October 2009 Blog Posts (197)

What would happen if tomorrow we all woke up and found giants frolicking around our city? What would they do? Where would they go? Some of today's modern artists and advertisers have already figured out those answers. Here, they've created some super-sized art installations and advertisements that'll give us an idea of what might transpire.…

Creating a three-dimensional world out of two-dimensional drawings, David Spriggs masterfully recreates galaxies in all their glory. Along with his celestial collection of clouds, stars, and meteors, Spriggs also produces what look to be free-flowing alien-like life forms.



These spatial images are created through the combination of painting, drawing,…

Perhaps the Japanese know something we don't! A 60-foot statue of famous cartoon robot Gigantor was recently built in the city of Kobe. Towering over Kobe's Wakamatsu Park, the statue weighs 50 tons, costs about $1.5 million to build and took about six weeks to erect. Just like the humongous…

They say that diamonds are a girl's best friend, so this street installation by Belgian designer Liesbeth Bussche must be a city's best friend. Creating large scale jewelery, Bussche decks out the streets with bling. Her pieces include pearl earrings made out of concrete balls and a Tiffany & Co. necklace made with chain-linked rope.…

I love mid-century modern design! Mid-Century modern is a design form that describes mid-20th century developments from roughly 1933 to 1965. In the past few years we've seen a huge revival of this movement, but now we're seeing it updated for these modern times. We love the classic throwback, the…

Global architecture firm Populous won the competition to create the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, South Korea. The 70,000 seat, $400 million multipurpose stadium will be designed to be reconfigured into a single sided grandstand of 30,000-seats, within a park, after the Asian games. It will be located between Incheon International Airport and Seoul,…

Flava Flave!



Can chickens be cute and still carry a political message? Check out the work of Cache and you might think so. Street artist Cache painted his first chicken in 2003, near downtown LA. "The chicken thing started as a joke," he says, "but once I started reading and exploring the socioeconomic spiral, I figured there's a way to open people's minds. Carlos Castaneda wrote…

I wonder how Ukranian digital artist Stanislav Odyagailo comes up with these surreal pieces. One thing is for sure, he doesn't lack in the imagination department. Buckle up because it's going to be a bumpy ride, as we dive head first into his extraordinary world.…

Point Lobos - Pinnacle Rock (0.8-second exposure)



While high-dynamic-range (HDR) photographs are generally achieved using software such as Photoshop or Photomatix, long exposure photography is more of a waiting game. It's a technique that advanced photographers use to capture light and movement. Patiently they wait, slowing down the shutter speed, trying to capture just the right…

Once constructed, Okhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia will be the tallest building in Europe, and one of the most environmentally sustainable buildings in the word. The twisting tower, designed architecture firm RMJM, will primarily serve as the headquarters for Gazprom's oil unit OAO Gazprom Neft, with additional spaces dedicated to a concert hall, museum, hotel and…