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Custom business cards. The Body is a Canvas: Tattoo Infographic. One of the greatest things about design is that people are constantly coming up with new and creative ways to solve problems, display information or convey a message in a better way. Paul Marcinkowski (AKA Kaplon) is the designer behind this tattoo infographic which he made for a class project at the Academy Of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland. While poorly made infographics have been called the ‘plague’ of the internet, it’s great to see an artist sink their teeth into the medium and create something truly original.

The infographic highlights different aspects of the tattoo process: where tattooing is practiced (worldwide), the percentage of people who have tattoos, interesting fun facts about the tattoo machine, most popular tattoo designs, and the top three reasons why people regret getting their tattoos. The artwork is brilliant and nails the style of tattoo art on the body while also integrating the tattoo style into infographic design.

Via: Behance. fUNICODE: The Ultimate Text Transmogrifier. Gernreich alphabet. Gernreich is an alternative alphabet for English invented by Michael Carnright when he was 14.

Gernreich alphabet

The letters are like building blocks which are connected together to make words, which in turn can be connected together to make sentences. Micheael usually uses graph paper to write this alphabet. Notable features The letters with the largest span from point to point are used for the most common letters in English. The least used letters are represented by the smallest symbols. Gernreich alphabet Sample texts in Gernreich. Watch Free Documentaries Online. A Stunning, Intricate Maze Made From 2,200 Pounds of Salt. Motoi Yamamoto has to be the most patient man in the world.

A Stunning, Intricate Maze Made From 2,200 Pounds of Salt

A Japanese artist, Yamamoto uses salt to create monumental floor paintings, each so absurdly detailed, it makes A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte look like child's play. He calls them, fittingly, his Labyrinths. Yamamoto's latest labyrinth creeps out from a brick tunnel at the Fondation Espace Ecureuil, a gallery in France. He made it -- as he makes all these installations -- by sprinkling salt on the floor through a plastic bottle used for machine oil, starting at the back of the tunnel, then moving forward to avoid stepping on the designs he's already drawn.

The whole thing took 50 hours over the course of five days and a whopping 2,200 pounds of salt. The Great Wall of Vagina. Sculptor Creates “The Great Wall of Vagina” UK-based sculptor Jamie McCartney made what he calls “The Great Wall of Vagina”, exhibited at the Brighton Festival Fringe.

Sculptor Creates “The Great Wall of Vagina”

The entire sculpture consists of 400 plaster casts of vaginas with whom the artist personally had sex with. If that doesn’t spell “classy,” I don’t know what does. David Altmejd. Monstrepancies.jpg (JPEG Image, 857x4473 pixels) Cookie_monster_cupcakes.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x400 pixels) I am Borg – The World’s First Recognized Cyborg. Neil Harbisson is used to people giving him puzzled sideways looks, especially at airports where his appearance has prompted officials to question him closely on more than one occasion.

I am Borg – The World’s First Recognized Cyborg

He can answer their questions quite blithely however. He is a cyborg – and that’s official. Harbisson’s story is more than a little interesting. Born in 1982 to a British father and a Spanish mother he was diagnosed in his childhood with achromatopsia. This is a syndrome that has links to five separate diseases but for Harbisson it meant that he could only see the world in black and white. Teased by his classmates he adopted only black and white clothing and when he went to study Fine Art at the Institut Alexandre Satorras he was given permission to only use black, white and their intermediate shades in his drawing. In his second year at the college he attended a cybernetics lecture given by Adam Montandon, who was a student at Plymouth University.

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Masterpieces Painted By The Chinese. A Van Gogh?

Masterpieces Painted By The Chinese

You’ve got it. 1296151218_fruit-and-vegetable-decomposing-74-days.gif (GIF Image, 350x263 pixels) Dreamhouse. Roland Tiangco. Roland Tiangco’s dirt poster is blazing a trail across the creative blogosphere and for good reason. Simply put, it’s a brilliant piece of print work that can be appreciated by both design and conceptual advertising minds alike. Kudos Mr.

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Sculpture. References. GtGlu.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x535 pixels) The Artwork of Nick Lamia. When I saw Nick Lamia‘s artwork on Plastolux the other day I gasped.

The Artwork of Nick Lamia

I love it when I find artwork that grabs ahold of me like that. Wonderful use of color and shape. Modern landscapes but with warmth and depth. Kim Hyun's Dice Figures: Pics, Videos, Links, News. Instant artist statement: Arty Bollocks Generator. ArtLex Art Dictionary. Z I M O U N. Seriously Cute  Liekeland. Sculpture_streets_2009.jpg (JPEG Image, 525x350 pixels) Alan Macdonald Paintings. Great Idea: New Google Maps Site Lets You See Street Art From Around the World - Culture. EBSCOhost: Whatever Happened to the Graffiti Art Movement?

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