Instead of shipping old train carts to a landfill, a Dutch hotelier decided to use the old transit parts as building blocks for an eccentric hotel in Hoogwoud, Netherlands. The various rooms of the Controversy Tram Inn are decorated with retro decor, including an impressive collection of vintage American pop culture items. [Read more...]
Graffiti is sure eye-catching, but not always in a good way, especially because to many people it connotes vandalism. Instead of giving up on the idea of using public wall space for promotion, creative agency Dentsu came up with a clean spin to promote GreenTomatoCars: use neon laser beams to project graffiti. The hydrid taxi company has these ads displayed in highly trafficked areas of London. [Read more...]
A row of Christmas stockings hung by the fire are cozy and traditional. A cluster of vibrant Christmas socks strung up to create a sculpture is anything but conventional. This Christmas display was created by Montreal creative agency Paprika, for Domison, a retailer that has become known for creative and eco-friendly holiday installations. The sleigh-like swoop of Paprika Christmas Display comprises 600 socks fastened together with safety pins. For the holiday season it can be seen hanging from the ceiling of the Domison store at 4117 Boulevard Saint-Laurent. After the holidays, the socks will be removed and given to 300 cold toes in need at a local homeless shelter. [Read more...]
If you’ve ever run through the snow and jumped into a hot tub you might be able to relate to what the people in these photos feel like… well, at least running in the snow wearing next to nothing. These people, however, aren’t jumping into warm hot tubs after their frosty frolick – they’re jumping into Siberia’s Yenisei River. Apparently these swim club members have made a tradition of it. Running around in Speedos and bikinis in -36 degrees? That’s just not my kind of cool. [Read more...]
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With the collapse of cities like Detroit and towns like Cairo comes an abundance of abandoned architecture. Crumbling facades, smashed windows, and graffitied walls evoke haunting feelings as they cause us to wonder about the lives that used to dwell there. [Read more...]
Théo Gosselin transforms everyday scenarios into works of art, offering viewers of his photographs an invitation to appreciation the little moments in life. A browse through his portfolio will leave you inspired as he highlights the beauty of the “in between” moments, like a spontaneous kiss in a messy apartment, playing on a swing, and watching the sunset from a rooftop. [Read more...]
by Danielle DeFoe
Danielle DeFoe is a Los Angeles-based fashion photographer with a penchant for dramatically vibrant imagery. Her portfolio includes portraits of women in eclectic outfits (or bold lingerie) in thought-provoking, sometimes bizarre, poses and scenarios. As beautifuldecay put it, she “adores mask fashion and semi awkward teens.”
She says she is inspired by “music, art, history, literature, fashion, and travel,” and by the “ambitious and brilliant minds” she surrounds herself with. [Read more...]
A hefty yet graceful movement is transforming the world as you read, and it’s propelled by a wave of philanthropists on an unwavering quest to abolish global poverty. We’re calling it the Giving Movement, and it’s backed by bighearted philanthropists that range from billionaires giving away their fortunes, to people with much more modest bank accounts whose pledges are proportionately generous, if not more so.
Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates
Making the news recently was Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement to give away half of his fortune as part of The Giving Pledge. The sum promises to be mighty as Facebook has been valuated at over $50 billion. The Giving Pledge, which was started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, “is an effort to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy,” according to GivingPledge.org. [Read more...]
Living in an energy-efficient home doesn’t have to be complicated or unstylish as this ambient ad for Power Smart Month in British Columbia shows. BC Hydro set up two shipping container condos — one energy-efficient and the other “wasteful” — in downtown Vancouver with plenty of glass for onlookers to spy on the people living inside. [Read more...]
Han Rosling uses animated pixels on a graph to demonstrate the immense changes that can happen over two centuries. In the BBC feature titled 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes, we see how life expectancy and wealth have changed across the world year by year since 1810. The Joy of Stats animation shows the effects of devastating moments in history such as [Read more...]
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