Featured Blog Posts – June 2009 Archive (268)

Regardless of the troubles he faced in his personal life, there is no question that Michael Jackson revolutionized music throughout the entire world. His 1982 album Thriller is the world's best-selling record of all time, and four other solo studio albums are also among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory…

Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won an international competition to design a new town hall in Tallinn, Estonia.



Within the cluster of administrative buildings, various public departments form a porous canopy above the public service market place allowing daylight to permeate the structure.



In an effort to echo the transparency of a…

She was just shy of ten years old when we first saw Emma Watson take on the role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Now, at the tender age of 19, Watson shows us how she's grown into a beautiful, sophisticated woman in this shoot for Teen Vogue. Shot in and around an old English Country manor, Emma wears some lavish clothes but somehow…

While some photographers specialize in weddings and others in children, Richard Heeks found his calling in bubbles. Though we may all have seen pictures of floating bubbles, we've never seen a picture of a bubble burst. As Heeks states, it's a "minimalist kind of purity." For me, it's that emotional moment when we move from fantasy to reality.…

Next time you buy that sushi box, may you be reminded of this cute vinyl toy creation designed by Andrew Bell. The little blue guy is going to make his debut at Comic Con in San Diego this July, so make sure you grab him and give him a good home if you're going. Vinyl toys are fun to look at...especially when they make you feel giggly (and then…

Daniele Buetti is a Swiss artist currently residing in Berlin and Zurich. He is best known for his lightboxes, photographs and installations featuring defaced top models. Here he shows us what a bitter or sad life they can lead, leaving us to wonder what kind of internal issues they may struggle with.…