Featured Blog Posts – August 2009 Archive (256)

Are you like me and squeeze the toothpaste from the top instead of the bottom? This slotted toothbrush by Jee Young Choi solves that problem by squeezing every last drop of toothpaste out of the tube. A great idea that maximizes the utility of the toothbrush and minimizes the wastage of the toothpaste.…

Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 on Sunday, giving her country its sixth title in the international beauty pageant. The 18-year-old brunette became the 58th winner of the title in a show broadcast live around the world from the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas.



It was the second consecutive year that a…

Designed by architects Ong & Ong Pte, this modern house in Singapore is meant to give you "a spatial experience that excites the senses by promoting light." The architects sought to create a relationship between the metallic elements and subtle tones within the house by wrapping aluminum cladding in the air well. This air well divided the two sections of the…

Looking through Mandy Lynne's Web site, you not only get to remember the sweet innocence of childhood, you get to take a sneak peek inside the photographer's life. Mandy's three beautiful children are mostly the subjects of her photos. She learned photography to preserve the precious memories she was creating with them who she refers to as the "delight of my heart…

One of our favorite artists Melissa Haslam revealed these new paintings at the opening of the group show "Call of the Wild" this last weekend at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight in San Francisco. Her paintings are always so full of feminine beauty, with a perfect balance of light and color.



I especially like the pink flowers she chose for a couple of her recent…

What would happen if a princess didn't need her prince? If you've ever wanted to imagine what the most prim and proper princesses would look like if they decided to take control of their own destiny, check out the artwork of Jeffrey Thomas. His Twisted Princesses series gets dark and dirty, changing up our familiar fairy tales and giving us beautifully wicked…

"This is what I wish the internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… all in one device. Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot.

I think the following ideas should enhance the functionality of this device. Many applications like these…

Ray Caesar's digital art is some of the best I've ever seen. His pieces almost look like paintings due to their unique emotional impact and seamless blending, but each piece is exclusively created using a 3D modeling software called Maya.



Some of Caesar's artistic inspiration came from working for 17 years in the Art and Photography Department of The…