Occasionally the editors at the Impact Lab come across some artwork that is unspeakably brilliant. In this case it is both brilliant, surprising, and remarkably creative. Please enjoy the following series. (Pics)
Occasionally the editors at the Impact Lab come across some artwork that is unspeakably brilliant. In this case it is both brilliant, surprising, and remarkably creative. Please enjoy the following series. (Pics)
Search online for canvas prints — those art-gallery-like, huge renderings of your photos — and there are dozens of choices. Specialists such as Canvas on Demand, Photogonia and CanvasPop and traditional photo labs such as Mpix, Shutterfly and Snapfish all let you upload your images and put them directly onto stretched canvas. And the pricing rarely differs: 16-by-20s for about $90.
John Doe (his real name), the owner of newcomer Your Photo on Canvas, is trying to get atop the market with one of the most popular marketing concepts of all time — drastically lower prices.
Continue reading… “‘Your Photo on Canvas’ Website Turns Photos into Art for Less”
Counter Culture Icon Fritz the Cat now available on Vans
Vans slip-ons have been a popular and fashionable shoe option for many years now. In recent years, Vans has made shoes featuring designs from pioneering underground artists we really dig like Robt. Williams and Rick Griffin. We were thrilled to find out that they recently added a series of shoes featuring the art of comix pioneer R. Crumb!
The sky is near. /Open the attic and you’ll see/ there next to the wasp nest/ rings the blinding light/of the lost moon.
Has it ever seemed like the moon was so close you could touch it? Russian artists Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov have created a series of artwork titled “Private Moon”, where they give life to a man and his moon. (PICS)
From the hallway, Abby Brown’s sixth-grade classroom in a little school here about an hour northeast of Minneapolis has the look of the usual one, with an American flag up front and children’s colorful artwork decorating the walls.
Continue reading… “Ergonomic Stand-Up Desks Allow Students To Stand Or Sit While Working”
Art, art, and more art!
Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped, Nikolai Kordulla and Dominik Schmid have just released a nifty new website called Sketchory. The site features over 250,000 sketches (cartoons, scribbles and other fascinating artwork) that you can copy, remix, embed, view as animation and so on.
The sketches use Creative Commons license, so you’re free to use it even in commercial settings (say, create a book of sketches – with a maximum of 1,000 images).
Continue reading… “Sketchory: Shareable Collection of 250,000 Sketches”
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It isn’t that hard to imagine music coming from shoes, but there is usually a person wearing the shoes and using the shoes to make the music. Still an innovative person, Ingrid Bachmann, created the Symphony For 54 Shoes out of 27 pairs of recycled shoes.
Continue reading… “Ingrid Bachmann’s “Symphony For 54 Shoes””
Think Like a Genius is a dynamic software program that enables kids of all ages to build 3D virtual worlds that are fun, interactive and inspiring.
If you are afraid of spiders, you would best not be visiting Liverpool’s Lime Street. Why? Well, Liverpool is currently hosting the Capital of Culture Celebration, exhibiting some of the city’s unique cultural heritage. One of the main attractions at this show is a massive 50-foot mechanical spider, engineered and manufactured by the French company La Machine. The 37-tonne 8-legged machine has drawn lots of attention and attraction, from the very first day it was launched. It was mounted to the side of the Concourse House building in just one night, and heralded the launch of the five-day festival. Many visitors have expressed mixed reactions, some being quite happy that such modern artwork was being displayed; while others were negative about it, mostly because of their personal fear of spiders. However, all spectators experienced a mutual feeling of deep interest for the mechanical monster.
Continue reading… “Art Exhibit Features Huge Robotic Spider”
Wallpaper – Kabuki Feline
Artist Emma Hack creates beautiful designs that blend her models into their surroundings.
The effects of this artwork kind of looks like 3D human wallpaper.
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This is amazing. The elephant is named Hong, and is currently residing in Thailand. Each art piece cost about $500. Additional video after the jump.
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