us a brief description about yourself? I was born in Cucuta, a little town placed at the north of Colombia.

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Design
November 25, 2010

Teaching Design for Change: TED

I was really moved by this TED Talk by designer Emily Pilloton. It's intriguing to hear how design can be used to teach different subjects at school and how that could lead to rebuilding a whole city. Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation.

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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.