Showing posts from August, 2010

McDonald's Happy Meal Don’t Age Even After 137 Days

Aug 31, 2010

New York based artist Sally Davies has been photographing one McDonald’s burger-and-fries Happy Meal, that she bought on April 10, 2010, ev...

New York: The City That Never Sleeps

Aug 31, 2010

Last week The Wall Street Journal sent a bunch of their in-house photographers out in the depth of the night to shoot the New York city when...

The Fantastical Art of James Gurney

Aug 31, 2010

Inspired by archaeology, lost civilizations, and the art of illustration, James Gurney ’s children book Dinotopia creates an extraordinary ...

Afghanistan: In 1994 and 2010

Aug 31, 2010

Photographer Seamus Murphy , of VII Photo Agency, returned to Afghanistan in June 2010 and revisited some of the locations he had photograph...

Liu Bolin’s Art of Being Invisible

Aug 30, 2010

Liu Bolin is a 35-year-old artist from Shandong, China, who has a special talent to blend himself into any surroundings by covering himself ...

Tomatina Festival 2010, Spain

Aug 29, 2010

La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. Te...

The Grand Canyon of Verdon

Aug 29, 2010

The Verdon Gorge in south-eastern France has been dubbed the Grand Canyon of Verdon because of its topological similarities with the Grand C...

Stationery of Horror: Creative Stationary Designs

Aug 28, 2010

Advertising agency Jung von Matt created these very unusual and macabre stationary items for 13th Street, a television channel in Europe own...

Tsingy: The Stone Forest of Madagascar

Aug 28, 2010

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve is located close to the western coast of Madagascar. This 666 square kilometer region has been clas...

The Bottle Tree Ranch of Elmer Long

Aug 27, 2010

The Bottle Tree Ranch created by Elmer Long offers one of the most strangest sight along Route 66 in California’s Mojave County. When Elmer...

Frog Jump Festival, Ohio

Aug 27, 2010

The traditional Frog Jump festival was held on August 15, 2010, in Valley City, Ohio. For more than 45 years, Valley City has been jumping f...

When New York Sleeps

Aug 25, 2010

The Wall Street Journal sent several photographers out overnight to shoot the New York city during the hours when most of its citizens are ...

Miniature World Heritage Buildings at Tobu World Square

Aug 24, 2010

If you have a dream to travel the world, but have a budget to visit one country, choose Japan and visit the Tobu World Square in Nikko. This...

Beautiful Adhesive Tape Art by Mark Khaisman

Aug 23, 2010

Ukrainian born mixed media artist Mark Khaisman uses translucent packing tape on Plexiglas panels with a light source behind to create incr...

The Termite Pavilion: View Inside a Termite Mound

Aug 22, 2010

The ‘Termite Pavilion’ is a six square meter walk-in wooden structure inspired by the inside of a Namibian termite mound that was on display...

Realistic Wildlife Paintings by Collin Bogle

Aug 22, 2010

Inspired by the beauty of nature talented award-winning artist Collin Bogle uses pastels, colored-pencil, watercolor and acrylic, all that’...

Vegetable Art By Ju Duoqi

Aug 22, 2010

Chinese artist Ju Duoqi recreates the world-famous paintings from potatoes, onions, cabbage and other vegetables. It started in the summer ...

Earth from Above: Photography by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Aug 21, 2010

"Earth From Above" is the result of the aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's five-year airborne odyssey across six conti...

The Longest Bench in the World

Aug 20, 2010

The longest bench in Britain and soon to the longest one in the world was opened to the the public in Littlehampton, West Sussex on the 30th...

Victor Rodriguez’s Incredible Paintings

Aug 20, 2010

Victor Rodriguez was born in Mexico City, 1970, Currently Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He is considered to be the leader of the new gen...

Brilliant Underwater Shots from the European Championships

Aug 19, 2010

Photographer Francois Xavier Marit used an underwater camera to capture the European Swimming Championships in a unique way this summer in B...

Kyle Lambert's iPad Portraits of Celebrities

Aug 19, 2010

Kyle Lambert, from Altringham in Cheshire, creates stunning portraits of celebrities on Apple iPad using a a £4.99 app called Brushes. The 2...

Flintstones Inspired Stone House

Aug 19, 2010

This real rock house stand in the mountains of Fafe in Portugal. Inspired by the Flintstones, this odd house was constructed between two gia...

Hundreds Re-Enact Iconic Kiss in Time Square

Aug 18, 2010

Hundreds of couples wore sailor hats and nurses' caps and smooched in New York's Time Square on Mondau, August 16, to celebrate the ...

What’s In Your Bag?

Aug 18, 2010

Atlanta-based photographer Jason Travis has a cool photo series on Flickr called " Persona ," where he snaps portraits of people a...

Chicago Air And Water Show 2010

Aug 18, 2010

The Chicago Air and Water Show takes place every summer for one weekend in August. During this two-day event over 2 million people flock to ...

Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival

Aug 17, 2010

Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival is an annual event in the idyllic Yorkshire Dales. During this week long event villagers comes with the most o...

Lexus Art Installation - CT Umbra

Aug 17, 2010

This artistic sculpture, titled CT Umbra, is a part of the Lexus debate series tour called Darker side of Green . Created by Los Angeles-bas...

V8 Hotel for Car Lovers in Stuttgart

Aug 16, 2010

The V8 Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany is a paradise for auto enthusiasts. The hotel features themed rooms done with trendy details and many or...

Jonathan Wateridge’s Exceptional Oil Paintings

Aug 15, 2010

Jonathan Wateridge was born in Zambia in 1972. He currently lives and works in London.

Brussels' Flower Carpet

Aug 15, 2010

The Brussels' Flower Carpet is a special event that comes every two years. During this event a huge carpet of flower is laid out on the ...

Cancun Underwater Sculpture Museum

Aug 15, 2010

If you want to checkout the new museum at Cancun, Mexico, you will have to don snorkel gear and take dive under the sea, for it’s the world’...

Andy Aaron’s Antique Calculators

Aug 14, 2010

Designer Andy Aaron makes Victorian-era calculators using antique components such as switches, cranks, and levers, which he then mounts in a...

Forest Fire in Russia

Aug 14, 2010

A devastating forest fire has been raging in Russia for the last 2 weeks, in the midst of a heat wave described by experts as the worst in t...

Garbage Dumpster Swimming Pools on the Streets of New York

Aug 13, 2010

On last Saturday (August 7), the New York City closed down Park Avenue to cars so that people could spread out to bike, walk, play, watch li...

Inception Scenes Recreated in Lego

Aug 13, 2010

Ever since Inception was released, it has been the talk of the Internet with parodies and infographics surfacing around. A Lego version was ...

A Swimming Pool of Diet Cola

Aug 12, 2010

How would you like to swim in a pool filled with delicious, sugary cola? Artist Mike Bouchet, who started making his own cola in 2004, recen...

Boeing 747 Airplane Hotel in Costa Rica

Aug 12, 2010

What can you do with an old Boeing 727? You can sent it to a junkyard or you can rebuild it, refurbish and turn it into a hotel, like the Co...

Gorgeous Paintings by Mary Jane Ansell

Aug 12, 2010

Mary Jane Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and currently works from her studio in Brighton’s North Laine.  She has exhibit...

Tour de France 2010 in Pictures

Aug 10, 2010

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in in France that covers more than 3,600 kilometers (2,200 mi) and lasts three weeks. The ...

Flowers Under X-Ray

Aug 10, 2010

British artist and photographer Hugh Turvey uses x-ray to produce compelling and insightful constructed images of everyday objects. This tim...

Vertical Garden in San Vicente

Aug 9, 2010

A vertical garden has been erected in the new children's library in San Vicente in Southern Spain, by architect Jose Maria Chofre. The s...

Maximidia’s Vintage Internet Ads

Aug 9, 2010

Sao Paulo-based ad agency Moma has created some amusing advertisement posters for Brazil’s MaxiMidia seminar series. The ads features Faceb...

65th Anniversary of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Drop

Aug 8, 2010

The 65th anniversary event at the site of the world’s first A-bomb attack echoed with the choirs of schoolchildren and the solemn ringing of...

Lady Gaga Lookalike Contest in Chicago

Aug 8, 2010

Lured by the grand prize of tickets to see Lady Gaga herself at Lollapalooza last week, a small group of pop-star doppelgangers descended up...

Ear Pull Championship

Aug 7, 2010

Ear Pull is an unusual sporting event played at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. The object is to tests the competitors' ability to end...

The Most Expensive Coffee in The World is Made From Animal Poop

Aug 7, 2010

Kopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from a certain variety of wild red coffee beans but only after it has passed through ...

Post Apocalyptic Illustrations of Tokyo

Aug 7, 2010

Tokyo Genso paints vivid and fantastic illustrations of Tokyo devoid of human habitation, probably long extinct after an apocalypse, and ta...

Sculptures for Giants by Robert Therrien

Aug 5, 2010

Robert Therrien recreates everyday objects true to their original material and colour, but on an enlarged scale. In a recent exhibition held...

Kay Petal’s Needle Felted Celebrity Wool Sculptures

Aug 5, 2010

Kay Petal is a sculptural needle felt artist from Alaska who specializes in soft-sculpted lifelike dolls with a focus on celebrity caricatu...