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Trompe L'Oeil Art (10 total)



If you know the names John Pugh or Julian Beever chances are you're already a fan of trompe l'oeil, a French phrase that translates to "trick the eye." This type of art is usually murals or paintings that create an amazing optical illusion. One of my personal favorites was the Hausmannian building on Georges V Ave. in Paris, France during 2007. The crazy looking…

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Added by alice on April 11, 2010 at 1:30am — 2 Comments

Modern Architecture: Dream Cube (9 pics + video)

ESI Design worked with the Shanghai Corporate Community to create the Dream Cube, a 43,000 square foot Corporate Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo. Made from recycled cd cases, the Dream Cube is covered in LED lights which change color when people are interacting inside the building.



Visitors are invited to participate online and in-person…

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Added by Eugene on April 29, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Children's Drawings Come to Life (17 total)

How much fun would it be if you could make childhood drawings come to life? That's what Korean artist Yeondoo Jung did with his creative Wonderland series. Jung transformed crayon drawings filled with sweet and sometimes bizarre imagery into real life photographs. Without the help of any computer graphics, Wonderland takes us from fantasy to reality in one fell… Continue

Added by alice on May 4, 2010 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

Behind-the-Scenes of the Gulf Oil Spill



As part of our ongoing partnership with National Geographic, we just received news that they'll be airing a riveting special about the Gulf Oil Spill this coming Thursday, May 27 at 10PM ET/PT. It'll be a must-watch for anyone who's interested in learning more about how this devastating event could have occurred. We'll even get to see some never-before-seen…

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Added by alice on May 21, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Crude Awakening (15 photos)

Chicago-based Jane Fulton Alt photographed more than a dozen people drenched in an oil-like substance while standing on local beaches. "When I started to photograph, people would come up and ask if they could be involved," she says. "The pictures just flowed."



Fulton Alt worked temporarily as a clinical social worker in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina…

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Added by Eugene on July 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Marion Cotillard Gets Undressed (10 pics)

With the recent release of Christopher Nolan's Inception, we knew beautiful editorials starring Marion Cotillard weren't far behind. Photographer Mikael Jansson shoots gorgeous Cotillard for the August 2010 issue of Interview Magazine. In various stages of undress, Cotillard shows us the… Continue

Added by alice on July 21, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Africa's Powerful Kalahari Desert



Using powerful black and white, South African photographer Hannes Lochner captured these stunning images in Africa's Kalahari Desert over a two-year period. "The Kalahari is a very dramatic and striking place to shoot and capture wildlife in some of its most wild locations," says the 38-year-old.



Lochner, who who turned professional only four years ago, holds…

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Added by Eugene on July 23, 2010 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

Beauty and Grandeur of Opera Houses (12 total)

La Scala, Milan, Italy

As a symbol of a nation's wealth and power, opera houses are an amazing way to experience a country's rich culture. Photographer David Leventi takes us inside some of the most ornate ones and even asks us to stand center stage. Taking some photos from the vantage point of the performer, we get to experience an… Continue

Added by alice on August 4, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Dale Chihuly's Amazing Glass Art (13 pics)

I'm a big fan of glass art, so when I first laid eyes on Dale Chihuly's work, I was immediately captivated. It was like nothing I'd ever seen.



A pioneer of the studio glass movement, Chihuly is credited with transforming the methods of creating glass art, and leading the development of complex, multi-part glass sculptures and environmental art. His… Continue

Added by Eugene on August 7, 2010 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Fantastic Futuristic Art (20 total)

Russian graphic designer Tatiana Plakhova blows us away with her beautiful art featuring science fiction-like creatures living under the sea. Her handmade vectors come alive when the lines and dots connect to form intricate patterns and shapes. If you feel as though you're seeing living, breathing organisms, that's exactly what Plakhova wants. In fact, before making a… Continue

Added by alice on August 11, 2010 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Acquiring Signal by David Choong Lee (12 pics)

Shaun Roberts of Hi-Fructose Magazine recently paid a visit to the studio of David Choong Lee. The artist was putting the finishing touches on his latest body of work, "Acquiring Signal," his second major Installation based exhibition.



Completely wrapping the gallery walls, Lee's 400+ piece installation pays homage to street people and the cities they inhabit.… Continue

Added by Eugene on August 13, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Painted Memories (16 total)

Artist Rebecca Campbell combines realism and abstraction to create paintings that look like pictures from our past. Memories from our childhood get triggered but then are combined with more present day experiences. In her words, "time becomes a circle and it’s both sad and sweet at the same time. For example a nostalgic moment for me might be triggered by a memory of… Continue

Added by alice on August 13, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Sarah Joncas's Creative Workspace (9 pics)

Just like Audrey Kawasaki had once done, Toronto based artist Sarah Joncas inspires us by graciously giving us a sneak peek inside her creative workspace. These photos were taken as she was preparing for her second solo exhibition at Thinkspace Gallery, which starts next Friday, September 3rd.… Continue

Added by alice on August 27, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Real Life Superheroes (11 pics)

In real life, do superheroes exist? Apparently so, and photographer Peter Tangen has the proof.



At first, The Real Life Superhero Project was conceived as an avenue to shine light on a new breed of activism and altruism, through a photographic installation to benefit the established organizations the superheroes believe in. But as more people were brought… Continue

Added by Eugene on August 30, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

The Beauty of Skydiving (16 total)

Shot over a week just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina as well as on the Salt Flats in Utah, theses photos by Christopher Wilson will make you appreciate the beauty of skydiving. Generously using negative space, he creates an atmospheric body of work, capturing movement and color in almost an impressionistic way.



Inspired by the late American photographer… Continue

Added by alice on September 15, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Colors of Basketball by Charis Tsevis (7 total)



Greek artist Charis Tsevis is back with a new, explosive set of illustrations! This time he captures the beauty of basketball in two different but strikingly similar ways. The first series he calls “Neo-Futuristic Vectors”. The bright, retro looking illustrations are made up of small and large polygons filled with colors.…



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Added by alice on September 16, 2010 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Oscar de la Renta's Romantic Runway Fashion (12 photos)

Vogue gives us an inside look at Oscar de la Renta's gorgeous Spring 2011 collection. Debuting during New York Fashion week, Oscar's evening collection included incredible flower embroidery, mounds of black organza, sparking sequins, cascading ruffles and even a white swansdown tutu with a black faille bodice! It was a fantastic mix of fashion and art, that made us… Continue

Added by alice on September 17, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

3D Life-Size Paper-Cut Portals (5 pics)

Taking paper-cut art to new heights, Hungarian artist Andrea Dezsö created 3D life-size paper-cut portals that transported viewers into another world. Known for her "tunnel books" which are made by individually drawn, cut out, and painted paper that's then layered so that it's stacked one… Continue

Added by alice on September 21, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

New York at Night (11 photos)

Lower Manhattan with Ground Zero (bottom right)

Jason Hawkes likes to see the world from a different perspective - from above. In college, all he wanted to be was a studio photographer, but all that changed after a flight in a small aircraft. "I realized that, with a little attitude, you see all these amazing patterns - even mundane things look intriguing,"… Continue

Added by Eugene on September 22, 2010 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Gameboys and Girls by Jan von Holleben (8 photos)

In this latest edition, photographer Jan von Holleben asked his friends in Berlin to partake in a playful adventure. You may remember Jan as the one behind the beautiful and endearing series, Dreams of Flying.



"For me, all my photography is about playing! This very project is the… Continue

Added by alice on October 13, 2010 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

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