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Month: August 2012

Out-Doodled: 13 Hyper-Realistic Ballpoint Pen Artworks

True artists don't need anything fancy to make awe inspiring works. These ballpoint pen artists can come out with something that's photo realistic and vibrant in color (or equally vibrant in ...

Microsonic Landscapes: What Music Looks Like in 3D

What would your favorite album look like in three dimensions? Mexico City-based research and experimentation studio Realität proposes "a new spatial and unique journey" by transforming the ...

Striking Gravel-Covered Japanese House is a Study in Contrasts

Monolithic and dramatic, the two-story Ginan House by Keitaro Muto Architects is a wedge-shaped residence with a dark gravel-covered exterior that contrasts beautifully with a stark white ...

Transforming Decor Reveals Secrets via Spills, Wear & Tear

Kristine Bjaadal creates objects with hidden stories to tell - everyday objects with secret tales shown only under strange circumstances, such as tabletop spills or time-worn seating. A ...

Tiger Stripes to Cow Spots: 13 Playful Home Paint Jobs

What would your homeowners association say if you were to step way, way outside the bounds of normal home exteriors and do something way creative with your home's appearance? These people did ...

Flat-Pack Furniture: 3 Modern Designs from Noon Studio

Simple doesn't mean boring. Take the designs of Noon Studio, which, as design duo Gautier Pelegrin and Taïani Vincent explain, "celebrate simplicity while demonstrating a certain complexity of ...

Cement Bleak: Haunting Shadow Faces on the Sidewalk

Ghostly faces appear in shadows on the sidewalk - cast, of all things, by kitchen colanders. 'Cement Bleak' is an urban installation project by artist Isaac Cordal that employs street lights to ...

Boutique Comic Shop Panel-Style Displays Pop Off the Page

Comics have come a long ways since the early days of Marvel and Detective Comics, but though tone, genres and superheroes in some cases have changed, one thing remains remarkably the same: the ...

Water Worlds: 15 Real-Life Floating Towns & Ocean Cities

There's only one Venice, but you might be surprised to find that you can get the same scenic and historic feel - complete with canal 'streets' and gondoliers - in several other towns across the ...

Sneeze Box: Twelve Twisted Tissue Box Covers

First World Problems don't come tougher than choosing a tissue box cover, which is why we're presenting a dozen of the odder redundant décor accents out there. ...

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