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Month: September 2010

Art in Chains: Fine Art Sculpture Goes Heavy Metal

Chains are seldom used for any higher purpose than securing a bike against a railing, except in these cases, where artists have used their imaginations and metalworking skill to come up with ...

Our Secret Selves: Identities Revealed in Pockets & Purses

Would you empty your pockets for a perfect stranger? Would you let a friend go through the contents of your purse? For most of us, the things we carry with us on a daily basis hold a certain, ...

Here Today, Drawn Tomorrow: 16 Future Visions of 10 Cities

Will the San Francisco of the future be a bleak post-apocalyptic nightmare, or a sparkling eco-metropolis of algae-harvesting towers? How will the world's largest cities deal with climate change, ...

Great In The Sack: 15 Weird & Wonderful Shopping Bags

Calling all shopaholics and sacks addicts: we've got your fun bags right here! These 15 weird & wonderful shopping bag designs take the concept of "love handles" to a whole new level while ...

Small Miseries: Eerie Ceramic Scenes Sculpted by Carole Epp

Cutesy, feel-good figurines they're not: one little girl has an eye gouged out, a boy is crucified on the golden McDonalds arches, and an anthropomorphized rabbit carries the severed head of a ...

Portable Cities: Suitcase Architecture Made from Clothing

What connection does a discarded sweater on a subway have with the city in which it's found? For Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen, the used clothing of a city's inhabitants take shape as ...

Haircut Time: 25 Hair Styles That Will Blow Your Mind

As someone who has never said anything to a hair stylist beyond "Make it shorter," I have a true admiration for people who step outside of the box and get truly creative with their hair. It's ...

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