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Food Chain: Photo Series Reveals The Brutality Of The Animal Kingdom Catherine Chalmers’ graphic and uncompromising “Food Chain” photo series offers a glimpse of the brutal kill-or-be-killed natural world – one that many artists and photographers like to ignore when dealing with nature and wildlife. Warning – some of our readers may find these images to be disturbing. “ The project grew out of a desire to be more engaged with the natural world, ” Chalmers explained in an interview with Vice....

French Illustrator Creates Whimsical Characters Out Of Everyday Objects Creative people can often see faces, forms and characters in random everyday objects, and it’s especially fun when artists bring these characters to life in their own ways. French illustrator and sculptor Gilbert Legrand doesn’t only see these characters, but helps others see them as well. He takes everyday objects like scissors, brushes, zippers, or cutlery and turns them into whimsical character sculptures....

Game Of Thrones Filming Destinations in Real Life Game of Thrones is one of the most successful TV shows in the world right now. Having been an adaptation of George R. R Martin’s book series titled A Song of Ice and Fire, finding the locations to shoot the epic scenes had to be one of the most daunting tasks for the production team. However, with every season of this epic series, they have been able to create a world that we all have come to love....

Guy Keeps Photoshopping Himself Into Celebs Photos, And It’s The Funniest Thing (33 New Pics) What would you give to switch places with Robert Van Impe, aka the Average Rob , who spends most of his time surrounded by celebrities? Well, probably not that much if you knew that he spends most of the time surrounded only with the pictures of celebrities. That’s right, what you’re about to see is a top of the class Photoshop skills used purely to amuse you while looking at some random guy enjoying the company of celebrities in the most awkward situations....

Guy Makes A Camera That Prints Instant GIFs Polaroid instant-photo cameras have been around for years, but as the technology improves, so does the capabilities of it. And finally, the know-how is here to build an instant-GIF camera! In this DIY project, a rather brilliant engineer named Abhishek has tackled yet another whacky idea of his to update the classic Polaroid OneStep camera with the 21st-century tech. Hence, the “Instagif NextStep” was made, capable of capturing a short video of the moment and loop it like a proper GIF....

Head Hammock That Will Finally Let You Sleep Comfortably On A Plane If you ever had a long overnight trip, you know the main problem with it – sleep. However flexible you are, those plane chairs will torture you for the whole trip, leaving you sore in all places for that first day of your dream vacation. Well, at least that was the case until Paula Blankenship got to it....

Here Are 20 Of Your Favorite Board Games Given More Accurate Titles (By Smosh) What’s more frustrating: going broke after some questionable financial decisions playing Monopoly or having to collect all of the Jenga blocks off of the ground after messing up? Board games are supposed to be fun for the whole family, but let’s face it – most of the time they’re nothing but a headache. Smosh has compiled a list of the most famous board games out there and gave them more honest names....

Hilarious Portraits Of Jim Carrey Imitating Celebs in 1992 Jim Carrey is one the greatest comedic actors out there. But he wasn‘t always that famous, and these pictures show him imitating celebrities in 1992. As you see, Jim was already using his legendary dynamic face to imitate some of the biggest stars of the screen. And two famous movies aliens! Back then Jim was just trying his luck in In Living Color, a comedy scetch show created by Wyans brothers, and the real fame was waiting for him in the future, with Dumb and Dumber , and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ....

Hundreds Of Pencils Turned Into Gorgeous Vases By Finnish Artist Tuomas Markunpoika Studio Markunpoika, run by Finnish designer Tuomas Markunpoika, created a series of vessels carved from hundreds of hexagon-shaped pencils glued together and carved out using a machine lathe. “ Pencils are utilized when giving form to our thoughts, illustrating our wishes and ideas. They are inseparably fused with craft and arts, ” writes Markunpoika. “ ‘Amalgamated’ is a collection which explores the relationship of a mass produces ‘tool’ and its individual purpose....

Indonesian Artist Turns Viral Cat Photos Into Funny Illustrations (20 Pics) There are thousands of artists out there who create comics and staying unique can be quite the challenge. However, Indonesian artist Tactooncat has definitely found a niche. The artist turns funny viral cat photos into colorful and absolutely hilarious illustrations and has a following of over 116k people anxiously waiting for their latest post. And here’s the best part – Tactooncat uploads new cat illustrations every day!...

Italian Sculptor Creates A Marble Masterpiece Over 7 Years And Even The Net Is Marble The Cappella Sansevero is a 16th-century chapel located in Naples, Italy that is home to some of the most beautiful pieces of art created by 18th-century Italian artists. Standing out among them are a number of amazingly detailed sculptures that will make you wonder how the talented sculptors managed to turn cold blocks of marble into such intricate works of art....

KÖLLEN: THE INTERACTIVE BOOKSHELF COLLECTION KÖLLEN: THE INTERACTIVE BOOKSHELF COLLECTION The interactive bookshelf collection is a project that emerges from the idea of Köllen Bookshelf, an innovative piece of furniture that can be modified to the user’s will. Köllen Collection offers a set of decorative products inspired in the nordic style and in the same vein as the bookshelf itself. KÖLLEN BOOKSHELF Köllen Bookshelf is a modular and interactive bookshelf which structure can be adapted to the user’s need....

Money-Shredding Alarm Clock Do you have problems waking up? It’s because you haven’t tried the new money-shredding alarm clock . Once the alarm kicks in, it starts shredding money and keeps going until you turn the alarm off. And if loosing $100 is not enough to make you get up, a little bit of jail time to the penalty might do the trick – as Mashable already noted, in the U....

Monster Boxes For Geeky Travelers Baggage items are troublesome enough without teeth. Yet Mellie Z out of Fine Line Leather Design makes these adorably scary mimic monster boxes! The Mimic Monster Boxes are made from a wooden base that’s then covered in leather. The smallish chests are decorated with things one doesn’t expect from inanimate items – namely, expressive eyes and pointy teeth. They can be custom-ordered and range from 3 inches to 3 feet (7 to almost 1m) wide, with 6 inches (~15cm) being the most popular size....

Nature taking over some of the most beautiful vintage cars ever built Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls-Royce… these are some of the big names you will find in the most unusual vintage car museum in the world, which belongs to artist and car restorer Michael Frohlich. This is because you won’t be able to find any shiny convertible cars in his museum: all his cars are rusted and dusted! Frohlich left them rot intentionally as a gift for his 50th birthday, when 50 cars were driven on his estate’s park and left at nature’s mercy....

Nessie Ladle Is the Cutest Monster to Ever Swim In Your Soup If you think your soup pot could use some more cuteness and monsters, you’re in luck – here comes the Loch Ness monster ladle! It’s the cutest Scottish-monster-inspired cooking utensil out there and it can take a swim in your soup. The Nessie ladle was designed by Ototo at Animi Causa and would only set you back $15....

New Lens Accessory Will Let You Go Pro With iPhone Photos Ever wanted to go professional with your iPhone pictures? Optics manufacturer Zeiss is there to help! Mounted on the awesomely named ExoLens (by Fellowes), the new Zeiss lenses will you more tools to take cool pictures without hauling a real camera around. The first three will be wide-angle, telephoto, and macro lenses. The equipment will be mountable on the ExoLens phone frame that goes over an iPhone....

Now I use Zeitri.com I prefer to do most purchasing online – even the big stuff. However, the shipping is sometimes outrageous and cost prohibitive. Now I use Zeitri.com and I no longer am restricted on what types of purchases I can make online. I shop worry-free now. Sanjay Sharma

Obama’s Response To Charlottesville Violence Becomes The Most Liked Tweet In History Former President Barack Obama’s tweet following the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, is now the most liked tweet in the history of the social network. Obama tweeted a quote from Nelson Mandela’s 1994 autobiography “ Long Walk to Freedom “. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion....

Octopus Chair by Maximo Riera I was really proud of my new executive leather chair until I stumbled upon this Octopus Chair made by Maximo Riera. Then I realized – you’re not a boss if you aren’t sitting on the Octopus Chair! It’s so majestic, so alive – I almost hear it breathing. Designer: Maximo Riera The artist wanted to be faithful to the animal’s physique and the natural majesty of its movements, therefore Maximo attended to each physical detail of the octopus in order to make the animal the unique protagonist of the whole piece....