Giant Plastic Animals Appear Across Europe [Pics]
Since 1983, colourful giant animals have been spotted emerging right out of the water, while others hang in the balance like some kind of animal laundry between close-knit buildings. Created using recycled plastic bottles by Cracking Art Group, these amazing animals represent the art collective's strong social and environmental ethic while bringing accessible contemporary art to the masses.
Continue reading...7 Lost Cities of India
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Visit the bustling sea ports, prosperous centres of trade, beautiful houses of worship and powerhouse capital cities of great empires in this collection of the seven lost cities of India. Although they eventually fell to war or natural disaster, their legacies live on in majestic temples, sophisticated art pieces and the knowledge and techniques developed by ancient cities' citizens in agriculture, bead-making and metallurgy. So hop on and enjoy the ride back in time!
Continue reading...Kenji Yanobe’s Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic World
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The future looks both bleak and bright according to Kenji Yanobe. The artist's visions come to life with a huge, fire-breathing robot Torayan, colourful orange-clad men, children in a very different kind of kindergarten class and many more thought-provoking works. Drawing inspiration from Japanese manga and science fiction, Yanobe offers glimpses into a ruined world that uses the best that human technology can offer to make sense of it all.
Continue reading...18 Incredible Umbrella Art Installations From Around The World
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Spring has sprung, and so have all the umbrellas! Our good friends over at Crooked Brains wrote an article about colourful umbrella art; we were so inspired that we compiled our own list of 18 examples of wonderful umbrella art to help you get through those dark, dreary days when the sun just doesn’t want to show up.
Continue reading...Earth Hour: Lights Out Around the World
Monday, April 6, 2009
The bright idea of Earth Hour resulted in a good kind of darkness in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then, the yearly event to turn the lights down low (and preferably off) to raise awareness about climate change and the perils of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions has become a worldwide observance. Over 1,000 cities in more than 80 countries took part in this year's event on March 28. With many a major city participating, just what did those famous skylines and landmarks look like before and after the lights went out?
Continue reading...Shining Solar Beacon Lights the Way for the Weary Traveler
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Avid skiers may soon find a shining new example of sustainable shelter on their next trip to the Swiss Alps. The Monte Rosa Hut, developed by the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and winner of Holcim Awards Bronze 2008 Europe, is an alpine shelter that uses state of the art technology to self-sufficiently produce energy, collect water and treat both solid waste and waster water - all at 2,883 m above sea level.
Continue reading...5 Most Epic Japanese Tea Houses
Monday, March 23, 2009
Japanese teahouses are usually small and simple wooden structures located in remote, quiet areas, but in recent years, architects have been pushing the envelope with modern interpretations of the place of the tea ceremony gathering. Check out Environmental Graffiti's list of five modern tea houses, which includes an inflatable igloo, a tea house on stilts, a cube, a round house and an eco-friendly bamboo hut. Tea, anyone?
Continue reading...Floating Solar House by Kingsley Architects
Friday, March 20, 2009
Cross-country road trips could become a thing of the past if the designers at Kingsley Architects have anything to say about it. The UK firm's modern twist on the camper van has resulted in a compact, earth-friendly floating home that efficiently uses the sun's rays as its power source. Melting glaciers or not, owners can rest assured that the SolarHome will provide shelter enough to survive on the water for up to a year at a time without having to dock on land for supplies.
Continue reading...Mad Japanese Man Becomes Human Skipping Stone
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Here's something to try out the next time you want to have some fun in the sun - water skidding. Yes, we do mean skidding, not skiing. It's like walking on water, except that you're moving much faster and traveling on your behind. If you can't imagine what this might look like, check out this Youtube video of a man wearing nothing but his Speedos zip down a water slide and skid across a pool for several metres!
Continue reading...15 Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Get up close and personal with your innards with these 15 amazing 3D body shots. Embark on a journey of self-discovery starts in your head, travels down through the chest and ends in the bowels of the abdomen. Along the way, you'll see what's normal, what happens when cells are twisted by cancer and what it looks like when an egg meets sperm for the first time. You'll never see yourself the same way again.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
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