Category Archives: DIY
DIY: CUTE ADIDAS OUTFIT FOR YOUR DOGLuxirare.com is one of my favorite blogs. Luxirare is a weekly webzine dedicated to clothing and cuisine. At Luxirare, the typical notion of a seasonal fashion show or seasonal “menu” does not exist. Styles and recipes are presented as individual pieces that do not follow a strict theme but rather a flow of ideas. The Luxirare …
human organ jewelries by Percy LauI don’t know if I absolutely love these human organ jewelries or if they scare me a bit. The accessories are made by London-based artist Percy Lau. You can order them for 15 pounds each on etsy.com.
Toasts by Tibi Tibi NeuspielTibi Tibi Neuspiel works in a diverse range of media including sculpture, performance, digital imaging and video. He is best known for his deft use of pigmented wax as medium for his wryly humourous sculptures. (via Pulse Art)
Turn Your Foursquare Check-Ins Into JewelryHow would you like to wear a visualization of all the places you have traveled? Or maybe just a necklace designed from destinations that hold a sentimental value to you? Meshu, a new jewelry start up, gives offers the ability to do just that. The initiative, started by data visualizer Sha Hwang and interaction designer Rachel …
VIRTUAL SUNGLASSES TRY OUT AT BLOOMINGDALE’SGiving a new meaning to the phrase ‘window shopping,’ Bloomingdale’s has replaced its traditional window displays with interactive sunglasses shops. Now, instead of merely looking at sunglasses in a window, passerbys can virtually try them on. The Lexington Avenue, NYC Bloomingdale’s features six interactive windows; each window is dedicated to a different designer (Marc Jacobs, FENDI, Roberto Cavalli, Miu …
PRETTYPEGS: SHOE YOUR FURNITUREWe all love Ikea furniture, but I definitely find myself wishing there was a way to give my couch an upgrade.Jana Cagin and Mikael Söderblom, the founders of PrettyPegs, seemed to have had a similar problem and came up with an incredibly unique answer. PrettyPegs are replaceable furniture legs that elegantly give your Ikea couch or bed some much needed …
plastic perler beads celebrity portraitsAmerican artist Steve Moore or pxl8r creates inconceivably detailed depictions of famous faces entirely from perler beads. The brightly-colored plastic pieces are arranged in 11 x 11in squares then melted with the heat of a clothing-iron into photo-realistic mosaics of contemporary celebrities. Pxl8r is able to produce highly-detailed visions of easily recognizable faces by studying an …
Matthew Cusick: map work collagesNew york-based matt cusick has made a name for himself as a fine artist due to his elaborate depictions of humans and other animals,water and landforms crafted entirely from recycled maps. To develop these collage pieces, he meticulously slices segments of antiquated cartographic works including those of old encyclopedias, textbooks, roadmaps, and atlases in order to layer small …
KEEP CALM AND…..UNDERSTAND THIS TRENDWho likes to spend time on sites like tumblr, pinterest or 9gag must have noticed the huge amount of Keep calm and carry on mash ups. Keep Calm and Carry On was a propaganda poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public …