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Your Future Is Calling: 15 Creative & Cool Cell Phone Concepts
Cell phone technology and styling continue to progress by leaps and bounds bu that still leaves a lot of wiggle room for creative engineers eager to answer the call for ever odder phones. Here are 15 of the hottest cellphone concepts around.
Lego Imitates Art: 25 Fabulous Recreations
Aside from creating amazing original works of art, artists have also recreated famous artwork using Lego blocks.
Pretty Persuasion: Pumped Up Propaganda of the Past
Propaganda, presented graphically as posters, pamphlets and pictorial artwork, aims to influence the attitudes of people to serve the purposes of the propagandists. Here are 13 examples of propaganda showing it at its best, worst and purest.
Graffiti Artist Rooted in Hip-Hop: Meet the Signtologist
The Signtologist's niche in the art world is one of those "so simple I wish I had thought of it" ideas - he paints portraits on street signs.
More Than Packaging: The History of Beer Cans
Beer has come a long way since breweries started experimenting with can packaging nearly 100 years ago. Over the years, collectors have enjoyed many styles.
105 Examples of How 8 Essential Technologies Have Evolved
Oh, how we love our hi-tech gizmos and gadgets! These 105 examples of essential technologies travel the long and winding road from radical concept to retail conquest.
15 Creatively Offbeat Canoes, Kayaks & Boats
Smokin' on the water... that's how hot these canoes, kayaks and boats are! It's amazing what a little tech know-how and a vivid imagination can do when whipping up wild watercraft. Here are 15 that'll really float your boat.
Matryoshka Dolls: Russian Treasures
Matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, were born in 1890 near Moscow and are now popular with artists and collectors around the world.
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