Thursday, March 24, 2011

Victorian Retrofuturism at Home

By Marc in Furniture & Interiors, Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism

Victorian interior decorations and accessories are unique and booming crafts that have ignited the

12 High-Tech & 3D Printer Design Ideas

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism
It’s the 21st century – so why are printers still so bulky, ugly and wasteful? The time is ripe for

13 Futuristic 3D Scanner & Printer Designs

By Delana in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism

Manufacturing is about to undergo its biggest transformation ever, but it won’t come with big

36 Breathtaking Steampunk Computer Mods

By Marc in Furniture & Interiors, Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism

As steampunk connoisseurs and hobbyists become veterans at their craft, they’ve been increasingly

20 Awesome Gun and Bullet Artworks

By Steph in Urban & Street Art

There are artists who work with paint and clay, and then there are artists who create bizarre and

Real-Life ‘Up’: Balloon Transports Entire Buildings

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Technology & Futurism

It’s 500 feet across and can carry 700 times more weight than a heavy cargo helicopter – yet it’s

20 of the World’s Most Awesome Art Cars: From Cupcake Scooters to Cat Cruisers

By Steph in Urban & Street Art, Urban Images, Various Uncategorized

(Check out our complete collection of Extraordinary Art from Ordinary Objects.)
If you passed one of these awesome art cars in traffic, you might just run yourself off the road

15 Innovative Lamp, Lighting and Light Bulb Designs

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Furniture & Interiors
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Interior lighting is often an afterthought, with bland boring fixtures that are purely functional – but

20 Outstanding & Outrageous Concept Cars from the Golden Age

By Steve in History & Factoids, Travel & Places, Urban & Street Art, Various Uncategorized
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A map of the history of the auto industry would show dozens, if not hundreds of roads not traveled.

Circuitboard Artwork: A Gallery Inside Your Computer

By Marc in Gadgets & Geek Art, Guerilla Action & Art, Technology & Futurism

Circuitboards are tossed into landfills by the ton; one of the most consistent computer remnants

35 Unique Lamps That Will Light Up Your Imagination

By Marc in Furniture & Interiors, Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism

We’re beyond the year 2000, and it’s time to ditch your ancient lamp with its boring beige

True Transformers: Normal Cars Turned Monstrous

By Marc in Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism, Urban Images

Car modifications are sometimes awesome, often horrible, and always expensive. The best

Tiny, Magical Worlds Inside Toilet Paper Rolls

By Steph in Architecture & Design
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We rarely give much thought to the humble toilet paper roll – and why should we? It’s just

Elod Beregszaszi: Paper Master

By Marc in Architecture & Design, Guerilla Action & Art

Elod Beregszaszi is a master of paperwork, but not in the normal sense of the phrase. He cuts, folds,

Paper Mache Masters: From Crafters to Professionals

By Marc in Travel & Places, Urban & Street Art

Paper mache is a process used to create art that involves laying paper over a form and using a wet

10 Miniature Works Where Tiny Rules

By Marc in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art

In the West, bigger is typically considered better, but there’s a growing movement against this

10 Uncanny Ultra-Small Artworks

By Steph in Urban & Street Art
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There’s something sort of magical about miniatures, especially when they’re strikingly lifelike.

15 Amazing Graphic Designers

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Technology & Futurism, Urban & Street Art
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What is it that makes a truly effective piece of graphic design? Is it just the skill that allows an

15 (More!) Amazing Tilt-Shift Photos

By Steph in Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban & Street Art

It’s a case of life imitating art: photographs of full-sized objects or scenes that look like tiny, perfectly

7 Tilt-Shift Photographers

By Delana in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art, Travel & Places, Urban Images
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It doesn’t take much to fool the human mind into thinking it’s seeing something other than reality. 

14 Epic Environmental Art Images and Photos

By Delana in Environment & Nature, Gadgets & Geek Art, Travel & Places, Urban & Street Art
Chris Jordan In Katrina's Wake red door
History is filled with artists who dared to try to make positive changes to their world, even when it

15 Amazing Illustrators

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Graffiti & Drawing, Urban & Street Art
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Illustrators have an incredible power to bring stories, concepts and brands to vivid life

21 Cleverly Mirrored Images & Reflected Photos

By Delana in Architecture & Design, Urban & Street Art, Urban Images

Photographers know countless methods to add interest to to their images through tricks of light,

9 Creatively Camera-Free Photographers [30 Photos]

By Delana in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban Images
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Looking at some of the most impressive contemporary photography, it’s easy to believe that

Amazing and Creative Book Cover Art and Design

By GT in Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban & Street Art, Various Uncategorized
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They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but sometimes it can be unavoidable. The

The Surreal & Colorful World of Artist Marco Escobedo

By Steph in Graffiti & Drawing, Urban & Street Art
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Illustrator and graphic designer Marco Escobedo’s work focuses on the surreal and fantastic,

7 Urban Wonders of the World: Amazing and Record-Setting City Roads and Streets

By Urbanist in 7 Wonders Series, Travel & Places, Urban Images, Urban Videos
Crookedest Street in the world
Everyone hates traffic, but how about trying to wind around 8 switchbacks in one city block,

20 Fantastic Physics-Defying Frozen-in-Time Photos

By Delana in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban & Street Art, Urban Images
Denis Darzacq and Li Wei photography in motion
What do you get when you cross performance art with high-energy photography?  You get the

Incredible Art in Motion: From Freeze Frame Urban Photography to Kinetic Sculpture

By Urbanist in Guerilla Action & Art, Urban & Street Art, Urban Images, Urban Videos
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What could be stranger than a person twisted and frozen in time inches above a street?

Digital Painters: Old World Art Meets Modern Tech

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Graffiti & Drawing, Urban & Street Art
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If you think that digital art has no soul or dimension, you haven’t seen the work of these

7 Engineering Wonders of the Modern World: Contemporary World Record-Setting Construction

By Urbanist in 7 Wonders Series, Architecture & Design, Urban Videos
Venice Tidal Barrier System
Would you believe that the tallest bridge in France reaches higher than the Eiffel tower, or that a

Unbelievable Kinetic Sculptures of Theo Jansen

By Delana in Environment & Nature, Urban & Street Art, Various Uncategorized
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Part Three in an Eight-Part Series on Amazing Artists of the World
In 1990, a new species was born.  It was not formed from the cross-breeding of existing creatures.

The Making of 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering: Construction Truths Behind Contemporary Wonders

By Urbanist in Architecture & Design, Environment & Nature, Urbanism
Historic Engineering Construction
Even today modern wonders of engineering like the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge

15 Artists to Watch

By Steph in Gadgets & Geek Art, Graffiti & Drawing, Technology & Futurism

Watching an artist turn a piece of paper and some graphite into a realistic, imaginative work of

Don’t Know Jack About Construction? 14 Fabulous DIY Castles

By Angie in Architecture & Design, History & Factoids, Travel & Places

Don’t you hate it when someone tells you that you don’t know diddly squat, don’t know jack? Does

The Dreamy Driftwood Sculptures of Heather Jansch

By Delana in Environment & Nature, Urban & Street Art

(Part One in an Eight-Part Series on Brilliant and Unusual Artists of the World)
The relationship between an artist and the material they create with is a complicated and intimate

Mind-Bending Digital Photo Manipulation by Erik Johansson

By Steph in Technology & Futurism, Urban & Street Art
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In the Age of Photoshop, few images are surprising anymore – but every now and then, you come

10 Castles Built for Love

By Angie in Architecture & Design, History & Factoids, Travel & Places

Architecture is influenced by Eros, Greek god of sexual love and beauty, also known as Roman

Street Art Peels Back Urban Layers

By Delana in Gadgets & Geek Art, Graffiti & Drawing, Urban & Street Art

Urban environments are crowded with all kinds of sights that are so common they often just

20 Mind-Bending Architectural Sculptures

By Delana in Furniture & Interiors, Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban & Street Art
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If you set most artists loose in a building that was about to be demolished, you might get some

38 Trend-bending Custom iPad Cases

By Marc in Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism

As Apple’s iPads have boomed in popularity, so has their been a wave of bland mass-produced

10 Historical Secret Rooms and Hidden Passages

By Delana in Architecture & Design, History & Factoids, Travel & Places
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For all of humankind’s history, we’ve been fascinated with hidden places. Before they were a

15 Awesome iPhone Cases

By Steph in Gadgets & Geek Art, Urbanism

For every Apple enthusiast who sees utter perfection in the sleek, modern lines of the iPhone,

Art in the Shadows: Documenting Temporary Urban Sights

By Delana in Gadgets & Geek Art, Graffiti & Drawing, Urban & Street Art

In an urban environment, it seems that nearly everything is fleeting. Nothing – not even the tall

Urban Padlock Monuments to Commitment

By Delana in Urban & Street Art, Urban Images, Urbanism

All around the world, lovers have unique ways of showing their affection for one another.

22 Ads from Bizarre to Brilliant

By Angie in Guerilla Action & Art, Guerilla Marketing & Ads, Subvertising & Counter-Ads

Guerilla marketing is about using a small budget for big results. Some guerilla ad campaigns are

GEOtube Building Grows its Own Lace-Like Sea Salt Skin

By Steph in Architecture & Design, Green Technologies, Technology & Futurism

How can architecture autonomously grow and expand when it is not constructed with living

Wild Campaigns With Cars

By Marc in Guerilla Action & Art, Guerilla Marketing & Ads, Urban & Street Art

Guerilla marketing catches one by surprise, and instantly generates a ripple effect through the

Hidden Hideaways Right Under Your… Stairs

By Marc in Architecture & Design, Furniture & Interiors

Hidden rooms and secret passageways are the stuff of legend. Only found in ancient castles and