This week, photographers in Scotland, Canada, Norway, Alaska and even the UK saw their skies light up as the largest solar radiation storm in more than six years created gorgeous auroras. A coronal mass ejection (a massive burst of charged particles and magnetic fields) hit Earth's magnetic field on January 24th, sparking a geomagnetic storm and bright auroras around the Arctic…

France-based artist Vanessa Dakinsky combines a realistic aesthetic with surreal undertones in her series Fantasmagories and Unportrait. A common technique employed in Dakinsky's work is producing realistic cores that appear to disintegrate at the edges. There is an intriguing pixelated effect along the contours of the subjects in her paintings that make the…

Lithuania-based mixed media artist Natalie Shau combines her expertise in photography and illustration to produce wildly surreal portraits. The multifaceted artist, who finds inspiration from religious motifs and fairy tales, manipulates her photos to offer more than the average fashion photograph. She digitally paints and illustrates aspects of each image to add a bizarre element. Her…

Who hasn't been swept away into the magical world of Roald Dahl? Who wasn't overjoyed for Charlie when he found that last golden ticket and whose imagination wasn't forever changed when they read the story about a young English orphan boy who encountered six strange insects inside a gigantic peach? If you're in the UK, you can now buy a special set of six Royal Mail stamps, which…

Influenced by previous work with big names in the fashion and textile industry, Amsterdam-based designer Thomas Eurlings is now creating products for his very own label. Recently he made two interesting designs, gradient wallpaper and a fading mirror, that play with the basic ideas of space.

The wallpaper design gradates from dark at the bottom to…

Some people go to the beach to enjoy a beautiful sunset, to search for dolphins, or to watch surfers riding the waves. That's why Montauk, New Yorkers could have never expected to come face-to-face with a 12” long 5” high life-sized rhino, made of mixed media resin, roaming their shores. At least not until today. Davis Murphy, a multidisciplinary artist, sculpted a variety of…

Being that we're in 2012, the year of the Dragon, I've been looking forward to seeing some our favorite artists' unique interpretations of the grand beast. Amy Sol does not disappoint. She will be releasing a new, limited edition print tomorrow called Water Dragon that's in her trademark, dream-like style. "This is an illustrated piece I created last year for My Plastic Heart Gallery‘s…

Norman Rockwell's The Runaway has been fantastically remade in Halloween-style by artist Luke Radl. It features Spiderman as the cop, a pirate as the waiter, and a Green Goblin dressed boy as the runaway. Love this modern update. For a quick art history lesson, you can read more about the original Norman Rockwell painting on the…

Scheduled to be up and running this summer, the Mercedes House by Ten Arquitectos will provide a fresh new look to the bustling streets of Midtown Manhattan. With spectacular views of De Witt Clinton Park and the Hudson River, the building zig zags vertically and diagonally to preserve city side streets.

The winding feature of the structure also allows for each…

London-based artist Paul Morrison creates large-scale landscapes like no other. Focusing on floral motifs, the contemporary artist incorporates gigantic compositions of flowers and botanical elements into architectural environments. While most landscape portraits reflect the enormity of man-built structures or the vastness of a natural land, Morrison fills the frame…