Category: Inspiration

Creativity

Artist aims to make life-sized elephant from a single sheet of paper

How big does a piece of paper need to be to produce a life-size origami elephant? According artist Sipho Mabona, 50-feet square. The artist's current crowdfunding campaign aims to prove this theory by raising the necessary funds...

By Justin Crowe · Mar. 25, 2019

Creativity

Tarot cards interpreted in three dimensions

Autumn Casey's latest work invites viewers into an unusual way of seeing tarot cards: in three-dimensional form. The exhibit, which is now being shown at Primary Projects, is entitled Balancing Infinity, While Hanging Upside...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Mar. 24, 2019

News

Scientists create incredible lens that makes invisibility possible

Okay, so this is a little more tech than design, but imagine the design benefits of warping light and disguising or masking parts. Two scientists from the University of Rochester have created a device that allows objects to disappear...

By Joshua Tyler Bacon · Mar. 07, 2019

Art

An LGBT fairy tale

Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds are the New Zealand based co-authors of a new LGBT children's book called Promised Land. Currently on Kickstarter, the book follows a young prince and a young farm boy who fall in love. With illustrations...

By Johnna Gurgel · Mar. 07, 2019

Inspiration

Spruce Stove burns an entire tree, a little bit at a time

It turns out that thousands of years of chopping wood was a waste of time. The amazing Spruce Stove burns an entire tree, a little bit at a time, to keep your home warm. It's brilliant design allows you to slide a tree slowly into the...

By Justin Crowe · Mar. 06, 2019

Funny

Hilarious drawings from a 6-year-old turned into Photoshop art by dad

Kids can teach us loads about being imaginative and creative. They can also inspire a collection of hilarious digital manipulations. Six-year-old Dom's dad happens to be an artist and is now turning Dom's adorable doodles...

By Umar Ansari · Mar. 06, 2019

Inspiration

Artist paints magnificent glowing waterfalls from natural pigments

Every once and awhile an artist breaks the mold... like literally smashes it on the ground. That's Hiroshi Senju. He's a world renowned artist based out of New York whose specialty is waterfalls. More specifically, waterfalls...

By Joshua Tyler Bacon · Mar. 02, 2019

News

Museum of Modern Art stands up against the travel ban by featuring works by artists from Muslim-majority countries

We've all heard the news. New President Donald Trump has ordered a travel ban for people (even legal US citizens) who come from Muslim-majority countries. While this is happening, massive disagreement is taking place, and MoMA...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Feb. 27, 2019

Art

Award-winning animation 'Simorgh' claims numerous awards and high praise from all over the world

The choreographical piece Simorgh is Iranian-born Meghdad Asadi Lari's own elucidation of a customary Sufi ballad. The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar is an extensive and praised ballad written...

By Christian Puno · Feb. 22, 2019

Inspiration

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 · Feb. 22, 2019

Architecture

Installation provokes feelings of spring in the courtyard of Montpellier hotel

In 2015, pink and white hues took over the courtyard at the Hôtel de Griffy in Montpellier, France. The installation was an attempt at recreating the feeling of spring indoors with hues mimicking that of cherry blossoms as they...

By Umar Ansari · Feb. 19, 2019

Inspiration

Arctic-ready sled habitats by Rob Sweere

Wandering the frigid Uummannaq Island is artist Rob Sweere inside of his new ‘sledge-project’ house vehicles. Rob was commissioned by the Uummannaq Polar Institute to design and build a pair of snow friendly traveling...

By Justin Crowe · Feb. 14, 2019

Design

This designer is giving away plans for DIY plastic recycling machines

Designer Dave Hakkens has a radical approach to recycling. Rather than seeing plastic waste being sent to large scale recycling plants, or worse, polluting our planet and its waters, Hakkens has hacked a solution to create a small...

By Steph · Feb. 06, 2019

Industrial design

Elegant ballerina wall clock changes how you feel about time passing

Meike Harde has designed this fun clock to alter how we perceive the passing of time. Her design features a ballerina in the center that changes positions as time passes. The ballerina's body works as the hour hand and one of her...

By Justin Crowe · Feb. 05, 2019

Inspiration

Ride this crazy waterslide with black hole light effects

If you are tired of the typical dark amusement park water slide, then this slide in Bremerhaven, Germany, will be a real treat. In 2012 the waterpark upgraded their slide to make it look like you are flying through space while...

By Justin Crowe · Jan. 30, 2019