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The Baked Table: Now You Can Eat Your Fork & Napkin
Here in Atlanta, it's not uncommon to order soup inside of an edible bread bowl in a restaurant. However, before today, I've never seen an entire table wear set created from baked bread!
Andere Monjo, an artist and designer living in Spain, created this set called "Baked Table" for the London De ...
Design Inspiration: The Sideways Coffee Shop
This is an Alice in Wonderland style coffee shop all the way. The pictures below might even make you a little dizzy! A new coffee shop, part of the Despresso chain of coffee shops, recently opened a block away from the New York Public Library at Bryant Park.
The owner, Eugene Kagansky, decided ...
Disturbing Art: Victorian Zombies With Severed Heads
I filed this under stuff that's completely twisted and disturbing yet interesting and intriguing. We've all seen these Victorian sculptures before, right? To me, they have a kind of "little old lady" feel to them since they were popular back when I was very young. Many times you'll see them on du ...
Skateboard Skulls: Creative, Creepy & Effective Marketing
What do you do when you want to promote your skate store in a unique way that is cheap, good for the environment and that will make customers practically come running to you? Well, you do what designer Beto Janz did of course!
He carved scary-as-hell skulls out of broken, discarded skateboards, ...
Little People: Tiny Art Installations To Inspire You
It seems like one of the trends in photography now is taking pictures of anything that is itty-bitty. Microscope photography has gotten a lot of attention in the past year, and that is really when I remember this trend starting.
It seems people everywhere like to take pictures of small things. ...
So Analog: See Retro Media Storage Come Alive As Toys!
For the first time in a long time, again, I am completely inspired through every atom of my being. The reason for this is none other than the retro cool of old storage media. Now you might think that I have finally cracked, but stay with me for a second. We all know that the cassette, cartridge a ...
Zero Footprint Shirts Made From Leaves
We write a lot on this site about ways we can conserve our natural resources and help the environment. Our beautiful earth is such a precious gift to us all, and sometimes I think we take that for granted.
Even though it benefits everyone when we are environmentally conscious, there are times, l ...
Symbolic Sculptures Created From Human Ashes
There is no doubt this is creepy, but it's one of those things that is so creepy it's actually interesting. We've written about art created from a human skeleton before, so I suppose it makes sense now to write about art created from human ashes.
I admit, when my beloved dog Daisy died, I had hi ...
Scissor Art: Could You Do This With A Pair Of Scissors?
We've featured a lot of papercraft on this site. Some of the designs people create with a piece of paper are absolutely mind blowing. However, what if you add a pair of scissors to the mix? If someone handed you a piece of paper and a pair of scissors, what exactly could you create? These two ar ...
What You Can Do With 2,500 Matches In 24 Hours…
So what is your hobby? Today it seems people are way too busy to even have a hobby, and if you're one of those people, what do you do to keep yourself happy? Some people take pictures, while others relax in front of the telly. If I were to list every hobby I could come up with, the list would pro ...
8 Deliciously Vintage Star Wars Travel Posters
See, I haven't had a vacation in like 8-9 years now, and I am really starting to crave one. It's not like I have ever felt it necessary to have one since I love what I do for a living. It's just that when everyone keeps telling me what a nice time they had in Vegas, Dubai or any other place they v ...
Brilliantly Odd Takes Of Super Mario, LOTR And More…
I am sure it doesn't come as a surprise to anyone that I am a huge art freak. I love art in every shape and form, and it's become a way to inspire me to use the other side of my brain to code and solve problems. The reason I love art is not only intellectual but also spiritual in a way. The searc ...
Photography: Colorful Thread Transformed Into Stunning Artwork
These beautiful, colorful linear installations aren't computer generated. Designer Sebastien Preschoux sets these up himself, outside in the natural world. He likes working in the forest, among the trees.
According to an interview on Trendland, Sebastien likes working outside because, "no one d ...
Amazing Plastic Origami Hand-Bags, Suitcases And More…
Have you ever folded a paper airplane and thought you must probably be the best in your league at it? So be it, but when you consider that there are millions and millions of people out there that take origami more than seriously, you might reconsider even bothering to make that statement. Folding ...
Gorgeous Vacuum Cleaners Created From Ocean Trash
It's no secret that our oceans are polluted with trash. Plastic is the most common material found on our beaches. Misty did two massive beach clean-ups this year, and she confirmed that plastic was what they picked up the most. She even wrote an article about how we can turn discarded plastic int ...