Design
October 6, 2011

Hidden Animal Cereal Bowls

Geraldine de Beco's ceramic cereal bowls include a little surprise when filled with liquid. When the bowls are empty, they appear to have strange carvings around the edges, but when the bowls have liquid in them, the form of an animal magically appears. The bowls come with three different animals to choose from – a wolf, a bird and a cat.

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Photography
October 3, 2011

30 Hilarious Faces of Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler is no stranger to a costume change. Most people know the funny 40-year-old from her reign on Saturday Night Live or her current lead role on Parks and Recreation, but she had another gig before these comedy shows. Poehler and three fellow comedians (Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh) founded the Upright Citizen Brigade, a sketch comedy troupe whose actors often transform into elaborate characters.

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Art
October 1, 2011

The Crashing and Merging of Past Homes

Fallen Star 1/5 Culturally, where do you consider home? Do Ho Suh is currently presenting a series of intriguing works that's about the artist's ongoing exploration of this question. Back in 1991, Suh left Korea and arrived in the U.S. to study at the Rhode Island School of Design. Leaving a country he once knew and adjusting to to a whole new culture caused him to feel out of place.

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Art
September 28, 2011

Giant Net Sculptures Color the Sky

With her colorful net sculptures, Janet Echelman is the artist responsible for beautifying skies around the world. These are not your average sculptures. Their near-weightlessness and vivid colors allow for them to interact with nature, swaying in the wind and shining in the sunlight. Echelman started as a contemporary painter but after the paints she ordered (while on a Fulbright lectureship in Asia)

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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.