Creative Products
December 12, 2019

You Can Hide Your Real Presents in These Funny Gift Boxes for Fake Products

Part of the fun of gift-giving is the surprise for the recipient, but sometimes boxes can reveal your present before they even look inside. Luckily, Prank-o has created a solution to this dilemma with its selection of hilarious gift boxes that'll hide your present while looking like you're giving them a totally different product. Your recipient will then think that they're about to open a bizarre set of Cargo Socks or an Earwax Candle Kit.

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Painting
December 9, 2019

Surreal Brushstroke Painting Imagines a Future Where Nature Takes Back Control

Artist David Ambarzumjan ruminates on our world through his ongoing collection of surreal paintings called Brushstrokes in Time. The beguiling works of art feature past and present landscapes that are interrupted by tactile strokes of paint, which themselves have their own scenes within them. The strokes sometimes match the era they juxtapose while other times they represent many years in either direction.

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Interview
December 7, 2019

Interview: Naturally Organic Formations of Australia’s Shark Bay As Seen From Above

The Shark Bay World Heritage site in Western Australia is one of most colorful and diverse landscapes in the world. Covering an area of more than 2.2 million hectares, it features rocky limestone cliffs, white bays, and rolling red sand hills, surrounded by turquoise blue waters. Photographer Jérôme Berbigier captures how this spectacular landscape looks from above, in a series of stunning aerial photos, aptly titled Shark Bay.

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Design
December 5, 2019

Chic B&W Fire Extinguishers Designed to Encourage Safety Without Sacrificing Elegance

Thanks to its minimal design, the Residential Fire Extinguisher by Japanese company Morita Miyata was awarded the 2019 Good Design Good Focus Award—an honor given to natural disaster prevention and recovery designs that aim to enrich lives, society, and industry. The idea behind the winning design was “take bosai (Japanese for ‘disaster preparedness') into your lifestyle,” and its goal was to show how easy it is to integrate fire extinguishers into the home.

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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.