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Mikkel Johnsen balances a fine line between landscape and architectural photography, shooting images of the built environment. With no occupants in the frame, these industrial compositions invoke a hollow feeling.
In his series Mexico Surreal, Quebec photographer Benoit Paillé experiments with just colored gels and flash to produce the most eclectic documentation of the country and its people, as well as the exploitation of mass tourism.
In his latest series of illustrations, Alfred Basha depicts a series of images where animals merge with the natural world: trees sprout into the silhouettes of foxes or squirrels, and a forest landscape rests atop a lumbering bear. Basha shares most of his sketches and completed drawings on Facebook.
Cheerful songs can actually make you healthier, both mentally and physically. So here are 100 songs that could help get you in the groove, and keep you cool and creative when you need it most! 23 separate studies – covering 1,500 people – have concluded that music can reduce anxiety,
Artist Kimberly Burke crafts these miniature meals that look so lifelike you’d be forgiven for thinking they were made of real food! She explains: “I love miniatures because it gives you a sense of being able to control a large part of the world in a small contained space. Food
As part of the National Gallery’s celebration of Dutch flower paintings from the early 17th century to the late 18th century, The Flower Council of Holland created a giant ‘living’ painting, made up of 26,500 real flowers, to stand outside the famous London landmark on Trafalgar Square. Entitled A Still
Estonia-based illustrator and graphic designer Eiko Ojala has continued to delight viewers with his illustrations that are publicized throughout the world. His art is digitally put together, but he draws everything by hand and also uses his own photography. By making use of colored paper and shadows, Ojala creates a
Chen Yingjie aka Hua Tunan is an incredible artist from Foshan, Guangdong, China. Born in 1991, Tunan blends traditional Chinese art and Western graffiti into his own unique ‘splatter’ style, painting huge outdoor murals and large canvas works, mostly of animals as well as collaborations with fellow artists.
In his series Vacancy, German photographer Ralph Gräf documents the empty rooms, staircases and corridors of abandoned houses and military bases, all waiting for a new lease of life. Looking at the decay and emptiness, he paints an eerie picture of what humans can often leave behind.
In her ongoing body of work, Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto loves to use polyester fabric and assemble it into three-dimensional wearable and sculptural jewelry pieces. Inspired by various sea creatures, her translucent forms are crafted into necklaces, brooches and even rings.
The Pilot Ace, one of the first computers built in the UK. Designed by Alan Turing, and built by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the early 1950s Docubyte photographed the original machines at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, and the images were then retouched by Ink
Go grab a pen and some paper and try this: Using only your memory, draw a bicycle. You have two minutes. Gianluca Gimini has over the past six years asked more than 500 people to do exactly this. Drawing a bicycle from memory is harder than it sounds; of the
