All Blog Posts Tagged 'World' (102)

As the highly anticipated World Cup is now under way, check out these great photos of enthusiastic fans cheering for their hometown team.



Above: South Korean soccer fans react as they gather in Seoul, South Korea, to watch South Korea's first game of the 2010…

The Girl Who Could Fly

Take a quick peek into the world of Jason Chan and you'll be dazzled by all of the mystical creatures. It's where flying children, rock monsters and beautiful sorcerers are as commonplace as ghosts, unicorns and dragons.



Combining his love for video games with his skill for drawing, Chan was destined to become…

Grand Central Terminal, New York



Bryan Solarski travels around the world, visits some of the world's most famous landmarks, and shrinks them. He uses a popular technique called "tilt-shift." The viewer is cast back into a period of childhood, when everything experienced feels larger-than-life.



"I wanted to recreate the dreamlike feeling of actually being in these places in…

Step into Kimberly Chorney's whimsical world and you'll never want to leave. Her gorgeous photos will transport you into a different time and place. I love the simple but clever way she uses props like retro clocks and shoes to really bring out the personality of her subjects. Also, her use of soft tones and contrasting colors makes each picture pop.…

To promote the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup, ESPN commissioned artists to depict a story of each of the 32 teams in a mural.



Each mural will appear in publications and on subway platforms and billboards in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere from now through mid-July.



The network worked with the Wieden+Kennedy ad agency and the…

Want to see where most of us travel to? Check out this world map color-coded by level of touristiness, based on analysis of photos on Panoramio. Yellow indicates high touristiness, red represents medium touristiness, and blue means low…

Football Miracle - Zhong Biao

The World Cup will start in less than a month, and for the second time in history, it is is accompanied by a major official art project.



The collection features works by seventeen internationally acclaimed artists with a special relation to the African continent. Famous top-ranking artists include William…

Colombian jeweler Enrique Vasquez has won the rights to produce the official 2010 FIFA World Cup rings. This is the first time official World Cup rings, which feature soccer balls, stadiums, and the flags of the 32 participating countries, have been made for FIFA.



The collection includes seven platinum rings to be sold for $250,000 apiece, each encrusted with…

MVRDV recently designed the Water Cube pavilion for the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, Korea. The structure is designed to express the power and beauty of the oceans, and is composed of water filled basins, which act as both a temperature buffer as well as the main attraction. A bit like being inside an aquarium, the hollow inner sanctum will be lit with water-filtered…