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Month: August 2010

The Roaring Silence: 10 Cool & Creepy Abandoned Zoos

Zoos are more than just living museums of exotic animals, they're places bursting with life, laughter and wonder - that is, until the cages are emptied and wildlife is gone. These 10 abandoned zoos ...

Facing the Arts: Playful Urban Wall Art in Streets of Paris

Paris is a magical city where you'll come across some colorful and unforgettable characters. But perhaps the most colorful character of all is Gregos, an artist who has decided to make his face ...

3G Geek Art Show: Ghostbusters, Goonies & Gremlins

Ghostbusters, Goonies and Gremlins: Is this the trifecta of geeky '80s awesomeness? Clearly, LA's appropriately named Gallery 1988 thinks so, as they've dedicated three weeks in September to ...

Outstanding Offices: 12 Unorthodox Business Buildings

Why should office buildings be sprawling gray complexes in uninspired shapes, filled with depressing gray cubicles in which workers sit and long for a glimpse of nature? For a space so integral ...

Driven to Create: Metal Hubcap Art for Auto Aficionados

One is used to seeing hubcaps lying forlornly on the side of the road, leaning against a telephone pole in the hopes of being recovered by their rightful owner. It's comforting to know that these ...

Futuristic Sculpture: Robot Statues and Found Creations

Humans love to anthropomorphize robots, and whether we make them gigantic and towering, or small and decorative, there's an appeal to their futuristic styling and human-esque forms. Many artists ...

So Retro: 15 Vintage Style Inspired Website Designs

You might think web designers would strive for the most cutting-edge, up-to-the-moment look possible considering the 21st-century nature of the medium. But websites don't all have to be sleek and ...

Carbuncle Cup: Awards for the UK’s Ugliest New Buildings

The Carbuncle Cup is an annual award bestowed by Building Design magazine upon the ugliest building in the UK over the past 12 months. Since 2006 the dubious distinction of winning the Carbuncle ...

Building a Dream: Recycled Art From Old Lottery Tickets

Don't we all have big dreams when we buy a lottery ticket? Even if we don't truly believe it will be the big winner that will change our lives, we hold out some amount of hope that we'll get ...

Wrapped & Twisted Book Sculpture by Jacqueline Rush Lee

For most of us, the value of a book is in its text. But book artists like Jacqueline Rush Lee see much more than just words on a page – to them, books are a highly unusual, mostly untapped ...

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