There are foods that are nothing without the other, like peanut butter & jelly, spaghetti & meatballs, coffee & donuts. Now combine those dynamic duos with font’s counterpart, the ampersand aka ‘&’, in a brilliant series by illustrator and graphic designer, Dan Beckemeyer. In Ampersand Food Groups: Typography Illustrations, Beckemeyer creates digital illustrations of the almighty ampersand made out [...]
China has a population of over 1 BILLION people (*said with Dr. Evil pinky*). Internationally-published freelance photographer and travel writer Tom Carter has traveled extensively throughout the 33 provinces of China documenting the 56 wide-ranging ethnic groups that compose the vast nation, collected in his book CHINA: Portrait of a People. This book is the most comprehensive collection of imagery of [...]
Footwear giant, Nike, is going back to the future. They’ve filed a patent for “automatic lacing sneakers” reminiscent of the kicks that Marty McFly wore in Back to the Future Part II. The patent that was filed in 2009 states that the automatic lacing system would provide a set of straps that can be automatically opened and closed to [...]
Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley has already conquered the boo-ties, why not the boo-boos? Using glitter, sequins, lace, gems and more, Rowley has teamed up with Band-Aid to design a limited edition set of adhesive bandages for a good cause. One dollar from the sale of every $10 tin will go to Design Ignites Change, an organization that engages [...]
I won 1st place in a coloring contest in 3rd grade. I loved coloring then, I still love coloring now, and I love the concept of this dress. The wearable Color-In coloring dress by the creative minds of Berber Soepboer and Michiel Schuurman is a simple black and white patterned dress that allows you to have your way [...]
There’s nothing like the smell of a book from the library (as Carrie Bradshaw says), or admiring a good magazine from cover to cover, reading every article (even when you have to skip to the back for the continuation), and soaking in every ad or pictorial. With the world being heavily technology-driven, we’ve almost forgotten what printed matter on ACTUAL [...]
The goal of a puzzle is to fit each piece correctly together to form a picture. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz takes a bit of a different method with the same, if not more beautiful, result. Muniz uses unconventional mediums for his work, from garbage to puzzle pieces to create his pieces. In “Gordian Puzzles,” hundreds of [...]
On the outskirts of The Lone Star State near Marfa, Texas, lies a stretch of lone highway, miles of flat land for days, and the lonliest Prada store ever. Since 2005, a Prada building has stood alone, with a non-functioning door, sans customers and sales people, in the middle of nowhere houseing only 20 left-foot heels and six handbags that were chosen from the [...]
“The Scraper Bike Movement seeks to capture the creativity of youth living within dangerous communities. It gives them a positive outlet that is fun, educational, and promotes healthy lifestyles. The Scraper Bike Movement offers youth a sustainable group of peers that is positive and motivating. We want to expand and enlighten young peoples perspective on [...]
The moment as a 9-year-old boy when John Gettings discovered his father’s stash of Playboy magazines in a locked chest in their attic, is the moment that shaped him as a photographer and was also the inspiration for his Polaroid series. From that moment in the 60′s, not only did his love for women (obviously) form, but his [...]
