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As a nail-enthusiast myself, I’ve seen a considerable share of artsy creations. Suffice to say, this turf on fingernails diorama by Alice Bartlett is one creation that takes the cake for uniqueness.
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Did you ever use an empty bottle to make a shaker or a toy as a kid? What about a boat? 600 littered plastic bottles were used by Tom Davies, a New Zealand native living in Fiji, to create this boat. In Tom’s tests, the boat can hold up to three big Fijian men. The [...]
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The humble bicycle bell has been left unadorned for too long. Alas, these shiny canvases have finally found their calling with a Beep Bicycle Bells make-over. But they’re more than a snazzy way to warn pedestrians. By pimping your ride with one of these babies, you’re helping disadvantaged people find employment. And if that doesn’t [...]
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Hong Kong-based designer Kenny Li practically designed an entire collection of reconstructed — and sometimes laser-cut — collars out of materials like organic cotton and paper fabric. These are pretty inventive-looking and range from classy tailored white shirt collars to folded newsprint fabric flaps to yes, even denim-scaled ones.
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New York-based Japanese artist Yuken Teruya has put eating at Mickey Dee’s to good use. He’s renowned for making stunning paper forests out of throwaway objects. This time, he’s magically turned McDonald’s takeaway food bags into works of art. Check out his stunning handcrafted miniature tree.
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How did we ever miss this? Utah-based concept designer Timothy Anderson did a pretty cool series of 60s-styled pulp novels for sci-fi movies such as The Matrix, Alien and Blade Runner. The tagline for Blade Runner is gold: ‘IT’S TOO BAD SHE WON’T LIVE. BUT THEN AGAIN, WHO DOES?
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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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We’ll admit, sometimes we just want to stay in our horizontal position comfortably while going on about the rest of our lives. Which means resting our head on the pillow while working on the laptop, reading or watching TV without straining our necks or eyes. These bed glasses by Skywill Far East Industries, which come [...]
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It all started about a year ago when I wrote a post about Fumi Nakamura from New York here on Lost At E Minor. That started a correspondence between Fumi and I. We quickly agreed that it could be great to see if we could do a show together, either in Denmark or in the US. We [...]
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Everyone likes t-shirts! Everyone likes cool prints! I have just released some new t-shirt designs from my relief prints as well as a homage to our master printmaker, Albrecht Dürer. Our true homeboy printmaker.
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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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Dave Delisle, who confesses to ‘post all kinds of ideas, usually of the geeky variety’ for fun, has meted out the Super Mario 3 treatment to rapid transit maps of eight US cities, including Atlanta, Portland and Washington DC. These are super cool creations.
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The Alternative Limb Project makes pretty cool alternative bespoke prosthetics that really make their wearers — sorry, pun — stand out rather than blend in. The intricately crafted arm for Jo-Jo Cranfield with a green snake curled around it is a gorgeous creation, while the Swarovski-ed crystallized leg that Viktoria Modesta wore for her performance [...]
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Okay, so these aren’t actual Penguin book covers. But they are still really good. London-based graphic designer Sharm Murugiah re-imagined Quentin Tarantino’s movie screenplays in the style of old-school Penguin book covers, and these are so fun we wish they were for real.
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Made With Color is a new DIY website builder created by the partner of Beautiful Decay founder Amir Fallah. This platform is an intuitive, professional, well designed, and affordable way for artists to showcase their work. Made With Color already has an impressive list of respected artists using its services. As a special offer to [...]
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