When time and distance are suddenly jumped, when something as far off and long ago as Paris on the eve of World War I, when people then and there look a lot like people here and now. Yeah. Love it.
1914 Paris in Color
Design Wish — Saddleback Leather Passport Sleeve
Needing to get out of the country soon, but in style? This simple and durable passport wallet is gorgeous.
Paris In Motion - Beautiful Timelapses of the City of Light
Mayeul Akpovi has created these three stunning time-lapse stop-motion videos as part of his “Paris in Motion” series.
Still Lifes Lit By Their Own Electricity Brings Science and Art Together
This witty and gorgeous photo series, Back to Light, from photographer Caleb Charland, has fruit, vinegar and loose change generating enough power to light lamps and LED lights.
Charland explains:
"By inserting a galvanized nail into one side of a potato and a copper wire in the other side a small electrical current is generated. The zinc coating on the nail gives off electrons due to the electrolyte environment within the potato. These electrons then travel along the copper wire providing the electrical voltage to illuminate a small light emitting diode. The utter simplicity of this electrical phenomenon is endlessly fascinating for me."
Studio Ghibli Characters in Real Life
Korean video artist Kojer placed the animated characters from some of Studio Ghibli's most famous, including My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, etc., with real life locations shot mostly in South Korea such as Han River Park, Naksan Park, and the N Seoul Tower.
Stylish Metro Maps of World Cities
These gorgeous and stylish metro maps for world cities look to not only display location and distance, but time and direction as well. The project from architect Jug Cerovic looks at the layouts of the world's major cities' metro system, but they are beautiful enough to hang on your wall. I want to collect all of the cities I've visited. What a gallery that would make.
5 Things for People Who Need A More Stylish Desk — Design Wish
Considering how much time we spend at our desks, a few considered additions beyond the computer and mouse can make a mountain of a difference.
So here is a collection of 5 things that will give your desk greater easy, order, style and interest. Share the list with the desk-bound that need a little lift.
Native Union DOCK for iPhone or iPad
Premium weighted silicone combined with precision cut aluminum matches metal finishes of your device
Compatible with iPhone 5/5s, iPhone 6/6s, iPhone 6 Plus/6s Plus, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini (all generations), iPod Touch, iPod Nano, Apple Magic Keyboard, Apple Magic Trackpad 2, Apple Magic Mouse 2 (remove DOCK aluminium back-plate), Apple TV Remote with Touch (4th generation Apple TV), Apple Smart Battery Case
Rain Design mTower Vertical Laptop Stand
Vertical notebook stand saves desk space. Increases airflow around notebook to keep it cooler. Sturdy single piece aluminum design. Sand-blasted and anodized finish matches Apple notebooks. Compatible with MacBook Pro 13/15/17, MacBook Pro 13/15; retina, MacBook Air 11/13
WoneNice Retro Flip Down Clock - Internal Gear Operated-Black
- 12 Hour AM/ PM Clock
- Flip Down Minute and Hour Display, Easy to read numbers
- Accurate quartz movement
- Quality construction woth updated retro flip design in silver
- Power Source: 1 x D Battery (not included)
Kikkerland Concrete Desktop Planter
- Go green at the office
- Desktop planter is made of solid concrete
- The terraced base holds pens, business cards, or other small supplies
- Great accent to any desk
- Measures 6.3 by 3.6 by 3.2-inches
Sea Change - Animated GIFs revealing the power of tides
Michael Marten’s series Sea Change at michaelmarten.com shows the same locations at different tide-times. Amazing.
Abandoned Places by photographer Thomas Jorion
Forgotten places. Buildings decaying in silence.
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Classic Movie Monsters Papercut
British artists Eelus has crafted in cut paper these stylish and vivid portraits of classic Movie monsters: Wolfman, Dracula, The Thing, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and more.
Paper Sculptures That Defy Expectations
A traditional Chinese papercraft is to make these toys, flowers and dragons and whatnot out of honeycomb latticed layers of delicate colored paper. Pull them apart and the form appears.
Li Hongbo, a Beijing book editor and designer, has worked almost in reverse. The flattened shape IS the form, often an entirely believable facsimile of an object that suddenly and inexplicably folds and extends. It is quite uncanny, especially when human forms are the ones the open and unfold.
Bee Made 3D Printed Bust and Bottle
Master beekeeper, Robin Theron, and The Ebeling Group assembled as many as 80.000bees to create a bottle and a bust of honey, made by bees.
The project was Dewar’s latest promotion of their new Highlander Honey whiskey.
Bees build their honeycomb inwards, and given an inverse scaffolding on which they could build, several colonies finished building after about 6 weeks.
Human Towers of Catalonia by David Oliete
From wikipedia:
A castell (Catalan pronunciation: [kəsˈteʎ]) is a human tower built traditionally in festivals at many locations within Catalonia. At these festivals, several colles castelleres or teams often succeed in building and dismantling a tower's structure.
Illustrations Playfully Over Photos by Julia Borzucka
Julia Borzucka imposes her playful illustrations over recognizable landscapes making it hard to see those landscapes again without her creative vision peeking back in.
Full Moon over Downtown LA
Los Angeles based designer Dan Marker-Moore shot this absolutely stunning collage of 11 frames of a timelapse of the full moon ascending over Downtown Los Angeles.
He used an Olympus OMD-EM5 camera and a 100mm lens.
And the timelapse itself is worth every delicious second.
Design Wish: Whales in the Home
Welded Bicycle Chain Sculptures
We've seen Young-Deok Seo's welded chain sculptures before, but with a new set of stunning pieces, we are happy to check in with him again.
Triple Spiral Dominoes from Havesh5
25 hours spread over 8 days building this massive triple spiral structure with 15,000 dominoes by Havesh5
Absolutely stunning
National Flags Made of National Foods
Australian advertising agency WHYBIN\TBWA created 17 national flags using foods native to each nation to promote the Sydney International Food Festival.
Can you guess the foods and flags? Questions, guesses and answers in the comments.