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22 Unbelievable Places that are Hard to Believe Really Exist Our world is so full of wonders that new and amazing places are discovered every day, be that by professional photographers or amateurs. Different geographical locations, climatic conditions and even seasons offer the widest variety of natural wonders: pink lakes, stunning lavender or tulip fields, breath-taking canyons and mountains, and other places you can hardly believe actually exist! [Read more...] Some of the pictures in this collection will be of all natural sights you can find while traveling around the world, while the others have experienced human interference – but even in these cases, the result of such collaboration is spectacular. The Japanese learned how to tame thousands of orchids and form a romantic tunnel out of them; another one was formed all the way in Ukraine by a passing train; and what eventually ends up as hot tea in our mugs, first grows in stunning tree fields in Asia. Feel free to add more places in the comments under the article.
Surreal Paintings by Mihai Criste The biography of posterity Mihai Criste is a creative Romanian artist who is fascinated by abstraction, mystery and surrealism. Inspired by famous surrealists like Dali and Magritte, Criste soon found that he would need to move beyond their influences in order to truly find his own unique style of painting.“My work is influenced by my studies of graphic art in the Art academy. My senses and seminification work together with my technical knowledge, which allows me to transcend my training into surrealistic creations.” The Great Geek Manual » The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries I make no secret of the fact that I’m a hardcore bibliophile, but we’re a common enough lot these day. And the one sight that always makes me linger over a webpage is rows and rows of neatly organized books. So, in an effort to draw more like-minded read here to my little blog, I decided to round-up a gallery of photos of some of the most beautiful libraries I’ve ever seen photos of.
Cocaine Created This Hole Browse Categories Webmaster Login The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World [Editor’s note: In celebration of the holidays, we’re counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #1, was originally published January 31.] With Amazon slowly taking over the publishing world and bookstores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a little grim for the brick and mortar booksellers of the world. After all, why would anyone leave the comfort of their couch to buy a book when with just a click of a button, they could have it delivered to their door?
The Flintstones are going Adult! How much you love tv show ”The Flintstones”. For some guys this is not just a regular show, judged by this fan art. Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble are here in their hottest edition. Fred and Barney are going to support these artist. Everything but the Paper Cut: Eye-popping Ways Artists Use Paper In the year since the Museum of Art and Design reopened in its new digs on Columbus Circle, they've been delivering consistently compelling shows--from punk-rock lace to radical knitting experiments. The newest, "Slash: Paper Under the Knife", opened last weekend and runs through April 4, 2010. The focus is paper--and the way contemporary artists have used paper itself as a medium, whether by cutting, tearing, burning, or shredding. In all, the show features 50 artists and a dozen installations made just for the show, including Andreas Kocks's Paperwork #701G (in the Beginning), seen above. Here's a sampling of the other works on display: Mia Pearlman's Eddy:
Photo of the Day Tiny Quadcopter Docks and Charges INSIDE of a Wallet Sized Controller that Fits In Your Pocket! We have designed the smallest, most compact quadcopter and controller that will allow you to have fun and practice full flight mechanics everywhere you go! Read the rest of “Products of The Day #349” » Several Famous Artworks Recreated With LEGO Renowned LEGO Artist Nathan Sawaya (see previously) has recreated several art masterpieces out of LEGO. His impressive work has toured the world and is now on display in New York at Discovery Times Square in his “The Art of the Brick” exhibition. Each piece is built from LEGO blocks using only the official colours released. The exhibit includes recreations of Edvard Munch’s The Scream, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (made with 4,573 bricks), Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker, and Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring. If you’d like to see more of Sawaya’s work, check out these 24 Awesome Artworks Made of LEGO.
Girls Through The History With Unusually Long Hair Every women knows how much time and patience is necessary to dry and stylize medium long hair. But how many hours it takes for very, very long hair? Another Level I didn't really want to title this post with a naff band name from the early noughties that covered Silk tracks and called it their own, but all I could really say yesterday, over and who again was "That was AnOther Level!!!" I am of course speaking in reference to Simone Rocha, which in amongst a slew of brilliant things I saw yesterday, did manage to surpass the rest just because it was her on-schedule debut (discounting her shows with Fashion East) and quite literally took everyone's breath away. There was a rollercoaster giddiness felt after the show because you were so excited to witness the rise of yet another London duckling that only added to the hub-hub over LFW (I've just added yet another shoutout of "LFW is so great" to the chorus of articles in the latest isssue of Pop). It was somewhat of an inevitability.
Dancing Colors 13K views 510 days ago by Jolita Switzerland-based photographer Fabian Oefner decided to connect visual world to an acoustic one in a way that would illustrate an actual sound wave in a photograph.