Art
May 5, 2016

Food Artist Makes Adorably Edible Portraits of Pop Culture Icons

Most moms may teach their children not to play with their food–but Samantha Lee is not most moms. This Malaysia-based food artist transforms her two daughters' meals into clever portrayals of everyone's favorite pop culture icons, from cartoon characters like Wall-E and Wilma Flintstone to real-life icons like Audrey Hepburn and Frida Khalo.

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Photography
May 5, 2016

Early ‘Nature’ Highlights in the 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer Contest

The 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest is well underway and, so far, the search for the most powerful travel experiences to be caught on camera has yielded some amazing results. National Geographic has kindly allowed us to share these stunning submissions, which happen to be some of the recently released early entries in the Nature category, shot from all around the globe.

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Art
May 4, 2016

Artist Weaves Together Hundreds of Photos to Form Otherworldly Tribute to Nature

Artist Ysbel LeMay‘s collage composites draw the viewer into her ethereal kingdom. Created using hundreds of individual photographs merged into one, the Canadian-born artist  constructs her images piece by piece until she is happy with the final fusions. The resulting hypnotic composites weave fragments of plants, animals, and elements into “panoramas of natural splendour” that take cues from the real world but are ultimately something much more mystical.

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Style
May 4, 2016

Emma Watson’s Recycled Plastic Met Gala Gown Set a New Standard for Sustainable Style

For actress and activist Emma Watson, the future of fashion marries creativity with sustainability. At Monday night's Met Gala, in keeping with the Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology theme, Watson walked the red carpet in a sleek, structured ensemble with a disguised sustainable twist: it was made from recycled plastic bottles and organically-grown materials.

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