As part of a
land art contest held in Quebec, Canada, ten artists from around all around North America came together to create some stunning art. One of the standouts was this incredible portrait of Steve Jobs made entirely out of apples. After learning about his passing, artist…
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Added by alice on October 25, 2011 at 12:00pm —
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Though we hadn't heard from elusive street artist Banksy in a little while, it should come as no surprise that his latest piece would be for the "Occupy" movement. Popping up at St. Paul’s Cathedral for Occupy London, this brand new sculpture features a panhandling Rich “Uncle” Pennybags on a make-believe Monopoly board. According to Demotix, it was created "as a show of…
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Added by alice on October 25, 2011 at 10:30am —
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Peacock (First Place Winner: "Best Dog & Owner Combo")
Whoever said Halloween was a holiday just for kids hasn't checked the Halloween Dog Parade in New York City. This year's event was held on October 22 and attended by 500 dogs and 3,000 spectators. If you weren't able to swing by, you're in luck. Photographer Vivienne Gucwa wrote to us to tell us…
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Added by alice on October 25, 2011 at 9:00am —
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Ready for some
more awesome sites to bookmark? In our next post for Intel's My Life Scoop we take a look at some amazing Tumblr blogs.
Founded in 2007, Tumblr is a quickly growing blogging service that attracts over 72 million visitors a…
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Added by alice on October 24, 2011 at 12:30pm —
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Organized by a collaboration of design industry leaders and AIA Los Angeles, Canstruction LA invites teams of prominent Los Angeles architects, engineers, and designers to create exciting exhibits made entirely of cans of food, to be put on public display and awarded prizes by a panel of judges. This year's competition just wrapped up at the Westfield Culver City Shopping Mall in Los…
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Added by alice on October 24, 2011 at 8:00am —
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If you're looking to jazz up your holiday party this year, check out these awesome appetizer plates that were just released by CB2. How can you not fall in love with these hilarious little characters taking over your plates? While one happy fellow is riding a
biscotti, the other's got his tongue…
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Added by alice on October 24, 2011 at 7:59am —
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Is this not one of the trippiest photos of a city you've ever seen? Photographer and artist Simon Gardiner created
From the Sky Down, taking inspiration from Japanese architect and photographer Kawahara Kazuhiko (otherwise known as Palla). He also used what he knows about the photography technique
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Added by alice on October 22, 2011 at 11:00am —
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If you're someone who wants to take their photography to the next level, you can take classes or read books and articles like
this one from LIFE.com that gives you useful and practical tips. LIFE has gathered some great advice from professional shooters, passionate aficionados, and LIFE editors so…
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Added by alice on October 22, 2011 at 9:00am —
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What happens when an artist, who has a passion for the hit game Angry Birds, takes actual photos of birds and digitally paints over them? Well, if that artist is Mohamed Raoof, we get some of the best examples of real life Angry Birds anyone has ever seen! These photo manipulations are so good they'll almost fool you into believing that Angry Birds actually exist in real life.…
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Added by alice on October 22, 2011 at 8:30am —
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Can't believe it's only 10 days till Halloween! Now that's (above) what I call a good disguise. (Just kidding. It's actually a very trippy sculpture.) Did you enjoy
last week's links post where we showed you some creative Halloween decorating ideas? This week I decided to go…
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Added by alice on October 21, 2011 at 5:45pm —
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Don't we just love simple, clever and creative ads like this? From far away, it seems as though we're looking at video game controllers. Look a little closer and you'll soon find out that they're in fact bodies! As we all known, Kinect launched in November 2010 as a a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console. It enables the user to control and…
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Added by alice on October 21, 2011 at 11:09am —
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What a shot! Young photographer Bence Mate recently won the BBC Eric Hosking Award for this incredible shot of a pelican snapping up a fish. The award encourages and rewards the talents of young photographers between the ages of 18-26. It is a special award under the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition. More than 100 prize-winning photographs from the competition’s 17 categories are now on view at Natural History Museum in London until March…
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Added by alice on October 21, 2011 at 10:00am —
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Could a sculpture containing 100 fish in formaldehyde actually be considered a work of art? You bet. Created by Damien Hirst in 1993, the cabinet called "Where Will It End" was just sold for $2.8 million on a preview day at FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain), France's biggest art fair. Crazy.
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Added by alice on October 21, 2011 at 9:30am —
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In Paris this weekend? Don't forget to drop by the Grand Palais from now till Sunday, October 23, 2011 to catch the 38th edition of FIAC, France's major international contemporary art fair. The event is expected to attract around 85,000 art enthusiasts to the 168 participating galleries from 21 countries including Europe, the Americas, Asia, Turkey and South Africa. Get ready to see…
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Added by alice on October 21, 2011 at 9:29am —
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Los Angeles-based artist
Alexandra Bellissimo has created some amazing collages using the human body and nature. As a conceptual photographer, Bellissimo creates work revolving around "making" pictures instead of simply taking them. Love the surreal nature to these black and white photo manipulations.
"Through the…
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Added by alice on October 20, 2011 at 12:00pm —
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Illustrator Rop van Mierlo has recently been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2011 with his critically acclaimed book
Wild Animals. Currently available all over the globe, including the MOMA in NYC, the Palais de Tokyo, Colette in Paris and all Paul Smith stores in the world, the book has been a sensation…
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Added by alice on October 20, 2011 at 10:00am —
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Is that paint, tears or rain dripping from the sky? That's up to your imagination. This intriguing installation, a collaborative piece by Ema and Kid Acne, is currently on view at the Pilori Museum in Niort, France until October 29. Called
Unclear Ground, it takes inspiration from the forgotten spaces the artists have used to create their art - such as derelict factories,…
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Added by alice on October 20, 2011 at 9:28am —
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Man With Hat
First
spotted at this year's
Dwell on Design event,
Shining Image is a floor lamp that makes shadow art…
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Added by alice on October 20, 2011 at 8:30am —
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This will be either the most overhyped piece of camera technology in modern times or the start of something revolutionary. (I'm hoping it's the later.) About four months ago, Lytro announced that they were building a consumer digital camera that claimed it will be the biggest technological jump since we started talking megapixels over 20 years ago.
The pocket-sized…
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Added by alice on October 19, 2011 at 1:30pm —
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In the three-plus years that we've been running My Modern Met, I've never seen anyone capture the beautiful city of New York like Evan Joseph. His magnificent photos of the metropolis at night are shot as he precariously dangles from a helicopter 2,500 feet in the air. Talk about dedication to his craft.
I've always known that…
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Added by alice on October 19, 2011 at 11:00am —
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