Tag: artFido
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BANKSY vs KING ROBBO (STREET ART vs GRAFFITI)
UPDATE: according to TEAM ROBBO and confirmed by banksy.co.uk, Robbo passed away on 31 July 2014 due to health complications. R.I.P. http://youtu.be/0z3_-JoEQ1M With Banksy taking over the streets of New York City during October 2013 as part of his “Better Out Than In” residency (follow it all HERE), we thought we’d look at the history of…
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40 Clever Life Hacks to Simplify your World
Our recent blog 50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World did so well that we thought we’d do another one. We all want to simplify and improve our lives; especially when a solution to a common problem is cheap, effective and easy to-do! After spending a lot of time sifting through reddit, Buzzfeed’s Life Hack posts,…
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The Latest Chinese Beach Craze: The Face-kini
A new kind of swimwear trend is sweeping the Chinese beaches in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. As the weather get hotter, both men and women are seen appearing on the beaches wearing full body suits that cover from head to toe. The upper part of the swimsuit has a ski-mask with holes cut…
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Halloween Costumes From Years Past – Vintage and Classic
Halloween Costumes. We all love them. Who can forget the Karate Kid’s “Shower Curtain”? Or ET’s very convincing bedsheet inspired ghost? Each year at around this time people start thinking about costumes that will out surprise, out spook, out inspire and out do their friends’ and families’. And no doubt there will soon be hundreds…
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Watching the Earth From Space: Incredible Satellite Photos from the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency has an incredible Observing the Earth archive that’s updated every week and each satellite image is usually accompanied by a brief essay to explain a bit about what you’re looking at. Collected here are some of our favorite images from the last few years taken with too many different satellites to mention, and you can…
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50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World
UPDATE! This post has been so popular that we’ve searched the web and posted another, even better-rer, 40 Clever Life Hacks which you can see HERE and HERE! Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier. These low-budget tips and tricks can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach…
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Amazing Steampunk Coffee Shop in Cape Town, South Africa
The Truth Coffee Shop in Cape Town, South Africa is an amazingly designed steampunk-themed coffee shop created by Heldane Martin who considered the form factor of espresso machines and coffee roasters to be somewhat similar to the Victorian futuristic fantasy style found in the aesthetic of steampunk. The hope was also to personify Truth’s attempt at roasting the very…
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Celebrity Hand Painted French Bulldogs Auctioned for Charity!
UPDATE: the auctions have been run and won and over $12,000 was raised for Wear for Success! To see the prices that each individual dog sold for, scroll down… From Tuesday 8 October 2013 to Monday 21 October 2013, artFido will be auctioning off 13 hand painted French Bulldogs with 100% of proceeds going to Wear…
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Futuristic Video Shows Us What’s Spain’s Sagrada Familia Will Look Like in 2026
When Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi was tragically killed by a train in 1926, he was in the middle of building of his masterpiece—the Barcelona basilica, Sagrada Familia. Eighty-six years later, the church still isn’t complete. But according to Jordi Fauli, the current architect on the magnificent life-sized sand castle, it’ll be done by 2026. This…