Installation
April 25, 2018

Projection Mapped Disco Balls Fill Room With Glittering Light Reflections

Designed by code artist Kyle McDonald and creative technologist Jonas Jongejan, the Light Leaks projection mapping installation features fifty mirror disco balls within a darkened room, lit by beams of carefully controlled light. Using multiple projectors, the artists created a series of ever-changing lighting sequences that reflect from the disco balls’ complex mirrored surfaces, flooding the entire room with mesmerizing patterns.

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Funny
April 24, 2018

Cats Photoshopped Into Food Are So Cute You Could Just Eat Them Up

Are you familiar with the meme “If it fits, I sits” (which plays on how cats are prone to squeezing into awkward places)? Well, Russian artist Ksenia takes it one step fur-ther and imagines what it would look like if our feline friends started hiding in our meals. For her Cats in Food series, the artist uses Photoshop to digitally edit funny cat photos into plates of food.

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Inspiring
April 23, 2018

15+ Letter Boards With Inspiring Words of Wisdom

Driven by a desire to design “meaningful products inspired by simpler times,” Letterfolk creates traditional letter boards with contemporary wordsmiths in mind. In order to illustrate the relevance of the seemingly outdated tool, Letterfolk has invited happy customers to share the ways they use their boards to communicate in the digital age. Ranging from empowering quotes to “sweet and snarky” remarks, the text transcribed on each felt letter board showcases the power of words.

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Portrait Photography
April 20, 2018

Photographer Transforms Everyday Subjects Into Fractured Versions of Themselves

The contact sheet has a rich place in the history of photography. Long before the days of digital, the positive print of negatives allowed you to see all of the images on a roll of film as a page of thumbnails. Photographer Thomas Lang reimagines this tradition through his series Gestalts—a German word that translates to “patterns” in English.

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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.