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From Abstract to Actual: Unrealistic Art Models Made Real

Some of the world's greatest abstract artists have created portraits of humans that, while inspired by the human form, have completely dispensed with any actual human's natural ...

Stoned Hipsters: Ancient Greeks in Modern Hipster Attire

We've all seen hipsters in the wild, and even if we can't perfectly define what a hipster is, we know one when we see one. Parisian artist Léo Caillard does too, and he wondered what this modern ...

Street Mural Turns Into an Animation as People Drive By

Remember making hand-held flipbooks when you were a kid? Those cute little books that made primitive cartoons when you flipped through the pages quickly could amuse and entertain for hours. ...

An Entire Amusement Park Smashed Into a Four-Ton Cube

Amusement parks are a big part of most peoples' childhoods, with fond recollections of roller coasters and snow cones dancing in our memories. But what happens to those amusement parks after they ...

Generosity in a Can: Coke Can Splits in Half for Sharing

You might have fond memories of sharing a Coca-Cola with a special person, but those memories probably involve a glass and two straws. This clever marketing campaign lets you split your Coke can ...

Useful Billboards? Advertisements Extend Into Urban Space

At its best, advertising is entertaining, even useful. At its worst, it is invasive, abrasive, and perhaps even offensive. IBM's new campaign from Ogilvy France skirts the line, featuring public ...

Flat-Pack Emergency Shelters Slot Together Like Puzzles

Times of emergency call for quick action to get victims into safe shelters. Plenty of easily-assembled emergency structures have been designed over the years, but Australian architecture firm BVN ...

Find the Perfect Parking Spot Before You Even Leave Home

There are countless maps and other direction-finding methods for your smartphone that can help you get to where you want to go - but once you get there, you still have to worry about parking. ...

Odd-Wheel Wonders: 11 Novel Vehicles with 1 or 3 Wheels

We've gotten accustomed to the idea of vehicles having two or four wheels. However, not all vehicle designers are so restrained in their ideas. All of these conveyances are unique because of ...

The Stunning Instrument That Sounds Like an Orchestra

Stringed instruments have been played since time immemorial, and naturally as technology improves plenty of people are trying to recreate that kind of sound digitally. Of course, nothing compares ...

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