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SHE, A Beautiful Set of Illustrated Postcards That Pay Tribute to Iconic Visionary Women Writers
Obvious State (previously) has created “SHE: A Visual Ode to Visionary Women” an absolutely beautiful set of illustrated postcards that pay prescient tribute to the…
Inkbox, Natural Semi-Permanent Tattoos That Last 1-2 Weeks and Can Be Applied at Home Without Needles
Inkbox is a semi-permanent tattoo company that sells really clever, handy kits that feature original artist designs plus the necessary shading inks. Customers who prefer…
Colorful Laser Cut Acrylic Typographic Mirrors
London graphic artist Yoni Alter (previously) has created a colorful series of laser cut acrylic typograhic mirrors. These wonderful mirrors can be personalized with names…
Lake Street Dive Plays a Brilliantly Soulful Swing Cover of the Iconic a-ha Song ‘Take On Me’
On an episode of the A/V Club series A/V Undercover, the band Lake Street Dive performed a brilliantly soulful, swing cover of the iconic, often-covered,…
Nick Offerman’s Mustachioed Face Is Inserted Onto the ‘Full House’ Tanner Family in a Creepy Deepfake Video
Video editor Dr Fakenstein, who previously re-mixed the opening credits of the popular 1990s ABC sitcom Family Matters with a deepfaked Mike Tyson, has done…
Tom Bob Transforms City Objects Into Fun Street Art
New York City street artist Tom Bob (previously) quite cleverly transforms the various pipes, lights, and other unknown protuberances and transforms them into really amusing…
A Brilliantly Designed Network of Hanging Curved Lenses That Kaleidoscopically Augments Reality
Parisian artist Vincent Leroy brilliantly created “Slow Lens”, a project featuring a “low-fi” network of curved lenses that, when hung and turned in front of…
Street Artist AKACORLEONE Transforms a Lisbon Basketball Court Into Beautifully Balanced Public Art
Portuguese street artist AKACORLEONE, in collaboration with Underdogs Public Art Programme and the GAU – Urban Art Gallery of the Lisbon Municipal Council, has transformed…
3D Animated Figures Boogie Down in Imaginative GIFs
Austrian 3D artist and motion designer Kiyan Forootan creates wonderful 3D animated figures. One particular group of these figures has a particularly terrific sense of…
Mesmerizing Footage of the Powerful Attraction Between Super Strong Magnets and Magnetic Balls
Magnetic Games has posted wonderfully mesmerizing footage of the powerful attraction between 2,592 brightly colored magnetic balls and super strong brick magnets. The attraction was…