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Modern architecture: Culture Forest at Seoul

2011-12-31T13:00:00Z

Do you remember the peace of appreciating a good reading sat on a garden bench without hearing the noising city? “Culture Forest” is the next project of Seoul and intends do devolve the nature’s harmony to ludic-cultural activities. That was the target while the architecture of this building was designed.

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What happened with the Cinema of M. Night Shyamalan?

2011-12-30T13:00:00Z

The filmmaker that once positively impressed everyone with his first movie now impresses everyone again, but for the wrong reasons. As his productions are released, Shyamalan seems to proof that he’s a one-movie director.

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Know some of the strangest buildings of the World

2011-12-29T13:00:00Z

You can call them weird, or even unusual, but they are, above all, original. Take a look at those ambitious projects that broke architectonic boundaries and resulted on highly-noticed constructions. There are different shapes and sizes, colorful or not, from USA, Japan or Europe.

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Naked girls reading: a book club for voyeurs?

2011-12-28T13:00:00Z

Reading is a pleasure, but there’s nothing more annoying than a book club — appointments when literary friends sit down, drinking a cup of tea and discharging intellectual observations about a certain kind of text. However, a group of women created a peculiar alternative for reading. They take off their clothes. And read.

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Rusty sculptures by Martin Heukeshoven

2011-12-27T13:00:00Z

This Hamburg German artist makes miniatures of antique cars with a special touch. Using aged and rusty materials, Heukeshoven’s work get closer to steampunk style, remarkably leaving the prints of the time. Here you can find reproductions of Porsche, Jaguar and Citröen models as never seen before.

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Schweeb Revolution: skycyling through the city

2011-12-26T13:00:00Z

Get inside an individual transport cartridge, comfortably lay your back and choose your destination. You just need to cycle softly and forget the rest to put yourself in movement. If you get bored with television, you have got the option for enjoying a 360º panoramic view above your metropolis, as you are lifted up by a track running through the heart of the city. Welcome to an alternative mean of transport from the future.

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Christmas, spitted paper balls, French toast and a kiss

2011-12-25T13:00:00Z

Christmas’ eve. Abundant and plenty food, à la Babette; truths hidden behind that skin-toned make-up base she bought at Avon catalogue. Written speeches and dismissals delayed to the second day of the next month. For Lucinda, Christmas could be resumed on a little ritual of intersected memories.

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Why do we use Christmas lights?

2011-12-24T13:00:00Z

Candles, electric lights, shining ribbons… Why do we have this need for lightning Christmas? There are ceremonies that can explain the reason why there are so many lightning façades during these celebrations. After all, we live on a time when we have to know how we can deal with Watts’ wasting inside our more-and-more eco-friendly world.

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Christmas, Coke and Santa Claus

2011-12-23T13:00:00Z

As the time went by, the real Christmas spirit — something that no one can blame us for not knowing at all — was overshadowed by Santa Claus. Then, Santa Claus was overshadowed by a soft drink, what was also overshadowed later by polar bears. That’s the power of media, able to change concepts and get round purposes. That’s what obviously happens with Christmas.

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Red Rocket 7 - the (secret) rock history in comics

2011-12-22T13:00:00Z

This is the story about the rising and fall on an alien exiled in our world with his six clones — a robot, a Memphis young man called Elvis, 4 boys from Liverpool and a musical style which transcends galaxy: that how rock’n’roll was born. Well, at least, according the astonishing Mike Allred’s comics.

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What can be done with diskettes?

2011-12-21T13:00:00Z

Pretty and ecologically correct: suggestions for reusing diskettes on vintage-pop tools.

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Kaleidoscopical fashion, by Mark Leibowitz

2011-12-09T13:00:00Z

The fashion photographs and editorials always converge to the same focus: the models and clothes they’re facing. But what would happen if someone decided to capture the backstage? That’s what Mark Leibowitz did.

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The oniric world of infrared light photography

2011-12-08T13:00:00Z

It’s like watching a fantastic world, full of unknown colors’ palette. The combination of effects takes us to a journey to some imaginary place, on a ludic way of presenting the reverse of natural beauty.

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The art that lies at the froth of your cappuccino

2011-12-07T13:00:00Z

It’s a simple and fun concept: attending a cappuccino on a different and personalized way. Several creations can be made just using the froth of the coffee, and they can be appreciated while you taste their flavors. However, in the end, the cup is all that remains from this experience.

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Chow Hon Lam: humor for dressing

2011-12-06T13:00:00Z

Chow Hon Lam is the true name of Flying Mouse, a graphic designer from Malaysia who makes t-shirts with humor and exports throughout the world. Know the work of this designer that won three Bestee Awards and works for The Dave Matthews Band.

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Seoul receives the bridge of the future

2011-12-05T13:00:00Z

Ok, it’s also a bridge, but its design becomes it a peculiar crossing structure at the core of Seoul. The environmental aspect walk side by side with culture, leisure and new technologies. Welcome to the future where, according to its task, there’s no unidirectional space.

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IDENTITY - visual concept by Jeffrey Wang

2011-12-04T13:00:00Z

For the Chinese artist Jeffrey Wang, it’s hard to be yourself when you are under the constant attack of all kinds of influences. It’s a way right to the loss of identity. Using the body of a woman, the artist represents the intense process that happens through the most diverse interferences in order to form an individual.

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The surreal faces of Iain macarthur

2011-12-03T13:00:00Z

Drawing that go beyond reality without leaving it behind. Iain Macarthur reinterpretation of faces and usual shapes called the attention of trademarks like Nike and MTV .

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José Saramago - memorial of a genius

2011-12-02T13:00:00Z

José Saramago died in June 18th, 2010. Nobel Prize for Literature, genius of words, master of the text. Controversy, communism, atheism. A tribute to a person who marked the history of universal literature, to someone who shake the basis of History and common sense, and brought a new sense to the world and to the human being. It’s a history about a life and an unlosable work, an “Elephant’s Journey”.

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Spiritualist photographs in 19th century

2011-12-01T13:00:00Z

Phantoms, auras and images created by the mind. Those were some of the paranormal phenomena registered for uncountable photographs at the second half of 19th century. The highest point of the technological spiritualism brought fame to several studios thanks to the mediumistic powers of their photographers. Tricks or unexplainable happenings, what matters is that even Abraham Lincoln’s phantom was portrayed.

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The tiny figures of Mike Leavitt

2011-11-30T13:00:00Z

At his tiny figures which measure a little bit more than five centimeters — sometimes, not that much —, Mike Leavitt presents a manifest against conceptual art. For him, art is really apart from people on these days, becoming inaccessible in comprehension and price. With these little toys, he makes an effort to bring back the artisanal and the unusual characteristics to the artistic set, putting aside the elitist canon and getting closer to the Pop Art. “Art is boring and stuffy. I hate making normal art”, he declares at his manifest.

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JakPak - the perfect coat for open-air situations

2011-11-20T13:00:00Z

With no tools, with no complications: JakPak is a rain-coat, a sleeping bag and a tent. It’s perfect for those who love sports and other open-air activities, or for some kind of emergency — it’s an intelligent design, able to instantly offer a dry, safe and comfortable habitat.

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The Human Imaginarium of MR Toledano

2011-11-10T13:00:00Z

The MR Toledano travels between the personal intimacy and the collective memory of the North-American society. "Days with my father", "Hope & Fear" and "Bankrupt" are some of his photographic series which best illustrate this path.

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Theo Jansen and his kinetic sculptures

2011-10-30T13:00:00Z

Structures made by yellow plastic tubes, moved by the wind, cross the beaches of Netherlands. Those “sand animals”, created by Theo Jansen, are the result of a complex work of Engineering inspired by the theory of evolution. However, they are also impressive sculptures that, despite their fragile appearance, can avoid obstacles and resist bad weather conditions.

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Natural Disasters -- The Great Flood of Paris

2011-10-23T12:00:00Z

We live on days with high frequency of violent storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods… Exactly a hundred and one years ago, in 1910, Paris live one of its most remarkable natural phenomena — the flood which let the City of Lights in the dark under the Seine River.

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Aaron Farley's Photographs

2011-09-01T12:00:00Z

Aaron Farley is a contemporaneous photographer, with a mindful and creative look. He plays with the colors, contrasts and movements, developing an admirable job on such seductive art.

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The Poetical Nature of Tim Flach

2011-08-28T12:00:00Z

Nothing is more sublime and innocent than nature and, different from the human behavior, the animals bring a mix of ignorance and subservience when in front of a photographic display. And this innocence provides a lovely result. That’s the purpose of the photographer Tim Flach.

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The Fantastic Fictional Drawings by John Berkey

2011-08-25T12:00:00Z

Most of John Berkey’s illustrations report to scientific fiction themes and his drawings for the beginning “Star Wars” saga trilogy are well-known.

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Before you die you want to...

2011-08-22T12:00:00Z

For demystifying death, fructifying the love for live and people, the “Before I die I want to…” project, by the Americans Nicole Kennedy and K.S. Rives, comes to sight. Lives captured by Polaroid, expressed desires and an engagement filled with encouragement and hope. This is one of the most altruistic social initiatives of the latest times, a cause at the democratic existentialism which won’t let anybody remain impassive.

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Art Lined in Leather - Mark Evans

2011-08-18T12:00:00Z

Painter is who knows about or practice the art of painting. How can be called someone who make works as perfect as paintings — but with leather? Mark is an uncommon artist and his art won the world. Knives are his tools and leather is his canvas.

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freak folk and naturalism: devendra banhart

2011-08-15T12:00:00Z

Musician of New Weird America scenery, Devendra Banhart is creating a new kind of folk: he allies psychedelia to traditional acoustic forms of making music, with six studio albums. He believes on Naturalism and Karma and search for inspiration in Brazil: he affirms himself influenced by the 1960s Tropicalismo and Caetano Veloso is his favorite artist.

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Arthur Bodolec's Living Furniture

2011-08-12T12:00:00Z

If it's not alive, well, it's near it. Arthur Bodolec created a new kind of objects, activating something with we aren't used to: those chairs open up as we sit down on them, placing a new world for furniture.

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Juarez Machado - ode to the sophisticated woman

2011-08-09T12:00:00Z

This 69-years-old Brazilian artist lives among Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Joinville. Diligent and talented, he achieves an international reputation with a work known as a “ode to the sensual and sophisticated woman”. Know him better.

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Lace Hill: Artificial, Multifunctional and Self-Sufficient

2011-08-06T12:00:00Z

A daring project which aims the union of design, functionality and sustainability with no aggression of the local landscape. There are even speculations about the creation of a dynamic and totally green life style.

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MB&F Horological Machines

2011-08-03T12:00:00Z

From the Sundials, a period when time was measured by shadows, to the most expensive Rolex samples, human being was always obsessed by the passage of minutes, hours, days and years. Now, the clever MB&F agency created some new models which will surprise you: a pure horological art.

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Graphic Art by Rafael Sica

2011-07-30T12:00:00Z

Delusion, fear, melancholia, loneliness and some kind of humor applied to the issues about routine and senses of human action, generally speaking. All of these things put at highly-detailed illustrations and cartoons.

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Live Sculptures by Robert Cannon

2011-07-27T12:00:00Z

If art is a reflex of society, the sculptures of Robert accord with his time. Recognizing the need of creating an artistic stream which considers the ecological issues, the artist presents “Terraform”: really live sculptures which put Nature at the perfect place among the human creations.

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Steampunk Luminaries by Frank BuchWald

2011-07-24T12:00:00Z

The German designer Frank BuchWald makes an incredible job manually creating extremely unique luminaries, called Machine Lights by him. The design of this 12 lamps collection loyally follows the Steam Punk concept. According to Frank, each luminary is an unique piece and has its own nature.

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Publicity - The Rights of Animals

2011-07-21T12:00:00Z

When creativity and social responsibility are joined, the result becomes prominent. The last Born Free campaign stumbles and creates the alert effect to the increasing set of problems which comes from the wild habitats destruction.

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Paper Dresses by Alexandra Zaharova & Ilya Plotnikov

2011-07-18T12:00:00Z

Haute couture with paper: probably it isn’t the next fashion trend for the next summer, but these images deserve a different kind of look. A good montage and a little bit of Photoshop reveal the elevated quality of this material under a fashion perspective.

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Modern Posters With a Retro Touch

2011-07-15T12:00:00Z

Tom Whalen was raised by his grandmother and his favorite character is Spider Man. Conclusion: his works have much in common with retro and Marvel.

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Charlie Kaufman - Cinematographic Hallucinations

2011-05-04T12:00:00Z

Considered one of the most innovative and important Hollywood screenwriters, Charlie Kaufman is the author of polemic movies, as Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004), Adaptation (2002), Being John Malkovich (1999) and the most recent Synecdoche, New York (2008), and this one was also directed by him.

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Graffiti Sculptured by Alexandre Farto

2011-05-04T12:00:00Z

One of the contemporaneous street art highlights, the young Portuguese artist explores and transforms materials and spaces consumed by the time: walls, metals, wood. The result is unique images that renew urban spaces, challenging the traditional obstacles between graffiti and work of art and winning galleries and expositions in Lisbon and London.

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Bluntcard: The right way to say the wrong thing

2011-04-30T12:00:00Z

Bluntcard is specialized in making inappropriate, rude and completely unflattering greeting cards covering all occasions and relationships. From insults to expressions of pride and self-deprecation the cards offer topics such as unhappy housewives, hypocritical friends, family life, jealousy and sex.

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Famous People in Jail... For Great Reasons

2011-04-26T12:00:00Z

The prison isn’t filled just by bad boys. These rioters were behind the bars for great reasons… even if, initially, it didn’t looked like that.

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Art on an Egg-Shell - Franc Grom

2011-04-24T12:00:00Z

Have you ever imagined you could create something that no one ever thought that could be possible? Franc Grom discovered his talent like this. He can make thousands of holes on egg-shells, composing any kinds of figures with a drilling machine. All he needs is his tool, the shell and the imagination.

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The art of Arcimboldo

2011-04-22T12:00:00Z

What would you think if I assembled your face with fruits? Oranges, apples and cucumbers… In our days, it isn’t quite creative anymore — but, trust me: in the 16th century, it was really uncommon.

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Magic Images -- Anamorphosis

2011-04-18T12:00:00Z

Dissected and incoherent images, which become perfect and almost tridimensional in front of a mirror. That’s the secret behind the Anamorphosis, a technique that, although already known by the renaissancist painters, impresses and inspires people until our days.

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Justin Maller's Illustrations

2011-04-14T12:00:00Z

Some consider him the “Master of Photoshop”, as Justin Maller creates intense illustrations using digital tools.

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eight years waiting for Venus

2011-03-14T13:00:00Z

Guillaume Le Gentil was born in 1725, in France. He almost followed the path of the religious life, but he became an astronomer -- a job for which patience is required. And he proved to be a master of this virtue. In 1761, he launched to Pondichéry, a port at Coromandel's coast, south-eastward India. The aim was proceed to an astronomical observation of the transit of Venus -- a phenomenon that happens when Earth, Venus and the Sun are aligned; so, observed from the Earth, Venus crosses in front of the solar disc, covering a small part of the latter.

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