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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Portrait Photography
November 17, 2010

Wonderfully Refreshing Celebrity Portraits by Brian Bowen Smith

While we love seeing our favorite celebrities look dark and brooding or even upset (no, it's not the sadist in me), it's also wonderfully refreshing to see them like this – laughing, hamming it up for the camera or just looking lovely. These photos are by Brian Bowen Smith, an LA-based photographer who stumbled upon his profession by a chance meeting with a very famous photographer.

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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.