If the Face Fits
When you’re immersed in a book, chances are the descriptions of the characters evoke a sense of what that character looks like. When it comes to film adaptations, directors don’t...
Children’s Drawings Come Alive with IKEA’s New Range of Soft Toys
IKEA have a reputation for doing things differently. Their flat-pack furniture has revolutionised the way we furnish our homes, allowing all of us to have stylish design at an affordable...
A Splash of Calligraphy: Zheng Lu’s Steel Sculptures Will Make Your Jaw Drop
When you think of Chinese calligraphy, you imagine delicate brush strokes on thin parchment. The latest work from artist Zheng Lu will make you think again. In the gallery space,...
China’s Newest Bridge Won’t Appeal to Those Afraid of Heights
At 180m above the ground suspended between two cliff faces, this bridge would be fearsome enough even if it wasn’t made of glass. That’s right, to cross it you have...
Hong Kong is a Towering Metropolis and Will Engulf You
Australian photographer Peter Stewart has captured the alienating grandeur of Hong Kong in a series of photos that nods toward the work of Andreas Gursky. He makes good use of...
Pugs Pose As Hip-Hop Icons of the 80s and 90s in ‘The Pug Life’
Humorously entitled ‘The Pug Life‘, this offbeat photography project combines two of the things that people love most – hip-hop and pugs. Photographer Adam Jackman-Moore runs a dog photography studio...
These Humorous Drawings Illustrate the Pain of Anxiety
Anxiety is a particularly disabling condition, and can make everyday life a terrible struggle. Graphic designer Charlotte Gomez has created a series of humorous illustrations to shed some light on...
Inspiring Time Lapse of a Painstaking Artwork
Patience and Discipline is an aptly titled work of art by Rémy Boiré and Xavier Casalta. Constructed out of millions of tiny pen dots over the course of 300 hours,...
Andrés Gallardo Albajar’s Photography Showcases Architectural Variety in Lithuania
Self-taught photographers sometimes have a way of capturing the world that is less contrived than those who have studied the art. This is the case with Andrés Gallardo Albajar, a...
These Off-Duty Stormtroopers Living Banal Lives Will Make You Chuckle
Context is a powerful thing. Sometimes when something is taken out of context it can shift into something else. This is what has happened here. Stormtroopers feature in all of...
On the Record – Sara Roizen’s Vibrant Vinyl Mandalas Dazzle and Delight
Taking inspiration in part from traditional Buddhist art, Sara Roizen has been using stencils, acrylic and paint pens to make dizzying artworks in a modern update of an ancient practice....
A Gift to the City
Ania Ciotlaus is a Romanian photographer who has come up with a novel way of sharing her work with the world. She is leaving photographic wood prints around her hometown...
John Burgerman Takes Doodling to the Next Level
NYC based artist John Burgerman’s doodles are touring the world, and it’s easy to see why. Putting the new lightfast Windsor & Newton Pigment Markers to the test, he has...
These Cakes Inspired by Famous Paintings Look Far Too Good to Eat
Maria A. Aristidou decorates cakes in an astounding way. For her, it’s not about slathering on the icing, covering it with hundreds and thousands, and placing a ribbon around the...
Who Says Artists Are Big-Headed?
Bego Antón and Mónica Sánchez seem a little big-headed. Literally, because they have made giant paper versions of their own heads and worn them in their day to day life...
These Quirky Cinema Classics Need To Be Preserved
Formed by an international bunch of movie enthusiasts back in 2009, the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is now the largest archive of its kind, and houses more than six...
Ambitious Kickstarter Project Aims to Get a Miniature Rocket onto the Moon
The project is called Moonspike. The aim is to take your data to the moon. A small in scale rocket is set for a large in ambition journey, to climb...
These Continuous Line Drawings of Animals Are an Exercise in Simplicity
Italian designer Andrea Minini is doing something different. He creates posters of animals using moiré patterns, a striking graphic technique derived from the world of mathematics. The animals are made...
Suzan Drummen’s Installations Glister With Dazzling Detail
From a distance, Holland based artist Suzan Drummen’s installation work emulates the surface patterns of Persian rugs and other busy textiles. If you zoom in, however, the component parts stand...
Vitor Schietti’s Impermanent Sculptures Burn Brightly
Tendrils of illuminated tree branches fall to the ground in fragile bands glowing in the eerie twilight. Vitor Schietti’s ‘Impermanent Sculptures’ is a dazzling series of images using long exposure...