Emoji-Nation: Famous Paintings Revised for the Internet Age
In a world of mobile devices, share icons and popup alerts, fine art is interrupted by signs and symbols of our times, adding a jarring layer of technology to recognizably classic ...
Month: April 2014
No Más: 15 Closed, Abandoned & Vacant Taco Bells
Don't make a run for the border, most of Taco Bell's 6,500 fast food restaurants are in the USA... not counting those that have been abandoned. ...
Floor-to-Wall Books: Dizzying Sideways Cafe Design in NYC
Looking like a bookshop flipped ninety degrees, this coffee shop stands out even in Manhattan, a world of off-the-wall spaces and strange conceptual designs. This new location ...
Surreal Snippets: Gifs Elevated to Mind-Bending Art Form
Gifs are taking over the internet, and that's not always a good thing. Entire conversations are carried out in the form of animated images, replacing words with snippets of out-of-context pop ...
Gravity: Augmented Reality Tablet Lets You Draw Ideas in 3D
Using a handheld stylus and tablet set combined with an existing augmented reality headset, this invention allows users to sketch in three dimensions and see the results of their work unfold in ...
Animated Still Lifes: 7 Relaxing Cinemagraphic Illustrations
Reclining in the space between the extremes of sped-up, movie-style GIF files and traditional, immobile paintings, this artist brings lazy scenes of everyday reality to life. Rebecca ...
Interact with Escher-Like Architecture in This iPad Game
Fantasy architectural structures inspired by M.C. Escher provide a playful setting for a fun iOS puzzle game called Monument Valley. Even if you aren't big on playing games on your phone or iPad, ...
Ruins of America: 7 Castle-Like Abandoned Modern Wonders
The word 'castle' may conjure up visions of medieval villages in places like Scotland or Romania, but believe it or not, America has its own incredible ruins of vast stone estates. They're just ...
Cutting Edges: Layered Back-Lit Paper Art Gets Deep & Dark
Together, Hari & Deepti (Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker) turn sets of two-dimensional cutouts into vivid and haunting three-dimensional dioramas, often set in shadowy fantasy ...
Modular Retrofit: Bamboo Micro-Homes in Deserted Factories
A pragmatic twist on visionary plug-and-play architecture, this project combines a cheap and fast-growing material with existing (abandoned) infrastructure to address the extensive needs of ...
