Interactive Acoustic Wind Pavilion. You must learn it picture on VisualizeUs. Wicked Jetbike of the Future. Although this concept has been done before, hopefully we will being seeing these stunning jetbikes go into production in the near future.
Mutant Guitars. Here's something you don't see every day.
Indonesia born and based artist Rudi Mantofani has created a set of mutant guitars that are entirely hand-crafted, as in not transformed from ready-made guitars. These unique pieces were shown in the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Gallery of Modern Art in Queensland. Sitting on a Giant Red Dress. That's one big dress!
Aamu Song designed REDDRESS, a towering red gown that fills in its performance space. It is an interactive installation designed to be worn by one performer within the bodice of the gargantuan garment. Each performer climbs a concealed staircase to fit into the body. Modern Celebrities Photoshopped into Old Russian Generals. UK artist Steve Payne has created an awesome set of celebrity portraits by photoshopping their heads, quite seamlessly, onto the bodies of old Russian generals.
The original paintings, by English portraits artist George Dawe, show Russian generals who had successfully fought Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812. In over a nine year period, Dawe completed over 300 portraits. "One thing I’ve always wanted to try is to incorporate someone into a painting, mimicking the painterly brush strokes and making everything fit and work nicely and look natural and stuff," Payne says. Saul Bass-Inspired Dexter Opening Sequence. North Korea's Incredible Mass Games. Just a little over a week ago, in mid-September, Sam Gellman took a trip to North Korea to see a country he'd always been curious about.
Batman's Batcave for The Dark Knight Rises Revealed? Story Behind an Aging Superhero. What happens to superheroes when they start to age?
Andreas Englund has the answer. He's the creative artist behind this hilarious series that's been "flying" through the web. The Sweden born and based artist takes us on a wild journey through the life of an everyday superhero, one most of us can relate to. We caught up with Englund to ask him about the story behind his lovable character. Read that interview, below. Shot Down Plane Transforms into Giant Fish.
Liqen discovered a crashed plane on Ventanilla Beach in Oaxaca, Mexico and did what any respectable street artist would do - he turned the plane's tail into a giant fish and added an indigenous spear-fisherman on the wing.
But, that's just the beginning of this fascinating story. According to Vagabond Journey, the plane once carried a large shipment of marijuana and was shot down six years ago. Apparently, narcos came with a truck to retrieve the payload immediately after it crashed on the beach and locals filled their backpacks with whatever was left. “Whoever got over there got enough to smoke for two years,” a hotel owner is quoted as saying. Liqen's blog via [Brooklyn Street Art]
Watch Sculptures: Moments in Time. UK artist, designer, and inventor Dominic Wilcox works with everyday objects to tell compelling stories.
Using hand-crafted miniature figures attached to the hands of vintage mechanical watches and encased in custom hand blown glass domes, Wilcox conveys the idea of unending repetition as the figure on the second hand continually passes the one on the minute hand. It's all at once beautiful and intriguing. This series is being exhibited at Dezeen Space in Shoreditch, London from now till October 16, 2011. Sweet Skittles-Covered Skateboard. Double Dragon-Inspired Wood Sculpture. If you're a fan of retro video games and you love art, you're going to get a kick out of this new sculpture by Aled Lewis.
Called Double Discount, it pays tribute to the Game Boy title, Double Dragon II, and was made for the Old School Video Game Show coming on September 16 to Gallery 1988 in Venice, California. Absurdly Deviant World. Though, culturally, we are all different, there exists some commonality between us that makes us all the same.
The Human Brain Reimagined. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and perhaps the most amazing. Molly Strohl. The superhero in me is tired. Todd McLellan: Deconstructed. The Dark Side of Grandparent Superheroes. How do superheroes act when they get older? Sacha Goldberger humorously answers that question with his awesome new photo series called The Darks. The two characters in this tale are Dark Mamika and Dark Papouka (you may remember Mamika from Grandma's Superhero Therapy). Looks like she's ditched her boyfriend, Mister Papika, for a new man in her life. But watch out....together they're up to no good! Elefante Naranja by Javier Requejo. Han Solo in Carbonite Ice Cube Tray. Paint Brush Coat Hooks. Bajo una amenaza nuclear / Under nuclear threat. La instalación Control Radiactivo fue creada durante el Festival Dockville de Hamburgo, para tratar de poner en evidencia, en tono humorístico, la paranoia que estamos sufriendo desde que el escape radiactivo de Japón, ha demostrado, por enésima vez, la falibilidad de los sistemas de seguridad de las centrales nucleares.
Con nuestro misterioso ejercito de 100 figuras radiactivas iluminadas, que avanzaba amenazante en el entorno natural del festival, hemos querido invitar a a reflexionar sobre el uso y abuso de la energía nuclear, barata en términos económicos, pero que puede llegar a ocasionar graves efectos secundarios para el medio ambiente y la salud, irreversibles hasta la eternidad.
Camera Stickers - PetaPixel Store. Lobster Shell Motorcycles. Pentax x Nanoblock Optio NB1000. The NB1000 is the result of a collaboration between camera maker Pentax and Japanese building-block maker Nanoblock. The 14-megapixel camera has a wide-angle lens, 4x optical zoom, 3″ LCD screen, and can record HD video. Memorable Movie Moment Gifs. Shining What could be more fun than reliving your favorite movie moments? Loving Strange, Ugly Creatures. Sweet-social-seating-berkeley from mymodernmet.com. Next time you're in Berkeley, California, drop by their art museum and you'll find some super sweet seating smack dab in the middle of the its large atrium. Merging multiple disciplines including art, architecture, and furniture, BAMscape is a free-form seating environment commissioned by the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive. Getting Lost in Europe. The World's Largest Aquarium.
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