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Artist Unlocks Peaceful Miniature Worlds Through Drawings Of Routine Acts As children, most of us look forward to leaving home and exploring the world. Yet as we grow older, the meaning of home often becomes deeper and more significant. For artist Danym Kwon, the concept of home is constantly evolving. Her latest series, the Dear Moments exhibit, reimagines everyday family life with soft pastels and gentle sculptures, turning simple acts—like playing, reading, or doing mundane chores like laundry—into profound expressions of togetherness....

Big City Junk And Trash In Tiny Dioramas By Satoshi Araki Many artists have set out to conquer the miniature world, but most of them do so by creating colorful, bright, and funny scenes. Japanese artist Satoshi Araki, on the other hand, takes quite a different approach by portraying the raw, often dirty and trashy underbellies of our biggest cities. The Tokyo-based artist concentrates on various aspects of life in a city, but he specializes in emphasizing the dirty chaos of city life, even when it descends into violence or warfare....

Bike-Mounted Device Shows Illuminated Signals On Cyclist’s Back Turn signals on a bicycle? Everything is possible with Cyclee! This concept by Elnur Babayev offers a projector mounted behind the bike seat. Configured via microchip accessed over smart phones, it projects signals on the back of the rider. Whether it’s stopping or turning or whatever else, cyclists will have a way of communicating their intent even at night. Elnur Babayev is a designer and art director from Azerbaijan....

Birth Of New Prince In Bhutan Is Celebrated By Planting 108,000 Trees The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has just got its new prince, and he has been welcomed by one of the most awesome gifts ever. Citizens all over the country rejoice and express it by… planting a tree. It’s actually not too surprising considering the recent history of Bhutan. In 2015, the country set a Guinness World Record by planting almost 50,000 trees in just one hour....

Blackout Tattoos Is The New Trend From Singapore At first, “Blackout” tattoos seem like a pretty extreme form of body art, but there is more to them than you might think: these standout designs are actually covering old unwanted tattoos. Recently tattoo artist Chester Lee of Oracle Tattoo shop in Singapore has shared some of his designs online and it immediately went viral. Instead of removing the old tattoos he covers them with fresh ink in a painstakingly long and delicate process: “ that particular piece I [had] been at it for a couple of months, about 20 odd hours, ” says Lee....

Blind Painter Uses Touch And Texture To Paint Better Than You As evidenced by the internet, many people can‘t draw, but try nonetheless. John Bramblitt, however, only took up painting after he became blind 13 years ago. It can be somewhat hard without the gift of sight, but that doesn’t stop John. Using canvas with special lines on it, and textured paint in Braille marked bottles, he seems to be doing quite well....

Bosnian Artist Jasenko Đorđević Turns Pencils Into Stunning Artworks (20 Pics) In the realm of art, the ordinary can become extraordinary, and the mundane can transform into the magnificent. Such is the case with Bosnian artist Jasenko Đorđević, whose remarkable talent turns the humble graphite pencil into a canvas for miniature masterpieces. With intricate detail and unparalleled precision, Đorđević’s sculptures breathe life into this everyday writing instrument, elevating it to the status of fine art....

Boy Scout Creates Ear Guard For People Who Feel Pain From Wearing Face Masks All Day It’s not just the medical workers that have to wear face masks all day to protect themselves – cashiers, delivery drivers, and all other workers rely on them too. And many of them are suffering from the same problem – ear pain from wearing the masks for prolonged periods of time. But that’s where Quinn Callander, a boy scout from Canada, came to help....

Chicasual: Visual Identity & Packaging Design Chicasual is a womenswear brand specialising in quality clothing for stylish, mature women. The limited edition packaging uses a unique, luxurious pull drawer box for displaying their premium, cashmere scarves. Helena Stead

Chinese Family Spends 6 Months Working Out, And Now They Look Like Models Need a little motivation to keep up with your gym related New Year’s resolution? Then take a look at this family that showed each other support by committing to their 6-month-long weight-loss regime together. It all started when Jesse’s parents moved in with him and his expecting wife to help out with new responsibilities and strengthen the bond with the soon-to-be parents....

Choose Blue Hoverboard To Get A Fun Ride Hoverboards are the fantastic gadget, people prefer to buy these gadgets to enjoy thrilling ride. Of course, it is one of the hottest selling gadgets across the world. In most cases people face some issues with this board due to the wrong selection. When it comes to choose the hover board you need to find the high quality products. Even you need to take reference from the customer when buying real Hover board for sale....

Choosing an Effective Weight Loss Plan So you’ve decided that you want to lose weight. That’s great. But now, what diet plan do you follow? There are so many weight loss plans out there that it’s difficult to really know which one to choose. How do you know what will work? Ultimately, you need to figure out your needs and goals and choose a plan based on those. Smaller, Frequent Meals...

Clever Ads Rearrange Trash To Ridicule Litterers Street trash is something most big cities suffer from, and anti-littering ad campaigns, like this one in Toronto, help raise public awareness of the issue. The City of Toronto Livegreen organization’s newest ad campaign shouts its slogan at passers-by – “Littering says a lot about you” – by arranging street litter to spell out straight-forward pejorative terms aimed at litterers. More info: toronto....

Clip-On Man Buns Are Finally A Reality Man buns! No longer confined to the heads of women, buns have invaded manly heads. And with artificial clip on man buns, you too can have one! They’re made from artificial hair (grown on free-range, fair-trade mannequins), and the buns measure 3” wide and 1” tall. They come in various colors, too! “One of the hottest trends in men’s fashion, the man bun has been popularized by fixed-gear bicyclists and introspective Hollywood actors alike,” write the good people at Groupon....

Couple Makes Long-Distance Relationship Work By Creating Combo Photos Of Their Lives Long distance relationships can be hard. So why not ease the burden with a cooperative art project? “Half&Half” is a project by the duo ShinLiArt. The couple snaps pictures while they’re on video chat, and later compose them into one. Two halves join to show that while the lovers might be miles apart, they are still together....

Cracks That Speak: Artist James Cook Turns Fragmentation Into Beauty (20 Pics) South African artist James Cook is known for his deeply expressive, fragmented, haunting, and poetic art. Through missing pieces, raw edges, and partial forms, his work captures the tension between vulnerability and resilience, wholeness and absence. These sculptures feel as though they’re caught mid-transformation, inviting viewers to pause and reflect on identity, memory, and the human condition....

Creative Parents Recreate Daughter’s Facebook Selfies Parents either don’t understand new technology, or understand it too well. Emily Musson learned that when her parents parodied selfies of her and her boyfriend. Imitating angles and colors (and even boyfriend’s signature “thoughtful finger smelling” pose), the parents schooled the young ones to the tune of 30K favorites on Twitter. Musson, who had posted the pictures on Twitter with the caption “My parents r actually on drugs or something” , was not amused....

Dad And His 8-Year-Old-Son Recreate Every US State With Food-Based Puns “Don’t play with food”, “don’t make puns”… To hell with these bores, Chris Durso (of Foodiggity blog fame) and his 8-year-old-son made some food based puns with Foodnited States of America. Instead of just matching a state with a meal that “best” represented it (a concept Chris knows is done to death), they worked food into their names. “Kentucky” today, “Kenturkey” tomorrow!...

Dark Comics With Twisted Endings That Will Send A Shiver Down Your Spine Writer Ehud Lavski and illustrator Yael Nathan started creating dark and twisted comics 2 years ago. Reading these comics will send a shiver down your spine, so proceed with caution! The artists say the only thing they hoped for was for the comics to find an audience and resonate with people. Their comics have been read over 20 Million times and the authors say that “many people have a strong emotional response when reading them....

Disney Princesses Reimagined In Realistic Settings By Artist Andhika Muksin (24 Pics) Disney movies always show princesses looking their best – ironed clothes, pristine hairstyles, perfect makeup and all that. Tired of all this perfection, Indonesian artist Andhika Muksin decided to reimagine the princesses in more realistic settings and the results are absolutely hilarious. More info: Instagram | Facebook #1 Beauty And The Bad Angle #2 Mood #3 Hop On A Magic Carpet They Said....