November 2011 Blog Posts (266)

Polygamist/Pimp

Lately, all we hear about in the nightly news is conflict and clashing between social classes and political leaders. What we all seem to forget, amidst all the fighting and disagreements, is that we are all human; as the American Constitution states "All men are created equal." As proof of this point, photographer Mark Laita has…

Can you imagine stepping inside this bar? For anyone who is a fan of the movie Alien, the name HR Giger should ring a bell. He's the artist behind the design of the Alien character. The HR Giger Bar, found at the HR Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland, has Giger's signature surrealist touch written all over it. Featuring large overhead arches sculpted like spines and vertebrate, this cavern makes one feel as though they have been swallowed by some massive beast. Everything in this…

Inspired by Levi of Veluw, Dutch design collective Autobahn created this fantastic book cover concept of a forest created on the back of a human body. Photographer Marieke Wijntjes gives us a peak at how the entire process came…

What do you see inside this Star Wars inkblot? Created for the new Star Wars Identities, a traveling exhibit premiering at the Montreal Science Centre on April 19, 2012, this inkblot is accompanied by a pretty sweet video. The character driven, interactive museum exhibition promises to take Star Wars to a whole new level with costumes, models and artwork from the…

Described by one person as the "the Godfather of the graphic art scene," Anthony Burrill is known for his catchy and clever posters that have become words to live by for the design community and beyond. In bold typography, his meaningful messages seem a bit in your face, but in a way that's wonderfully refreshing. As his website states, "He combines an instinctive handling of…

Here at My Modern Met, we love seeing big cities in a whole new way. Remember Eric Rocco's real Tokyo, Philipp Klinger's fantastic Paris or…

How nice would it be to come home to this? We've all seen the Manhattan townhouse with the indoor pool and now we present an Australian apartment with an indoor jacuzzi! This funky apartment was designed by the creative minds at West Phillips Architects. With the simple use of a winch attached to the…

How disorienting is this bridge? Looking as if it's something out of a surreal dream, the appropriately named "Twist Bridge" is quite the stunning piece of architecture. Spanning nearly 138 ft, the bridge connects the Holy-Zuid district and the Broekpolder over Vlaardingse Vaart in The Netherlands. Designed by West 8 Architects and engineered by ABT, the bridge was constructed out of 400…

Sharon Levy's installation entitled "The Wood" is a group of sculptures that examine trees in a series of different ways. The most striking piece when one enters the room is the massive nine-foot-tall "cookie" or cross-section of a tree. Meticulously painted, this work only resembles an actual tree ring, it's actually made of stretched and painted canvas with carved and painted foam…

Don't these remind you of Jaume Plensa's otherworldly sculptures? Artist Cedric Le Borgne constructs liberating figures made of chicken wire. Each of the artist's intricately crafted sculptures feature the human form (Les Voyageurs), a deer (La Biche), or a monkey…

Fine Art - 1st Place: Alessandro Belgiojoso (Single Image)



You know we love a good photo contest so when we found out that FotoWeekDC just wrapped up their 2011 one, we just had to share their results. As you can see from our post about their contest last year, they gets…

Created to make us think about the way we use our natural resources, like water, the Light Drop designed by Wever & Ducre is a wall-mounted lighting installation that's not only interesting to look at but also pretty clever. The faucet-like taps control the dimming of the LED lights, so the more you twist on the tap, the brighter your room becomes. A pretty nifty way to light up your…

Did someone say confetti bags? If you're a firm believer in making your own gifts or if you just want to get a little creative, check out our new list over at My Life Scoop. This week we've rounded up six websites that have…

Last Friday, news broke out that U.C. Davis campus police pepper-sprayed passive, non-violent student protesters. (The students were part of the Occupy Wall Street movement on campus.) The videos shot of the scene showed a policeman, Lt. John Pike, walking up to the protesters, pulling out his pepper spray and then dousing them at close range. As expected, over the weekend, the…

You don't have to be a kid to appreciate the new Main Street Electrical Parade wallpaper, which Disney just released as an early Thanksgiving Day treat. Love how this illustration looks like it's glowing!

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Ever wish you didn't have to see or talk to the people you were dining with? Look no further. Michael Beitz has built the perfect dining table for you.

"My current work is concerned with parallels between human emotional states and the mass produced design objects we live with and within," explains Beitz. "I explore ideas through drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. My experience as…

FOX GAMES © 1989 Sandy Skoglund



Decades before Photoshop was available, American artist Sandy Skoglund started creating surrealist images by building incredibly elaborate sets, a process which took months to complete. Her works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting…

Hydra Schmidt Coupe



Have you seen the new Captain America movie? If so, then these vehicles should look very familiar to you. Designed for the movie by vehicle designer Daniel Simon, all the concepts took inspiration and guidance from the early 1940's as well as from Marvel's universe. Overall, Simon created seven different…

Pakistan-based photographer Naveed Mughal takes breathtaking shots and then tweaks them a bit to create truly astounding images. It is absolutely baffling that this photo manipulator was only introduced to Photoshop in 2009 and has accomplished this level of digital photo editing. We've seen plenty of images featuring…