The Victorian Underwater Ballroom Created by English Investor and Fraudster Whitaker Wright
photo by Large Pig In the late 1890s, wealthy English investor Whitaker Wright added a Victorian architectural oddity to Witley Park, his lavish estate in…
Hub Powderworks, A Boston Company That Covers Bicycle Frames in a Highly Reflective Coating
Back in 2013 we posted about “The Safest Bike on the Road,” a concept bicycle covered in a retroreflective powder coating that makes the bike…
Delightful Metal Sculptures Made of Car and Motorcycle Parts
Czech artist Tomas Vitanovsky creates delightful metal sculptures out of scrapped car and motorcycle parts. Vitanovsky says he stumbled upon his artform through his work…
The Cosmic Symbolism Fly-Through, A Psychedelic Web Experience by Imaginary Foundation
The Imaginary Foundation brings us the Cosmic Symbolism Fly-Through, which is exactly what it sounds like, if it sounds like a mind-altering web portal to…
Wonderfully Distorted Sculptures Created From Cut Portrait Photos
Artist Justine Khamara transforms her portrait photography into intricate and wonderfully distorted cut sculptures. Khamara starts with a photo of a face or body part,…
1000 Colors, A 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle of the CMYK Color Gamut
1000 Colors is a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of the CMYK color gamut (the CMYK color model is commonly used in color printing.) Each tile is…
‘Gyroscopic Illuminated Figure’, A Circular Neon Sign That Looks Like an Animated Loading Icon
The Gyroscopic Illuminated Figure (GIF) is a neon sign that replicates the maddening animated loading icon that bedevils computer and mobile device users everywhere. The…
Tableware Appears To Sink Into the Table in Clever 3D Illusion Placemats
Tableware appears to sink into the table in the clever trick mat placemats created by Japanese design studio A.P.Works. The illusion is created through the…
Surprisingly Beautiful Photographs of Pollutants in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal
Photographer Steven Hirsch has created an remarkably beautiful photo series on an unlikely subject: Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, one of the most polluted bodies of water…
‘The Itinerant Printer’, An Artist’s Yearlong Project Making Letterpress Prints at 100 Shops Around the United States
For 2015, artist Chris Fritton intends visit 100 letterpress printshops around the United States, making a limited edition print at each shop, for an ambitious…