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This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids

This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar , artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas.
In an increasingly globalized world, it’s still sometimes shocking to see just how disparate our lives are compared with other human beings around the world.

Daily Kos: Global Food Disparity: A Photo Diary

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Caroline Norton and the custody battle that changed the law | Mail Online

23:02 GMT, 14 July 2012 Just a few generations ago, divorced women automatically lost custody of their children and everything they owned became the property of their husband.
http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=2014 <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2115" title="street_art_0" src="http://www.streetartutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/street_art_0.jpeg" alt="" width="640" height="612"/> More info . <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2116" title="street_art_1_banksy" src="http://www.streetartutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/street_art_1_banksy.jpeg" alt="" width="1024" height="681"/>

106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos - Year 2010 | STREET ART UTOPIA

99 Excellent Examples of Forced Perspective Photography | Photography | instantShift

Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture. http://www.instantshift.com/2011/11/03/99-excellent-examples-of-forced-perspective-photography/
first image 'blob VB3' by dmvA photo by mick couwenbergh/rini van beek belgian architectural firm dmvA designed 'blob VB3', a mobile unit for the office of xfactoragencies as an extension to the 'house'. the space - egg house consists of a bathroom, kitchen, lighting, a bed and several niches for storage. the nose can be opened automatically and functions as a kind of porch. it easily transportable and can also be used as an office, guestroom or garden house. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8642/dmva-blob-vb3.html

dmvA: blob VB3