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The work of French artist Ciou (pronounced see-you) is a funky, dark, and enchanting collection of mixed media pieces. Born in Toulouse, the incredibly talented artist creates her playful characters and animals with huge eyes and long, lanky bodies. The acrylic and ink artwork, drawn on top of a collage base of old papers, is incredibly elaborate and bursting with color and…
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Photographer Alison Scarpulla makes images that are faint combinations of reality and mystery, almost like a dream. Her hauntingly experimental photographs are formed through double exposures and various developing methods in the darkroom. Her use of desaturated colors and grainy, expired film add to the mystery of this magical world.
There is an eerie sense of…
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Imagine cracking an egg open, only to find another egg inside of it! Or imagine going about your normal morning routine, when you grab your toothbrush and find out that it's made out of teeth! London-based American artist Nancy Fouts has conjured up these creative scenarios and beyond. In her remarkably intriguing sculptures, Fouts combines objects in playful and completely…
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The heart is such a complicated thing, both physically as it beats to keep us alive, and emotionally in matters of love. These complex pieces are symbolic of the intricate structure and layers of delicate balance associated with a heart. Developed by designer Frank Tjepkema, or Tjep., the two bodies of work, Clockwork Love Gold and Clockwork Love Paper, are…
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Have you ever wanted to know what floating through space feels like? This new roller coaster, proposed by BRC Imagination Arts, may be your chance to experience eight seconds of microgravity. The zero-gravity ride is designed to mimic NASA’s KC-135A aircraft, which is used to train astronauts for space! That aircraft has been dubbed the “Vomit Comet." To be on the safe…
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Columbian artist Yosman Botero continues to impress us with his most recent work titled Made Matter of Empty which will be showing at the 2012 Shanghai Art Fair. At first glance I thought a person was standing in front of the work and blocking my view but upon further investigation I realized the people are actually part of each piece. Botero combines acrylic paints on…
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This five-star floating hotel, called Aria, along with its sister ship the Aqua, cruise along the Amazon River in Peru and offer the journey of a lifetime! The ship was custom built by architect Jordi Puig to offer all the luxuries of a standard, non-floating 5-star hotel. Upon boarding the ship, guests are met with extreme comfort and adventure as they experience an unforgettable…
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Huawei, a global information and communications technology solutions provider, made a grand statement recently outside of the entrance to the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. To promote their newest product, the Ascend D Quad, the company commissioned London’s Machine Shop to create a sculpture of the mythical winged horse Pegasus out of…
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Bring a miniature version of New York City right into your home with this paper model set by architect, designer, and modeler Naoki Terada. The multi-talented Tokyo-based artist owns an architectural firm and focuses on structural and interior design, as well as furniture and home accessories. Initially he used these models for work in the architecture firm but after…
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Nikolay Glazunov is a Russian photographer who creates extraordinary portraits. In this particular series, called Alexandra, he experiments with projections of 19th-century art and other light projections onto a wall and incorporates a female form into each scene. By combining the flat, painterly colors and scenes with a real life model, Glazunov blurs the distinction between…
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Danish artist Troels Carlsen is interested in anything that has to do with the human condition. He is also inspired by art history and how art has portrayed human life for the past few centuries. Carlsen uses a variety of media to investigate these topics, including antique pages, paints, and trashed materials for his installations. He said, “I totally adore the many compositional…
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Put your tiny treasures and novelties on display by illuminating them in these clever Light Jars by Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær. Recently, at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair, Melvær displayed these pieces that focus on the “communicative potentials of objects as a means to create emotional bonds between object and user.” As you put whatever small items you…
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