October 25, 2011

Fortune Teller Pendant Lamp

While at first glance this pendant lamp looks very plain, come a little closer and you'll soon realize that it's actually pretty intricate. Who would have guessed that such a gorgeous lamp could be made from hundreds of origami fortune tellers? The best part about this lantern however, is how the light radiates from it.

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October 22, 2011

Kaleidoscope City

Is this not one of the trippiest photos of a city you've ever seen? Photographer and artist Simon Gardiner created From the Sky Down, taking inspiration from Japanese architect and photographer Kawahara Kazuhiko (otherwise known as Palla). He also used what he knows about the photography technique vortography to make this magnificent kaleidoscope city.

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October 19, 2011

Exploding Room Frozen in Mid-Air

What does an exploding room actually look like? Havana-based artists Dagoberto Rodriguez and Marco Castillo, collaboratively known as Los Carpinteros, have constructed an installation depicting a room amidst an explosion. The imaginary blast rips through walls and furniture, leaving broken sculptures and debris suspended in the air. It's as if time has stood still.

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October 17, 2011

Hitchcock x Angry Birds Mash-Up

Who doesn't love a good mash-up, especially when it involves something relatively old and something new? Called Them Birds, this illustration pits a stoic Alfred Hitchcock with a group of very Angry Birds. Created in collaboration by illustrators Dan Eijah Fajardo (aka Dandingeroz) and Pedro Kramer (aka Badbasilisk), it's currently submitted on Threadless as a possible t-shirt design. Brilliant!

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