Oddities

December 22, 2016

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2017’s Newest Hobby: Fruit Stickers Collecting.

Stamp collecting is so 1900s. Fruit Stickers are the newest trend for this 2017. British graphic designer, Kelly Angood, wishes you to have a very fun and healthy 2017. And to help you with this…Continue reading

November 12, 2016

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Jose Fresan

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Canstruction NYC

In 1992 the late Cheri Merillo and her colleagues from the Society for Design Administration founded Canstruction; a non-profit organization which unites design, engineering, and construction to a hunger relief program in a very fun…Continue reading

November 5, 2016

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Dana Chou

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Illustration
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Eye Tricks and Escher

Recently in my psychology class, we discussed the human eye and it’s ability to fool our brain into perceiving what we think we see. A pretty conspicuous example of this phenomenon are optical illusions, which…Continue reading

October 30, 2016

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Jose Fresan

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The Japanese Art of Joinery Is Back

If you were given two pieces of wood and were asked to join them together what would you do? I bet you would think of using nails, screws or any kind of adhesive. Well, the…Continue reading

August 15, 2016

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Jose Fresan

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The Visual Experiments of Akiyoshi Kitaoka

Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka of Ritsumeikan University, in Kyoto, specializes in visual and motion illusions. He defines said illusions as wrong appreciations of real objects, as lies that our eyes and brain tell us. After his…Continue reading

August 13, 2016

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Rafael Esquer

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Art Made with Simple Stones by Michella Bufalini

“The challenge of taking an object that is generally considered to be of little interest, and turning it into a work of art is what inspires me to bring life and beauty to an otherwise…Continue reading

May 8, 2016

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Rafael Esquer

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Fine Arts
Oddities

Curious Events During Teatime by Iria do Castelo

What would happen if you mix surreal Victorian pop and Alice in Wonderland imagery? Spanish artist Iria do Castelo asked herself the very same question before embarking in the project titled “Curious Events during Teatime.”…Continue reading

November 15, 2015

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Rafael Esquer

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10 Mind-Boggling Book Sculptures

Book installation in the Municipal Library of Prague by Matej Krén Today’s post combines two things I like: Books and sculpture. For your visual pleasure I selected the work of 10 artists who have turned…Continue reading

October 10, 2015

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Rafael Esquer

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Van Gogh’s ‘Olive Trees’ Recreated in a 1.2-Acre Field

https://vimeo.com/139016244 Van Gogh’s 1889 masterpiece Olive Trees currently hangs at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. For this reason, the museum commissioned Kansas-based landscape artist Stan Herd to create a larger-than-life replica of the famous painting…Continue reading

June 1, 2015

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Rafael Esquer

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Pantone Up Your Life!

Did you know that Pantone, used by painters, fashion designers, graphic artists, and countries (to standardize the color of national flags), was in the 1950’s a commercial printing company? I read online that “it wasn’t…Continue reading