Art
August 6, 2009

Amazing Canned Food Art (18 pieces)

You know all that canned food that we give away during Christmas time? Maybe we should create some art with it before we give it away… The most unique food charity in the world, Canstruction is an annual international design/build competition where architects, engineers, designers, and students compete to design and build gigantic structures made entirely from cans of food!

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Art
August 3, 2009

Experience the Planets (10 total)

Venus, Vortex by Ed Lopez Have you ever wondered what other planets in our solar system might look like? That was the question Greg Martin wants to answer. But instead of asking artists to create completely imaginary planets he wants to take a different approach. Instead, he wants artists to create scenes based on scientific fact or hypothesis. Each artist must research and gain an academic understanding of what they're painting.

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July 29, 2009

Johnny Cupcakes – A Man, A Mission

For those of you that are here for that daily dose of inspiration, I bring you the story of Johnny Cupcakes. You may have heard of this boy who with just $6,700 and a dream, created a company that last year brought in over $3 million dollars in revenue. Inc. Magazine has a full story on their site but my favorite story can be found on Johnny's own Web site.

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July 28, 2009

Ceramic Stories – Kim Simonsson

“Guardian Angel” Kim Simonsoon is a young Finnish sculptor who lives in Helsinki. He makes striking ceramic sculptures of cute, big-eyed young girls and deer, derived from Japanese manga comics. His work questions the role of the child and nature in the modern world. “Authority in its' many forms fascinates me and in my works I want to reverse the common beliefs by making the weak powerful.” (Kim Simonsson)

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My Modern Met

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