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  • Future Self: A new kind of interactive installation Installation

    Future Self: A new kind of interactive installation

    True experimentation is and always will be an iterative process that can (but very rarely) lead to unexpectedly beautiful results. The Future Self project, by the artist collective known as Random International, is a picture perfect example.

    4 days ago / 120 views
  • Yasuaki Onishi "Reverse Volume" for Rice Gallery Installation

    Yasuaki Onishi "Reverse Volume" for Rice Gallery

    As part of his installation for the Rice Gallery, Yasuaki Onishi took plastic sheeting and black coloured hot glue to create this scaled down mountain-scape.

    4 days ago / 114 views
  • Modified Social Benches by Jeppe Hein Installation

    Modified Social Benches by Jeppe Hein

    Located in De Haan, Belgium, Jeppe Hein’s “Modified Social Benches” takes the act of taking a seat and transforms it into a playground for the creative.

    6 days ago / 128 views
  • Ion Lucin "Spherikal" (Video) Film & Video

    Ion Lucin "Spherikal" (Video)

    People have been known to call a spade a spade: it just is what it is. But Ion Lucin’s “Spherikal” will show you there’s nearly an infinite number of ways to think about one object and still be fascinated by it.

    1 week ago / 203 views
  • 1 Lauren Marsolier Photography Photography

    Lauren Marsolier Photography

    The possibility of confusing the real with fabrications of tangibility doesn’t seem too far fetched in our steadfast digital hungry world e.g. Google Goggles. Lauren Marsolier addresses dematerialization and the psychological experience in contrasting figures of substance and those things we simply imagine.

    1 week ago / 240 views
  • Evolution by Boolab (Video) Film & Video

    Evolution by Boolab (Video)

    Good news... animation house Boolab has put together this short and whimsical video on the possible origins of evolution. The bad news? For the critical thinker, it still gives no definitive answers on why these changes happened.

    2 weeks ago / 152 views
  • A Cabin in The Sky by Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman Installation

    A Cabin in The Sky by Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman

    The West has always represented a wave of potential both in land, and a certain mystery of uniqueness. Manifest Desitiny! is a commentary on San Francisco’s settlers of the mid-19th century and their purposeful commitment to seeking out new land and possibility.

    2 weeks ago / 391 views
  • Editor's Pick Pornography Gets Interactive Interactive

    Pornography Gets Interactive

    You know how people love to look over your shoulder on the subway to see what you’re watching, reading or playing? Well, wait until they catch a glimpse of this.

    2 weeks ago / 672 views
  • Simon Davidson: Burnout Car Culture Photography

    Simon Davidson: Burnout Car Culture

    Australian based photographer Simon Davidson is known for documenting various aspects of car culture–from V8 to drag racing–but his most recent work focuses on the adrenaline inducing Burnout competitions.

    2 weeks ago / 176 views
  • Cai Guo-Qiang: Mystery Circle (Video) Installation

    Cai Guo-Qiang: Mystery Circle (Video)

    Cai Guo-Qiang is a contemporary Chinese artist whose recent work has revolved around gunpowder and its awe-inspiring effects. His most recent exhibition at the MOCA in Los Angeles left an intimidating impression on whomever was watching: from the ground or above.

    2 weeks ago / 128 views
  • Lernert & Sander for Wallpaper Handmade 2012 Film & Video

    Lernert & Sander for Wallpaper Handmade 2012

    Dutch artists Lernert & Sander recently presented a short film at Wallpaper's Handmade event in Milan, which takes a playful look at the tailoring process and the quality of goods that are available right at your fingertips. Literally.

    3 weeks ago / 235 views
  • WWW Shelving System by Viktormatic Misc

    WWW Shelving System by Viktormatic

    Books and magazines have been sleeping, leaning and resting on some hard-ass shelves as of late. The www shelf, however, gives even inanimate objects a chance to chill out, unwind and relax.

    3 weeks ago / 219 views
  • Chloe Fleury's Paper World Misc

    Chloe Fleury's Paper World

    Chloé Fleury is a woman of many talents; designer, animator, illustrator and the list goes on. Her portfolio is like an amusement park for grown ups longing to tap into their childhood sensibilities.

    3 weeks ago / 351 views
  • 1 Stephen Mallon: Next Stop Atlantic Photography

    Stephen Mallon: Next Stop Atlantic

    Stephen Mallon photographs NYC’s initiative in the artificial reef building program off the East Coast of the USA. Hundreds of subway cars plunge to the bottom of the sea serving as a reef for oceanic creatures to call home.

    4 weeks ago / 322 views
  • Aerial Photography by Stephen Zirwes Photography

    Aerial Photography by Stephen Zirwes

    One of the most interesting but hardest forms of photography to participate in is aerial photography. But when done correctly it can pay tremendous dividends. As is the case with the work of German photographer Stephen Zirwes.

    4 weeks ago / 355 views
  • ONLY Jeans: Re-inventing the Lookbook Advertising

    ONLY Jeans: Re-inventing the Lookbook

    At the forefront of digital advertising, Danish company ONLY jeans takes the idea of a lookbook and makes it uniquely interactive in a way that trumps all others.

    4 weeks ago / 359 views
  • The Big Dig: A makeshift hole from Germany to China Installation

    The Big Dig: A makeshift hole from Germany to China

    In accordance with the idea that whatever man can perceive man can achieve, the Xi’an Garden Show presents The Big Dig, a hole being dug from China to Germany.

    5 weeks ago / 435 views
  • If Jelly Could Talk... (Video) Misc

    If Jelly Could Talk... (Video)

    Taking malleable material and giving it life, Raphael Pluvinage and Marianne Cauvard are the creators of the incredibly zany game Noise Jelly. The game comes as a kit that allows you to shape, create, and make sounds with jelly. Check out the video to see for yourself.

    5 weeks ago / 481 views
  • 4 Editor's Pick A short documentary about Caine's Arcade (Video) Film & Video

    A short documentary about Caine's Arcade (Video)

    Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes. In this case, it comes from East Los Angeles from 9-year old arcade owner, Caine.

    6 weeks ago / 617 views
  • City DNA Vector Maps by Lu Xinjian Illustration

    City DNA Vector Maps by Lu Xinjian

    When looking at “City DNA”, some might say Lu Xinjian is attempting to create an elaborate game of Tetris. But upon closer inspection, it’s clear he has x-ray vision.

    6 weeks ago / 422 views
  • A Visual Hangover by Giesermann Andre and Daniel Schulz Photography

    A Visual Hangover by Giesermann Andre and Daniel Schulz

    Two Hamburg students, Giesermann André and Daniel Schulz, took these photographs in the wee hours of the morning after the party had moved on.

    6 weeks ago / 646 views
  • Worst Breath in the World Advertising

    Worst Breath in the World

    What's worse than having bad breath? Getting publicly humiliated for it. Advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Paris has honed in on that truth and used it as the centrepiece for this brilliant ad for Tic Tac France.

    6 weeks ago / 349 views
  • Embracing Your Inner Non-Designer by Wells Riley Interactive

    Embracing Your Inner Non-Designer by Wells Riley

    There is no doubt a linear relationship between success and good design, for any company. Wells Riley's “A Guide For Non-Designers” outlines the importance of design in startups, while also providing useful resources on where to look for an aforementioned design whiz.

    6 weeks ago / 336 views
  • Misunderstanding Focus Photography

    Misunderstanding Focus

    “Misunderstanding Focus” is a project made by Nerhol in a collaboration between Ryuta Iida and Yoshihisa Tanaka. Each work is made of several photos taken in a 3 minutes time span and then layered atop one another.

    7 weeks ago / 531 views