The Best of Lost At E Minor
The Lost At E Minor posts creating the most waves right now.
Famous historical figures get updated for the 21st century
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In a fun ‘what-if’ twist, History TV channel Yesterday recently worked with a bunch of digital artists to give famous historical figures a 21st-century makeover. The results are amusing: Shakespeare looks positively preppy in his checkered shirt and flannel vest, while Marie Antoinette looks like a fidgety socialite. So, if clothes maketh the man, it [...]
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Don’t want to breathe, or can’t? Here comes science!
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Dr. John Kheir began the hunt for a particle that could save the lives of patients who experience respiratory failure. Back in 2006 he worked with a girl in ICU at the Boston Children’s Hospital who had severe pneumonia. Because the girl was eventually unable to breathe due to blood filling her lungs, she died [...]
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Dress your baby like R2D2
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For those of you wishing for the cutest droid in the whole galaxy, this is soft R2D2 suit you’ve been looking for. This handmade one piece outfit is a real conversation starter. Choose between several different sizes, ranging 3-24 months of age. Now, if only they made this in a women’s size 6.
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Designer’s minimalistic tattoo pays tribute to dad
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Kirk Wallace’s father once told him that he’d like a tattoo of crop circles on his forearm when he gets better from his sickness. When he passed away in Jan this year, Wallace, who is an illustrator and graphic designer, started sketching as a sort of tribute to his dad. He didn’t stop working on [...]
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CIty Hall, the secret New York subway station
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We don’t know how, but somehow, somewhere in New York’s subway system, a secret City Hall subway station lurks. With its tall ceilings and brass fixtures, it looks positively majestic and grand. The station has been closed to the public since 1945 as it was deemed too unsafe for use, but apparently, commuters in the [...]
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New Pantone food pairings by dschwen
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Say hello to yet another collection of brilliantly put together Pantone porn. Instagramer, dschwen is driving the Pantone Pairings Project, one swatch at a time. The simplicity and constraints around his pairings are the real power-punches. As a sucker for anything Pantone, the gawking that followed my find of dschwen’s work doesn’t need explaining.
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Sex-rays: Sex acts caught on X-rays by Wim Delvoyes (NSFW)
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We delved into Belgian artist Wim Delvoyes and uncovered this rather amazing Sex-rays project he did back in 2001. It sounds exactly like its name: sexually explicit acts captured as X-rays. Delvoyes later described the process as ‘very medical, very antiseptic’.
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How to Thriller: a step by step guide
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Finally…the moves to thrill (ehhm). Bonus is, by studying this brilliant step-by-step instructional hard enough, you won’t just be whipping some moves under your belt. Get this hitting your browser, team it with a serious enough frown and you’ll even fool Mr Boss Man into thinking you’re the busy little bee in those dragging corporate [...]
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Photographer Jonathan Hobin re-creates the world’s most infamous tragedies with children
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In a recent interview with Vice magazine, photographer Jonathan Hobin stated about his series, ‘Sometimes the kids just get it. Like the 9/11 picture. Even though they are three or four years old, they saw the twin towers and said, ‘I’ll hold the airplane, this is where the plane hit the building’. The mother was [...]
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Photographic illusions of falling up into the sky
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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. One of Hong Kong-based photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagreze’s latest photo series, Vertical Horizon, has him framing perfectly symmetrical shots of the city architecture edging around a skyward void. It almost looks like you could plunge in and freefall up to the sky forever.
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Eco-feminism in India: 111 trees planted for every girl born
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In a culture where women are severely undervalued, the people of Piplantri village in India decided to take a stand. They found a way to put a measurable value on the lives of their women. For every baby girl born, 111 trees are planted. And not only that, but actual legal measures are taken to [...]
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Adam Wallacavage’s Octopus-inspired chandeliers
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Living in the home country of IKEA, it is always nice to see something original, hand crafted, and AWESOME. Adam Wallacavage’s chandeliers are just that. Creating the chandelier from epoxy clay, spray paint and ‘secret sauce to give it that classy glassy look,’ Wallacavage creates extravagant ornamental sculptures crafted in a myriad of colours and [...]
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Brilliant ad campaign for Reporters Without Borders
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In 2011, Ogilvy and Mather Dubai created a series of print ads for Reporters Without Borders, an international non-profit organisation that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press, as part of their annual campaign, Censorship Tells The Wrong Story. Each photo was altered using strategic pixelization to change perception and add new [...]
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The Heroines by Venezuelan photographer Violette Bule
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With the city as the subject of Violette Bule’s new photography project, she approaches the social and political issues of current history with irony and a sense of humor. The Heroines talks about the injustice in the field of the social, cultural and political in Venezuela and overseas, using the technique of staging and direct [...]
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Infographic of Barbie doll vs human woman
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What with all the Barbie-apeing going around in the world, it was about time that Barbie got busted as being quite humanly impossible in real life. A infographic by Rehabs.com — a US site for locating rehab facilities and treatment centers — showed that her 16-inch waist could accommodate just half a liver and a [...]
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Now your guinea pig can be fashionable too
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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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Sports Balls Replaced With Cats website
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It says here on the site that it’s ‘just a bunch of athletes competing for the sweetest kittens’. Whether it’s football, water polo or basketball, the athletes will take care of the cat, thank you very much.
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65000 ping pong balls glowing in a pool
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Some people really know how to through a party, and this pool party is like no other you’ve seen. The savvy people of Red Paper Heart art studio filled a full sized swimming pool with 65000 ping pong balls. The floating installation featured sound activated lights to coordinate with music and beautiful synchronized swimmers performing graceful movements to match [...]
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Wedding dress made for just $36 using bread bag clips
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Pinching pennies anywhere possible with your wedding plans? It looks like this crafty Aussie bride was, too. She made this couture wedding dress for just $36. How is this possible? Stephanie Watson and her sweetie collected over 10,000 bread clips. And those little red, white and yellow pieces of plastic worked as lovely scale pieces to embroider [...]
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James Franco to play Jeff Buckley in the new film, Mystery White Boy
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Has anyone else noticed how much James Franco resembles the late Jeff Buckley? It’s not just looks I’m talking about. How about their background? They both grew up swallowed by their father’s shadows, were bullied in their Californian schools, and had intense personalities that precariously balanced goofiness with intense melancholy. It’s no wonder Franco was chosen for the lead [...]
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