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Mirrored cityscapes from around the world

Rebekah Rhoden Contributor

By Rebekah Rhoden in Cool Travel on Thursday 23 May 2013

These incredible photographs of mirrored cityscapes were taken by photographers from around the world. Each picture shows a different city at different times during the day, with its skyline reflecting into a body of water. It’s a spectacular sight to see the similarities and differences of cities in vastly different locations.

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Funny advertisement for safe sex

Anna Dowsland Reader Find

By Anna Dowsland in Video on Friday 24 May 2013

What can I say: this is simply a funny advert for safe sex done by Yaw Boadi. It’s a very smooth and entertaining animation with bouncing condoms.

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Photos made without cameras

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Friday 24 May 2013

Is an image a photograph if it wasn’t made using a camera? Photographer Alexander Harrington questions just that with his series Untitled I, comprising images that originate not via a camera, but via a computer with Photoshop. His reasoning: “If you ask most people what the difference between a painting and a photograph is, they [...]

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The Blessed Event: oil paintings by Mark Maggiori

Mareike Muller Contributor

By Mareike Muller in New Art on Friday 24 May 2013

When checking out Mark Maggiori’s art, it takes you by surprise to hear that he’s French because his work feels so American. His edgy, brutally honest photographs go wonderfully with the paintings in his series, The Blessed Event, which asks the question: what would happen if Jesus was living with us? This is a pretty [...]

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Aēsop’s amazing glass roofed store in Adelaide

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in Architecture on Friday 24 May 2013

As you should all know by now Aēsop is one of my favourite brands; amazing products, amazing philosophy and amazing stores. My absolute favourite store, though, would have to be their wondrous Adelaide space which has a roof made out of recycled bottles. Designed by Melbourne’s March Studios, the bottles are arranged into a wave [...]

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Through The Door: new music by We Aeronauts

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By Anna Dowsland in New Music on Friday 24 May 2013

They went to France for a week and came back a band. The description for their sound is a shoegaze/post-rock origins with lush harmonies. Emerging from the Oxford music scene with a hauntingly beautiful video. This song has been stuck in my head for weeks.

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New attention-grabbing ad campaign for Reporters Without Borders

Darwin Cosico Contributor

By Darwin Cosico in New Design on Friday 24 May 2013

In honour of World Press Freedom Day, the non-governmental organisation Reporters sans frontièrs (Reporters Without Borders) and its agency BETC Paris rolled out an attention-grabbing print campaign in the Opéra Metro (subway) station in Paris to raise public awareness. The campaign depicts some well-known dictators such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and North Korean leader [...]

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Kawaii Batman and other unlikely crossovers

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in New Trends on Friday 24 May 2013

We don’t know how we ended up at this gem online with these unlikely mashups of Japanese and US pop culture. We don’t know what kind of demented mind thinks of something as random as Kawaii Batman, Doreamon Alien or, yes, even a Pika Fuhrer — but we dig it.

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Blaxland Riverside Park Sydney: Become a child again

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in Architecture on Friday 24 May 2013

Blaxland Riverside Park in Sydney is a child’s paradise, but that doesn’t mean they’re the only ones that can play there. Created by JMD Design, the 20,500 square meter park is an open, flowing space which makes use of the natural lay of the land. Incorporating slides, rock climbing walls, tunnels, nets and swings, the [...]

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Believe it or not, there really is a suicide note writing class

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in New Trends on Friday 24 May 2013

Philosophy professor and author Simon Critchley recently held a suicide note writing workshop as part of a pop-up series dubbed the School of Death. ‘They are a last, desperate attempt at communication,” he said of suicide notes. “They are failed communication, in a sense’. Class included a spritely discussion about suicide and included a hands-on [...]

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Like Mirrors Like Brothers: music by The Cooling Pearls

Anna Dowsland Reader Find

By Anna Dowsland in New Music on Friday 24 May 2013

The Cooling Pearls make original folk that is sung and played with heartfelt honesty and warmth. Their sound is awash with violin, acoustic guitar, baritone, haunting harmonies, drunken poetry and a host of other musical trinkets.

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Dissembled objects, frozen in mid-air

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in New Art on Friday 24 May 2013

Mexican artist Damián Ortega started out as a political cartoonist, but has since gone through down a decidedly artsy slant to comment on anything from consumer culture to perception. His 2007 sculptural series Controller of the Universe had him dissembling everyday objects like cars, and then freezing them in mid-air in an explosive motion. These [...]

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New Music City: a short film about Nashville’s music scene

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By Francis Andrews in New Film on Friday 24 May 2013

London-based director Ben Strebel, the man behind this award-winning music video, recently dug deep into the Nashville scene and came up with this beautifully shot, insightful film short about one of America’s musical heartlands.

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Now you can wear your cat as a beard

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By Sarah Howell in New Trends on Thursday 23 May 2013

It’s as easy as herding cats. Firstly grab your feline with two hands, place said cat on your face and, erm, with your other hand take a photo. Voila! You’re cat-bearding. This wonderful new Internet craze is easier than owling, takes less effort than the Harlem shake and is safer than planking. Maybe. Hithhhhh, Wrowwwww, [...]

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Monstrosity: a brilliant new animation by Anitos

Anna Dowsland Reader Find

By Anna Dowsland in Video on Thursday 23 May 2013

Illustrator and animator Anitos has made a stop-motion animation that will make you chuckle. Using the classic song by Ray Cathode, aka George Martin, called Time Beat, it tells a story about a monster being born and trying to figure out its surroundings.

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Illustrations by Californian artist Erik Reichenbach

Darwin Cosico Contributor

By Darwin Cosico in New Illustration on Thursday 23 May 2013

Erik Reichenbach was a two-time contestant on the hit reality television show Survivor. Although Erik is not an extremely popular contestant among fans and viewers, he’s notable for coming 5th place in both seasons. Outside of the TV realm, this Santa Clarita-based graphic artist has been creating picture books filled with wild characters since grade [...]

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