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Rebekah Rhoden

Rebekah is a graphic design student living in South Carolina obsessed with all things design, technology, and J. Crew. When she's not frantically working on projects for class, you can usually find her drinking large amounts of coffee with her laptop close beside.

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Remarkable Umbrella Pavillion designed by 3Gatti

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Art on Tuesday 30 April 2013

Drawing inspiration from the design of the humble umbrella, architectural studio 3Gatti designed this facade for the 2010 Shanghai Expo’s Madrid Pavilion. The steel screen features individual metal umbrellas that open and close to adjust the amount of light in the building. Each umbrella can be opened or closed individually. Construction for the facade is [...]

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Mike Mitchell’s amazing movie character portraits

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Illustration on Tuesday 30 April 2013

Illustrator Mike Mitchell created this stunning series of portraits of characters from famous movies where his subtle use of colour accurately captures the personality of each character. Recognise your favourite amongst them?

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Denimu makes life size news-stand made out of denim

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Art on Tuesday 30 April 2013

Check out the latest piece by Denimu (aka Ian Berry), a life sized installation of a New York news-stand. Made out of layers of cut up blue jeans, the stand displays dozens of magazines, newspapers, coke cans and confectionery. It is currently showing at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, and he even added an [...]

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Now your guinea pig can be fashionable too

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Fashion on Thursday 25 April 2013

Let’s face it, a naked guinea pig is a boring guinea pig. Thankfully, a Japanese website called Guinea Pig Fashion makes tiny little outfits for your guinea pig to strut its stuff in. They create clothes for all occasions, such as weddings, ninja outings, or even when your guinea pig wants to look like Harry [...]

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Samuel Burns’ long-exposure photography

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Tuesday 23 April 2013

Australian photographer Samuel Burns creates limited edition, affordable, museum-quality prints using his old 4×5 film camera. His serene images are the result of hours of long-exposure photography. He makes sure his composition is perfect before allowing the film to expose, creating these beautiful and contemplative images. At his website, you can purchase his prints starting [...]

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Jim’ll Paint It

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By Rebekah Rhoden in Cool Websites on Saturday 20 April 2013

Jim’ll Paint It is a Tumblr blog where a guy named Jim illustrates wacky reader-submitted stories using only Microsoft Paint and his imagination. He’s pretty talented, and his blog is definitely entertaining. So, what do you want Jim to paint?

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Black Hole: amazing photography of paint by Fabian Oefner

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Friday 19 April 2013

These incredible photographs by Fabian Oefner were made by paint, a metallic rod, a drill, and a high-speed camera. Using special sensors, the camera captures the image precisely as the drill begins to spin. The paint flies off of the drill 1/40000 of a second after the drill is turned on, and the beautiful design [...]

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Matt Molloy’s stunning smeared sky photographs

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Friday 19 April 2013

Photographer Matt Molloy creates these incredible time-lapse images of the Canadian sky. Each image in his series is composed of 100 to 200 individual photographs, which creates the “smeared sky” effect. Molloy’s photographs are vibrant and surreal, taking sky photography to a whole new level.

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Get your image beamed onto the Sydney Opera House

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Trends on Thursday 18 April 2013

The Opera House and Samsung Electronics Australia recently announced a three-year partnership and collaboration that will transform the Opera House using Samsung’s state-of-the-art technology. The two brands will work together to enhance the Opera House experience through the addition of interactive digital display screens, new mobile technologies, and a multimedia education facility. To celebrate this [...]

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Iranian scientist claims to invent a real time machine

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By Rebekah Rhoden in Tech on Thursday 18 April 2013

Iranian scientist Ali Razeghi claims he can predict the future using a time machine device that creates a print-out with details of a person’s life. Supposedly, the machine predicts details within 5 to 8 years in advance with 98 percent accuracy. Razeghi states that the time machine uses complex algorithms which took him ten years [...]

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Cake Wines’ Archi-bottle prize: design an arty wine label

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Art on Tuesday 16 April 2013

Cake Wines is an Australian wine company who, in 2012, launched a prestigious art event – the annual Cake Wines Archi-bottle Prize. This contest is a nationwide search to discover Australia’s most talented artists to create bottle artwork for the Cake’s new summer release of wines. Dan O’Toole took home first place, and his artwork [...]

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Put 10 huge ice cream scoops on your wall

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Products on Tuesday 16 April 2013

We know how much you like ice cream, so why not put a few scoops on your wall? More specifically, you can stick ten huge ice cream scoop decals to your wall in celebration of Blik’s 10-year-anniversary, complete with sprinkles and a cherry. Now all you need is some cake to make this a proper [...]

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Desaturated Rainbow: a travelling show of work to be exhibited in New York

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Events on Monday 15 April 2013

Expertly curated by Amir H. Fallah and Colette Robbins, Desaturated Rainbow is a travelling show of work from New York and Los Angeles artists. The show revolves around context, stereotypes and originality of how artists use color on both ends of the country. Desaturated Rainbow will run from April 11th to May 18th at Field [...]

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Jose Guizar illustrates the windows of New York

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Illustration on Friday 12 April 2013

Usually, it’s not socially acceptable to stare into windows. However, when you’re Jose Guizar, it’s more than okay. Windows of New York is blog of weekly illustrations of, well, windows in New York. Guizar is a graphic designer who has become increasingly fascinated with observing windows in the Big Apple, and his gorgeous illustrations highlight [...]

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Daft Punk to release their new album at the Annual Wee Waa Show in Australia

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Events on Thursday 11 April 2013

It’s been confirmed: Daft Punk will be debuting their new album Random Access Memories at the Annual Wee Waa Show in rural Australia. Normally, this festival hosts baby shows, dog jumps, and cross cut saw contests, but this year is different. The festival runs May 17-19, and the album will be released on the evening [...]

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