Incredible Origami Art Created With Money
Get creative and practice the art of paper folding by using up measly dollar bills or foreign currency souvenirs you've got lying around the house to create money origami masterpieces featuring famous people wearing all manner of headpieces from around the world. You'll definitely find some inspiration in our collection of pictures...
Continue reading...Vegetables That Look Suspiciously Animal
Friday, June 12, 2009
The biodiversity on this planet is just astounding. Even with loss of habitat and the threat to flora and fauna, there is still so much to uncover and appreciate. Here we've gathered just a few interesting specimens of plants and fungi for you to discover. Some are more common while others are super strange, and to make things even more interesting for you, they all resemble animals and human body parts. Enjoy!
Continue reading...The Rainbow Tunnel of Tel Aviv
Monday, June 8, 2009
A visit to Isreal may now include explicit stops at the open underground tunnels of Tel Aviv, where artists Bar & Shay have been hard at work installing colourful lights to the once dull underpasses. The new makeovers brighten up an otherwise unmemorable experience, and have already received acclaim as a great street intervention project.
Continue reading...The Aurora Seen from Space [PICS]
Friday, June 5, 2009
You've seen amazing images of the Aurora Borealis and its counterpart, the Aurora Australis here on Environmental Graffiti in the past, but now you have a chance to see them as never before: from space. If you think the view down on Earth is incredible beyond words, wait until you see what these natural light phenomena look like from the International Space Station and through the lens of the Hubble Telescope.
Continue reading...20 Most Creative Environmental Ads
Monday, June 1, 2009
Like it or not, we're bombarded with advertisements from companies encouraging us to purchase the latest and greatest products they have to offer. Slick magazine ads and tv commercials try to lead us into temptation, but more recently, some of that advertising space has been filled up with a different kind of message to ask us to buy into something else: the protection of the planet. Read on, and you'll discover 20 awesomely creative environmental ads from around the world.
Continue reading...Animals Poke Fun at Photographers
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
We humans love to take pictures of animals, and strive to elicit "ooohs" and "awwws" from our friends. But what about the animals and how they're feeling when we decide to invade their space and point flashbulbs in their faces? Well, it seems that sometimes our furry friends really don't appreciate our paparazzi ways and fight back by refusing to sit pretty. The thing is, it doesn't stop, but encourages us, and somehow the snapshots still end up cute as ever.
Continue reading...Enter Sand Dragon: The $40m Floating Mexican Border Fence
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
In the dusty, hot land between Yuma, Arizona and Calexico, California, the US Border Patrol faces regular attempts by Mexican drug smugglers trying to enter the land of the free quite illegally. With the installation of a 15 foot, seven mile long fence that simply floats on top of the sand, guards now hope that things will be different. Like a serpent lying in wait to pounce on an unsuspecting prey, this impressive barricade also yields dire consequences for anyone who dares to cross its path.
Continue reading...8 Incredible Green Roofs
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Environmental Graffiti's put together a roundup of eight great green roofs for you to admire: these aren’t just your average pieces of sod plopped on top of a building, they're beautiful roofs that are meant to be seen, designed by artsy types in newfound attempts to express and flex their creativity. Take a look, and be inspired.
Continue reading...This Is Why It’s COOL To Play With Your Food
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Artist Ju Duoqi loves to play with her food by using vegetables that re-create famous historical scenes and form familiar self-portraits. Carefully chosen and painstakingly positioned by Ju, potatoes, ginger root, tofu, cabbage, onions and cucumbers all come to life as actors instead of eats. The Last Supper gets a whole new meaning when the supper - and those eating it - are edible too.
Continue reading...99 Wolves Run Headlong into a Glass Wall [PICS]
Monday, April 27, 2009
Like a deer caught in headlights or moths to a flame, these wolves are doomed. It's almost like the artist took a snapshot of them in time, just as the front runners of the huge pack meet with a clear glass wall that painfully stops them in their tracks. Where did all these wolves come from, and why are the rest of them following their leaders to the same horrible fate?
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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