DIY
April 6, 2018

DIY Dad Builds His Son a Wooden Highchair Modeled After a ‘Star Wars’ AT-ST

Sometimes babies have the coolest stuff that leaves adults feeling pangs of jealousy. Matthew Regonini has made grownups everywhere wish they were kids again by constructing one of the best highchairs we've ever seen. The designer and builder fashioned a wooden highchair after an All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) from Star Wars. Meant for his young son, this wooden feeding chair mimics the vessel’s bipedal legs, which are sometimes described as “chicken-like.

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Career
April 5, 2018

19 Inspirational Quotes From True Artists to Help You Overcome a Creative Rut

It's a moment that every creative dreads, yet most have faced at one point or another—artist's block. In these situations, it's easy to be hard on ourselves and wallow in pity, waiting for inspiration to strike. But the reality is, hard work and diligence is what moves you further along the creative path. So how do you move through a creative block and come through winning on the other side?

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Art
April 4, 2018

Artist Creates Web-Like Portraits From a Single Unbroken Thread

Slovenia-based artist Sašo Krajnc (aka Cvern) handcrafts incredible string art portraits made with unbroken pieces of sewing thread. Each piece appears like a textile spirograph, featuring countless lines of black thread interwoven and tightly wound around circular, nail-clad, aluminum and wooden frames. Each piece starts as a single line and evolves into a complex, crisscrossed drawing.

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Furniture
April 3, 2018

Designers Custom-Build Luxury Lounge Room for Fancy Felines

While most pet owners know that cats can make themselves at home almost anywhere, many would argue that our feline friends are worthy of luxury accommodation. Today, modern cat furniture is more popular than ever. So much so that there’s even an interior design term for the genre in circulation: catitecture. One design firm to embrace the trend is Taiwan-based INDOT, who designed a modern kitty lounge for a family home.

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My Modern Met

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