Category: Funny

Funny

NASA’s latest promotional poster is Star Wars themed—no joke!

It’s true that these look like photoshop mock-ups or spoof posters. But the posters below are legitimate promotional posters put out by NASA’s Space Flight Awareness group. A public relations initiative, the posters are...

By Steph Guinan · Oct. 05, 2018

Funny

Hipster Barbie’s got Instagram

On the Instagram account "Socality Barbie”, an anonymous woman from Portland, Oregon has taken her turn at poking fun of the users of the app who might take themselves a little too seriously. The account seems to be specifically...

By Sophie Kruse · Sep. 30, 2018

Funny

The “Ugly Christmas Sweater” meme is ruled by this couple

“After all these years I'm still trying to figure out how that picture initially got traction. I think it might've been the goat," Jessica Aceti told Seattle Weekly. Aceti and husband, Brian Kirk, became unexpectedly famous...

By Steph Guinan · Sep. 25, 2018

Creativity

Like things organized? These images will satisfy you to no end.

In the book, The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy, Ursus Wehrli obsessively organizes objects and settings. The book includes photographic gems such as alphabet soup rearranged alphabetically and a parking lot of cars rearranged...

By Steph Guinan · Sep. 20, 2018

Funny

When music meets technology – the geography of Tom Waits’ lyrics

The mention of a specific place in a song lyric can connect its listeners to the culture, landscape, and atmosphere of that place. In an absurd exploration of the places that Tom Waits has mentioned in his song lyrics, Swedish web...

By Steph Guinan · Sep. 17, 2018

Technology

4 Ridiculous objects sent into space with a GoPro camera

If you haven't heard yet, a GoPro is a high-resolution camera that is durable, portable, and waterproof. They are the adventurer’s camera, famous for taking rugged action shots. Sending the GoPro Hero HD camera into space is...

By Laura Smith · Sep. 14, 2018

Funny

The best way to catch a rodent: Gourmet mouse traps

Two creative collaborators have teamed up to create a quirky series of photographs based around food. Instead of focusing on the classic cheese trap, photographer Davide Luciano and food stylist Claudia Ficca take a new route...

By Caris Cruz · Sep. 12, 2018

Creativity

Outrageous portraits of pop culture figures made entirely from candies

Pop artist Jason Mecier is best known for his outrageous portraits of pop culture icons, 'painted' entirely with candies. His materials of choice include Mike & Ike sweets, gummy bears, candy corns and Hot Tamales. 'Candylebrity'...

By Nhan Tran · Sep. 07, 2018

Creativity

Sarcastic photos highlight a community's major pothole problem

In a very fun act of public protest a group of friends in Kaunas, Lithuania have made a sarcastic photography series about their local pothole problem. The group responsible calls themselves Ž999 and they have gone to...

By Justin Crowe · Sep. 04, 2018

Design

Art collective critiques popular culture and branding in humorous images

Brainded India, an independent wing of Brainded International, is a fast-growing movement that aims to become a source of independent thought. In a world that relies on branded mainstream's agenda-driven waves of thought, it...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Sep. 01, 2018

Funny

Artist adds photo-manipulated pounds to 11 celebrities

Spanish artist David Lopera is promoting positive body image in his new series of photo manipulated portraits. The 20-year-old artist adds pounds to some of the most famous female celebs around, giving them a look like you have...

By Justin Crowe · Aug. 28, 2018

Illustration

Funny posters illustrate the meaning of words lost in translation

New Zealand based designer Anjana Iyer has illustrated a sequence of “untranslatable” words from different languages in her “100 Days Project.” The resulting “Found In Translation” posters let us into the heart...

By J Hudson · Aug. 27, 2018

Creativity

Realistic-looking food items become odd fashion accessories in Japan

Japanese artist Norihito Hatanaka has elevated the plastic food tradition into something actually wearable. The artificial food items, usually used as decoration in Japanese eateries, can look good enough to eat, but to wear...

By Nhan Tran · Aug. 25, 2018

Funny

14 clever altered street signs that are guaranteed to make you chuckle

If you’ve ever lived in, or visited, any of the major European cities you’ve probably come across the artwork of Clet Abraham. The classically trained artist is also a highly active graffitist who repurposes the symbols on...

By Laura Smith · Aug. 13, 2018

Video

Artist creates tiny screen printing rig for doll-size clothes

Devin Smith began working for a t-shirt factory in 2013 when inspiration struck. He now has one of the quirkiest hobbies around and it has now consumed five months of his free time. The miniature artist began building a tiny replica...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 12, 2018