All Blog Posts Tagged 'cool' (87)

Houston Concert Stage Has Multiple Votexes

Last year, artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck, most famous for their mind-bending Tunnel House, gave the Houston community one incredibly cool place to see free concerts. Officially opened on October 1, 2011, 5th Ward Jam looks like an imploded barn but is actually a "ready-to-be-knocked down…

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Added by alice on August 27, 2012 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Light Projection Turns Plain Room into Geometric Maze

If you ever wanted to turn one of your plain, all-white rooms into a crazy, awesome experience, just ask Bahar Yurukoglu. The artist has created an interesting installation where he puts simple, polygonal shapes made of acrylic glass tiles on walls and ceilings. He then hits those objects with projected rays of light. This, in effect, covers the room in stunning colors… Continue

Added by alice on October 12, 2011 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Plastic Breakdancers by Kidrobot

Forget those little green army men, who wants some plastic breakdancers? Sure this series, called All City Breakers, was inspired by those hardworking soldiers but aren't they so much cooler? These flexible dancers celebrate the best of dance style by showing us actual breakdancing moves from Power to Flex. They come in four neon colors: pink, green, orange and blue.…

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Added by alice on September 1, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Magical Scenes Made on the Ground

The Wizards

Forget everything you ever knew about creative kids photography (except for anything by Jason Lee) and then take a look at this. Jan von Holleben, the talented photographer who made a name for himself with… Continue

Added by alice on July 13, 2011 at 9:30am — 9 Comments

20 Most Cool and Unusual Portraits

Over the past three years, we've come across an endless amount of portraits. Today, we've chosen 20 that really stood out to us for their originality and creativity. What these artists have done is take everyday materials like screws, maps, CDs or junk mail and turn them into incredibly cool and unusual works of art. We appreciate these artists not just for their unique style but also because we… Continue

Added by alice on June 18, 2011 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

The Secret Life of Skeletons

Does Paris, France-based Marc Da Cunha Lopes know of a world that we don't? Has he found a secret land of sad and depressed skeletons? It would seem so by his latest series titled Vertebrata...

Cunha is known for his spectacular photo manipulations and sweet stories like Lulu and… Continue

Added by Eugene on June 15, 2011 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Modern Hovercraft Concept

Even though the hovercraft never really caught on with the mainstream public, this futuristic concept by 21-year-old Chinese designer Yuhan Zhang will surely turn some heads. The entry was recently shortlisted in the CDN Car Design Awards in China.

The Volkswagen Aqua is an all-terrain hovercraft that has more than one engine. The primary motor, which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell,… Continue

Added by Eugene on June 1, 2011 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

8 Creative and Cool Music Accessories

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You consider yourself an audiophile, a person who seeks and appreciates high-quality music that sounds as close to the original performance as possible.… Continue

Added by alice on March 22, 2011 at 12:00pm — 10 Comments

Typography Bikes (5 total)

You'd never mistake your bike for anyone else's if you had one of these by French designer Juri Zaech! And most likely you'd make new friends as strangers called out your name. Cleverly called Write a Bike, this series just shows concepts but Juri's looking for a way to prototype them soon. Love the retro vibe.…

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Added by alice on October 13, 2010 at 6:30am — 3 Comments

My Modern Met Meets Swissmiss and GOOD Magazine

I had the incredible privilege of meeting one of my all-time favorite designers and bloggers today, Tina Roth Eisenberg, otherwise known as Swissmiss. Tina calls herself the "Swiss designer gone NYC" and she's been running these off-line events called CreativeMornings for over two years now in New York.… Continue

Added by alice on October 8, 2010 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

Tim Walker's Street Sign Illusions (12 pics)

British fashion photographer Tim Walker recently showed off an interesting and eye-catching editorial titled High-Style. This time it was for Vogue Italy's September issue and it featured 33-year-old Polish fashion model and actress Malgosia Bela. With the help of some creepy characters, the model reenacted some of our most familiar street signs, making us remember… Continue

Added by alice on October 4, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Giveaway: Bamboo Earbuds from REVEALshop.com

This Fourth of July, ask not what your planet can do for you. Ask what you can do for your planet!

The sustainable accessories line REVEAL is giving away an ultra cool pair of… Continue

Added by PANDA JU on July 1, 2010 at 5:43pm — 14 Comments

Pixelated Sculptures

Pixelated sculptures created by artist Shawn Smith with ink, wood and acrylic.

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Added by Yasmine Zalek on June 17, 2010 at 11:17am — No Comments

These Golden Books Are Not For Children

We've all read a Golden Book when we were kids. They're a line of illustrated children's books.

These Golden Books here though, are not exactly suitable for children.

Josh Cooley, an artist at Pixar, has been whipping these up in his spare time for the past two years. Most are pretty self-explanatory. If I have to tell you the movie though, you won't get the joke.

Illustrated are famous scenes from movies like The… Continue

Added by Yasmine Zalek on June 17, 2010 at 11:07am — 1 Comment