Category: Inspiration

Art

Iconic musician portraits scratched onto vinyl records by SMV

Scratch My Vinyl breathes new life into old records by embellishing the classic microgroove material with images of iconic musicians.  The art appropriately portrays vinyl-era artists such as  Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong,...

By Justin Crowe · Nov. 04, 2019

Digital

GIFs that throw you through space and time at warp speed. Whoa!

Micaël Reynaud creates incredibly complex and mesmerizing GIF animations that warp space and time. The freelance designer and stop-motion animator uses video techniques like slit-scanning, time-lapse and various forms...

By Justin Crowe · Nov. 03, 2019

Inspiration

Havana hosts 'Fashion Art', becomes a destination for fashion lovers and art fans alike

Fashion Art Havana is the latest event in the Fashion Art series, spearheaded by Manuel Fernandez, a Spanish designer who has traveled the world and worked with more artists than he can count. His goal is to create one-off garments...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Oct. 30, 2019

Art

The story of Kyle Thompson’s photography stardom

Kyle Thompson became interested in photography and started to experiment with the medium as a young adult. His anxiety prevented him from speaking to other people so the emerging photographer experimented with shooting self-portraits...

By Justin Crowe · Oct. 24, 2019

Inspiration

This library ceiling net inspires kids to ‘hang out’ and read

How do you encourage kids to read? Turn libraries into fantasy jungle gyms. It seems to obvious, but that is exactly what Playoffice has designed for their latest project.  The Playoffice Library features a series of climbable...

By Justin Crowe · Oct. 20, 2019

Art

Flaunting queer pride in the UK through art, celebrate with these amazing masterpieces from talented individuals!

“What’s happening beneath the surface (and) what’s happening in queer culture, for the individuals, for the communities, is the more important story. It’s a story about people liberating themselves, liberating each...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Oct. 12, 2019

Inspiration

Celebrate love in a brand new way for your special ones with these striking paper hearts

At once striking and minimal, these framed hearts by FROM PAPER WITH LOVE on Etsy accentuate your V-Day celebrations. The Russia-based graphic designer launched the project as an ode to Valentines Day. The paper creations come...

By Umar Ansari · Oct. 09, 2019

Photography

Find beauty underneath layers of masks -- artist shows grace in removing many faces

The National Portrait Gallery, in association with Gillian Wearing and the Gillian Wearing & Claude Cahun Supporters Group, will host an exhibition from March 9 to May 29, 2017. It will showcase the fusion of Claude Cahun,...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Oct. 06, 2019

Funny

The Chinese terracotta army was recreated using pizza dough. Yum.

To celebrate the opening of the 500th Pizza Express restaurant, the franchise hired the talented Annabel de Vette of Conjurer’s Kitchen for a fun pizza art project. The food artist created a small army of warriors out of pizza...

By Justin Crowe · Oct. 02, 2019

Creativity

Traveler embroiders images of spectacular places on her journey

In an age when many people see and document the world through a screen, our need to truly remember experiences has diminished. Textile designer Teresa Lim wanted a different experience; she wanted to understand the places...

By Justin Crowe · Oct. 02, 2019

Design

New iPhone 6 concept. Where is the home button?

Designers Martin Hajek & Steve Hemmerstoffer have debuted their design prediction for the iPhone 6. Shown side-by-side with the 5S, their design alterations make the current model look outdated. This concept design...

By Justin Crowe · Sep. 28, 2019

Inspiration

Massive 200-foot tall ocean exploration platform

The SeaOrbiter is a 200-foot tall vertical exploration platform concept intended for underwater research. The team recently turned to the crowdfunding website KissKissBankBank to raise funds and to build public excitement...

By Justin Crowe · Sep. 26, 2019

Inspiration

Post-election anxiety finds its way through art

Art Week Miami is one of the biggest art events every year. In fact, over 70,000 fans, critics, and artists attend the celebration to get some inspiration and marvel at the year's best. 2016 is a lot like the previous years, but there...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Sep. 09, 2019

Art

Massive cityscape tapestries woven from unraveled sweaters

Sola Fiedler is a 78-year-old artist who recently completed a 5-year, 5,000-hour, tapestry of a detailed aerial view of Vancouver, Canada. Fielder has been developing large-scale cityscapes for years depicting places including...

By Justin Crowe · Sep. 05, 2019

Funny

Unique wedding cake toppers

Every bride and groom want their wedding to be perfect, unique and memorable, down to the last detail. Genefy Playground can help you with one of those little details that you get to keep  once the day has passed. Handmade with wood,...

By Odette Carrasquedo · Aug. 26, 2019