Category: Creativity

Creativity

Nimb: the portable panic button

Introducing Nimb, the portable panic button. Thanks to this handy ring, whenever you are in trouble, experiencing a health emergency, or feeling unsafe, Nimb will send an alert message when you hold a button down for three seconds....

By Johnna Gurgel · Jun. 23, 2014

Creativity

Empowering jewelry modeled from breast cancer tumors

Leonor Caraballo and her husband, Abou Farman, create artwork under the singular identity, Caraballo-Farman. Their project ‘Object Breast Cancer’ was realized in 2008 when Leonor Caraballo was diagnosed with breast cancer....

By Laura Smith · Jun. 23, 2014

Street art

Funny graffiti messages with profound implications. What do you think about on laundry day?

Don’t Fret is an artist from Chicago that posts his silk screened images on the streets. Recently, Don’t Fret traveled to New York City and left behind a number of murals, signs and hand written messages for residents to study...

By J Hudson · Jun. 21, 2014

Creativity

Smart garden lets you grow your own ecosystem at home

VERTICALGREEN is an international workshop based in México that has set for a very ambitious goal in fulfilling the World Health organization's recommendation of a minimum of 9m2 of green area per inhabitant for the year 2030....

By Odette Carrasquedo · Jun. 20, 2014

Photography

Mesmerizing time-lapse videos of colorful blooming cacti

Plants are one of those things that hold an incredible curiosity in how they can move so slowly, yet so dramatically, over time. Visualizing this process is endlessly fascinating and one man in Jacksonville, Florida is giving...

By Justin Crowe · Jun. 19, 2014

Creativity

Beautiful orb-like sculptures made from textiles from Mariko Kusumoto

Mariko Kusumoto has been turning textiles into orb-like sculptures for a while now (previously) and her creations never cease to amaze. The sculptures can be worn in the form of necklaces, brooches, and rings. Each...

By Umar Ansari · Jun. 18, 2014

Art

Conceptual artist turns pieces of trash into amazing still life art

Nik Mirus is a conceptual artist who has a knack for seeing beyond what the regular human eye can see. In fact, one of his latest pieces of work involves nothing fancier than railroad junk. He shines a light on random pieces of trash...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Jun. 17, 2014

Art

Artist fastens LEDs to rowing paddles for striking seaside photos

Long exposure photos always turn out fascinating and this series hailing from Ontario, Canada is no exception. Stephen Orlando fastens LED lights to everything from violin bows to rowing paddles. He then takes long exposure...

By Umar Ansari · Jun. 15, 2014

Digital

Amusingly cute GIFs illustrating comical life situations

Hama House, a Japanese illustrator, creates GIFs to demonstrate and capture the anxieties and comical moments of everyday modern life with an offbeat, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. Mixing dreams and reality, his cleanly animated...

By Nhan Tran · Jun. 15, 2014

Photography

Energetic senior citizens reenact classic movie scenes

You wouldn’t expect to find retirement homes teeming with excitement, but the U.S. based Senior Living Communities network is changing the “old folk’s home” stereotype with a calendar using their lively and vigorous...

By J Hudson · Jun. 14, 2014

Creativity

Breathtaking textures of nature captured in abstract photographs

With one push of a button the shutter sounds and an image is captured. But if you've ever picked up a camera you know it's so much more than that. Not only are you capturing a moment, but an emotion, a presence, sending a message. Photographer...

By Joshua Tyler Bacon · Jun. 12, 2014

Creativity

Amsterdam museum bans cameras and asks visitors to draw paintings

Located in the heart of Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum is a popular arts and history museum. It's new campaign, #startdrawing, asks visitors to put down their phones and bring along a pen and some paper to sketch sculptures and...

By Umar Ansari · Jun. 10, 2014

Industrial design

Dangerous-looking popsicles designed to look like cacti and viruses

In this study that appears to be part-social experiment and part-fun project, creative organization Bold or Italics has made dangerous-looking popsicles. The group found volatile shapes in nature like cacti and viruses...

By Justin Crowe · Jun. 09, 2014

Funny

Whimsical Instagram selfies featuring elaborate mirror doodles

26-year-old Helene Meldahl has taken Instagram selfies to the next level. The Norwegian native manages to find new ways to liven up the typically monotonous selfies that beam with character and playfulness. She treats every...

By Nhan Tran · Jun. 07, 2014

Photography

Fun photos document the beards and turbans of British Sikh culture

Inspired by the abrupt rise in popularity of the beard, London photographers Amit and Naroop have started a photo project that seeks to record the culture of British Sikh men. The project focuses on the men’s beards and turbans....

By J Hudson · Jun. 07, 2014