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Public bench with bird control: art by Nadia Kaabi-Linke

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By Roberto Voorbij in New Art on Saturday 18 May 2013

Anyone who thinks they can simply lie down briefly on a public bench is already being sabotaged: the benches are deliberately too short for this, or the public benches are being interrupted by ‘comfortable’ armrests. Into our obsession with control and security and what that can ultimately derail comes Nadia Kaabi-Linke’s impressive artwork, Parkverbot (looted art). It [...]

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Non destructive masking tape graffiti by Australian artist Buff Diss

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Art on Saturday 18 May 2013

Buff Diss is an amazing street artist from Australia who creates insane masking tape graffiti. If you’re thinking the use of tape would be detrimental to the the designs he could create, you are very wrong. Diss’ designs are intricate, well thought-out and easily removeable. What more could you ask for? Although, I’m not too sure you would want to remove the works of art. They make a lot of the spaces look a lot better, in my opinion.

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Big monsters on tiny Post-Its by Don Kenn

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By Carlo Muttoni in New Illustration on Saturday 18 May 2013

Don Kenn is a Danish writer and director of television shows for kids. On top of that, he has his own set of kids, so he doesn’t have much free time. But when he does, he draws monsters on Post-Its with a ball-point pen. And he’s pretty damn good at it. His bestiarium makes me [...]

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Burnside: a cool bar hangout in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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By Dead Star in Cool Travel on Friday 17 May 2013

The Burnside bar is a block from my apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It’s pretty much our regular hang out before practice. Everyone who works there is really awesome. They have amazing cocktails and a great selection of beers. One of the best things about the place, though, is the food. The Juicy Lucy burger is [...]

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Surreal images made from elaborate sets by Sandy Skoglund

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By Angela Sofo in New Art on Friday 17 May 2013

What would you do if you woke up and your whole bedroom has become an aquarium? And what would you think if, while you’re watching a movie with your partner, you suddenly found yourself surrounded by squirrels? Decades before Photoshop was available, American photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund started creating surreal images by building [...]

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Food Lovers: amazing edible art by Studio 23 in Rome

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By Angela Sofo in New Art on Friday 17 May 2013

Well, we can appreciate a wonderful landscape, we can also take a picture of it and walk under a blue sky. But I never imagined we could also taste it. ‘Food Lovers’ is a project by Studio 23 in Rome. Starting with a simple recipe, the photographer, Daniela Di Rienzo, and the culinary artist, Mariagrazia Lonza, turn [...]

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Federico Pistono’s TEDx talk about economic growth

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By Carmine Bellucci in Video on Friday 17 May 2013

These days, when the economical crisis is part of every headline and we struggle to think positively about our future, it’s a challenge to find a realistic pep talk. When I came across this TEDx talk by Federico Pistono, I was glad to know that there are many great young minds who research and share [...]

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Psychedelic photo collages by Hugo Barros

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By Dead Star in New Art on Friday 17 May 2013

Hugo Barros is a collage artist living in Lisben, Portugal. I discovered his work looking for album artwork ideas online. I was immediately captivated by his images and contacted him to ask if we could use one of his pieces. He agreed and his collage, Last Year, became the cover for our new EP, High [...]

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From the LAEM Store: Passo Dello Stelvio tee by Vaughn de Heart

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By Alison Shepard in New Fashion on Friday 17 May 2013

Passo Dello Stelvio is the Italian mountain pass high above the sea, regarded as the most beautiful driving road in the world. Clothing designer Vaughn de Heart with an always unique graphic play on text and color sums up this very traverse and its feeling with a new shirt. Aquatic blue with a bold yet [...]

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Photographs of semi-nude girls by Liesje Reyskens

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By Angela Sofo in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

Bright and intense colours, originality, sensuality and innocence characterize the work of this young photographer. Liesje Reyskens is a graduate of the Media and Design Academy KHLIM in Genk, Belgium. A contemporary photographer with an international and modern style, she aims for a naive, fairy-tale look in her images and she often does the make-up [...]

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Tony Fitzpatrick’s latest exhibition at The Pierogi Gallery

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By Michael Amter in New Art on Friday 17 May 2013

The Pierogi Gallery impresses again with Tony Fitzpatrick’s latest exhibition The Other Kind. Fitzpatrick is a talented playwright, performer, radio personality, with a natural ability for the visual arts. The show focuses on the artist’s obsessive collage work, loaded with iconic graphic imagery.

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Illustrations by Eszter Zetelaki

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By luca meneghel in New Illustration on Friday 17 May 2013

These illustrations by Eszter Zetelaki let you enter a personal world of dreams, moods and thoughts through a metaphorical aspect. They are frisky and meaningful. I find them really inspiring.

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Dreams Factory: a Buenos Aires-based handmade sunglasses company

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By Mareike Muller in New Fashion on Friday 17 May 2013

If you literally feel like widening your horizon, you should take a closer look at one particular suburb of Buenos Aires called San Isidro. It’s a beautiful, hip area where a lot of creative people and artists reside and work. For instance, Dreams Factory, a local company manufacturing sunglasses and graduated glasses. All hand made [...]

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Jeff Bridges’ collection of photos from movie sets

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Friday 17 May 2013

Just recently, Jeff Bridges has been nominated for an award for the photographs he’s been taking on the sets of movies he’s been involved in since 1984. Who knew this famous actor and producer was compiling this incredible collection of photos for all these years? His website has tons of behind-the-scenes pictures and Bridges’ own [...]

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Nietzsche Family Circus

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By Erik Kraft in Cool Websites on Friday 17 May 2013

I don’t remember all that much about the Nietzsche that I’ve read. I do, however, remember the essence of The Family Circus, and I find it more nihilistic than anything old Friedrich wrote. If you swap out the grody familial schlock and put in some random Nietzsche quotes, it improves the comic considerably. I almost [...]

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