Category: Fun
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Magnificent Dinosaur and Creature Origami by Adam Tran!
Origami artist and chemistry teacher Adam Tram folds some incredibly beautiful objects with paper. From dinosaurs and skeletons to flowers and warriors, it seems nothing is off limits to his folding abilities. Tram is a member of the Vietnam Origami Group, and you can see many more of his pieces on Flickr. And don’t forget, if you’re looking…
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Interactive Art Gallery Allows Visitors to Become Part of an Illusion!
This unique gallery lets visitors do more than just admire great works of art — they get to play with it, too. At Art in Island, an interactive gallery that occupies a former bus station in the Philippines, visitors can step inside paintings and take pictures with the optical illusions. Each piece offers guests a…
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Being John Malkovich Recreates Famous Portraits Through History!
From Dangerous Liasons to RED, John Malkovich has played both beast and buffoon. It’s unlikely that there is a more diverse actor under the sun. In a project celebrating Malkovich’s master status as a theatrical chameleon, as well as paying tribute to landmark photography, Sandro Miller brings us this new photo-series. Entitled Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage…
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Perfectly Timed Photos Taken At Just The Right Moment
Whether taken through careful preparation and calculation or completely by accident, perfectly timed photos are an absolute joy to look at. With the perfect angle or in the perfect split second, you’ve captured an image that may never happen quite that way ever again. Which is your perfectly timed photo? And don’t forget, if you’re…
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Photos of an Amazing Friendship Between a Dog and an Owl
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but Ingo the shepherd dog’s special buddy is Poldi, a little owl who loves to pose for pictures and cozy up to his canine pal. Germany-based animal photographer and collage artist Tanja Brandt documents their unlikely friendship in heartwarming portraits that show the closeness of their bond. Whether the…
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David the Dancing Candy Floss Man Will Have You Block Rockin’ Beats!
Dancing candy floss extraordinaire David Shtorm will amaze you with some smooth moves while making some equally smooth candy floss creations! Whether you call it fairy floss or candy floss, it doesn’t really matter, as David has some Block Rockin’ Beats! http://youtu.be/t5MCnpeNMDw And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang…
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A 1979 Ford Falcon Converted into a Tank Armored with 900 Free Books
In celebration of World Book Day (last week) 7UP commissioned Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff to construct one of his famous book tanks. In this case he began with a stripped down 1979 Ford Falcon which he used to build a new roving library on wheels with an exterior framework capable of carrying 900 free books. Lemesoff refers to his…
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Photographer Captures The Cutest Squirrel Photo Session Ever
When we last saw Russian nature photographer Vadim Trunov, he was looking at the macro world of bugs and snails (see HERE). His latest series sees him in close encounters with squirrels doing the strangest things! Vadim recently published some of the photos he’s captured of squirrels that seem to be building snowmen, taking photos of…
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The World Falls in Love with Quokka, Australia’s Most Adorable Animal
The world has spoken and it’s declared the quokka, the happiest, most photogenic animal on the planet. Taking the Internet by storm is the hashtag #quokkaselfie which shows the small marsupial posing for the camera, with humans, while donning its most charismatic grin. Though it bears a slight resemblance to its cousin the kangaroo, the quokka is…
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24 Place Names You’ve Probably Been Mispronouncing Your Whole Life
There’s nothing more irritating to a pedant’s ear and nothing more flabbergasting than realizing you’ve been pronouncing the name of so many places wrong, your entire life! Despite the judgment we exhibit toward people who err in enunciating, we all mispronounce a word from time to time, despite our best efforts. Likewise, almost all of…