The space was originally intended as a place for Walt Disney and his family to stay at when they visited the theme park. Take a journey inside. Would you like to stay here?
Life of gypsies as seen by the German photographer Joakim Eskildsen who spent several years living with gypsies in the different countries of Europe and in India.
These are some cool shower curtains. Some of them are creepy and some of them are very funny. Which one is your favorite? Pretty awesome home decor don't you think.
The cement factory conversion by Ricardo Bofill in Barcelona, Spain is one of the most interesting the Sifter has seen to date. With over 30 silos, multiple buildings and towering ceilings throughout, the space is incredibly raw and presents countless design challenges. Now a multi-purpose facility with an office, residence, exhibition space and more, this is an incredibly unique property with equally an equally dramatic landscape and views of the beautiful Barcelona. Enjoy!
American artist and DeviantArt member Paige Thompson paints her own lips vividly colorful to create cute little animals in her series “Animal-ipstick”.
While this Inception-style piece of public art is trippy enough, know the backstory and you'll appreciate it even more. Artist Jordan Seiler of Public Ad Campaign is known for taking over public spaces that's run over with advertising. Back in 2008, he created a public installation, on New York's Spring and Bowery phone booth, where he placed his signature weave pattern on the sides of the booth. After it was taken down, he decided to put up another installation, this time with a photo of the last takeover.
For the person who loves flowers but just can't keep them alive (for longer than a day) there are paper flowers by Frances & Francis. These beautiful works of art are handcrafted using just paper and then attached to actual twigs. Frances & Francis is run by Helen Frances, a paper artist living just north of London in St. Albans. (The second Francis is a tribute to her grandfather who was an encouraging figure in her life.)
New York-based artist Nathan Manire approaches his Dot Portraits with an abstract, graphic process. He uses large dots and a broad color palette to build his subjects' faces with watercolors. Up close, viewers see colorful circles, neatly arranged in organized rows. To more fully appreciate Manire's pointillist techniques, viewers need to squint their eyes or step back from the image in order to see the faces emerge from the large patterns of circular shapes.
Meet the real life mermaid who swims with jellyfish and can hold her breath under water for up to five minutes Linden Wolbert travels the world as a full time professional mermaid and uses her custom-made 6ft tail to propel her through the water. The 32-year-old freediver and model can swim to depths of 115ft and uses her skills to promote ocean conservation and education.
Auckland, New Zealand-based photographer Cally Whitham takes artistic portraits of animals for her series titled Captive. The collection of images in the ongoing series presents wild creatures as attentive beings, calmly posing for the camera. From a gentle giraffe to a tame tiger, Whitham captures a vulnerable side to these animals that feels quite powerful and intriguingly human.
London-based artist Joe Fenton continues to mesmerize us with his skilled hand and imaginative mind at work on the latest addition to his ongoing series titled The Landing. The artist has just recently completed the second and biggest panel of his large-scale triptych. The first two of his three-part drawings feature his signature monochromatic style in graphite on paper.
Little Free Library is a creative idea, thought up by Todd Bol and Rick Brooks, that aims to promote literacy and bring communities together by putting up mini libraries in neighborhoods around the world. Started in 2009, it's a nonprofit that seeks to place these small, accessible book exchange boxes right in front of a house or on a street corner. (Take a book, return a book.) You can buy a box directly from the Little Free Library website, download plans on how to build one, or completely make one yourself.
During Sunday's NCAA men's Basketball game, Kevin Ware of the Louisville Cardinals suffered a gruesome injury breaking one of his legs, in the first half of the game against the Duke Blue Devils in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 31st, 2013. Ware broke his right leg in two places, as he landed awkwardly with all of his weight on the leg during an attempt to block a shot from the other team. The injury is said to have looked a lot more shocking than it actually appears. The player is in recovery, and even though it will take him a year to fully recover he stayed positive and very courageous throughout the process, telling his team to focus on winning the game. The reaction from the teams and the audience was very emotional. Some players and even the coaches were crying as the audience was also in complete shock.
Even today there is so little we truly understand about our universe, it’s untapped mysterious and the existence of extraterrestrial life. So you can imagine that back in 1939 when space exploration and telescopes were much less evolved, creative individuals like illustrator Frank R. Paul were given free rein to fill the void of expectation. Working with the likes of famous science fiction writers Ray Bradbury, Forrest J Ackerman and Arthur C. Clarke, he created his own perception of how the aliens of Mars, Neptune or Venus might appear. Would they be threatening or welcoming? Would they be robots or creatures? Would they be armed or unarmed? And how would man react to meeting them? Through his colorful and vibrant art, Frank R. Paul has attempted to answer some of these questions. You can see the full range of his work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joebehr/sets/72157624487397272/detail/
Inventive British street artist and illustrator extraordinaire David Shillinglaw is one of the few graffiti artists, who’s colourful work can be seen in some of the most remote and unusual locations in the world. “Life is a struggle. For everyone. From the smallest insect to the greatest beast, we are determined by the success we seek, and how, in turn we measure that success. Each of us experiencing ups and downs. Peaks and troughs. Like a game of snakes and ladders.” - David Shillinglaw You’ll see his imagination not only colouring the streets of London and Paris, but also places like Kosovo, Gambia and even Cape Town. His eceletic mix of fonts, words, faces and limbs form his unique and signature style – it’s striking, energetic, seriously cool and a hell of a lot of fun.
Let’s face it, people tend to love their cars. A lot. You only have to watch shows like Pimp My Ride to see how utterly over-the-top people can go in order to make their 4 wheeled machines stand out from the crowd. So with that in mind, we’ve picked 14 vans which have been pimped out, souped up and sprayed painted to within an inch of their lives. We’re going to reserve judgement on the designs themselves, but we have to admit there are certainly more than few “interesting” artworks on display!
Shain Gandee, star of MTV’s ‘Buckwild,’ has reportedly been found dead in West Virginia some 30 hours after going missing. Local news station WCHS reports that Gandee and his uncle, 48-year-old David Gandee, were found in Shain’s car along with another unidentified person in Sissonville, West Virginia on Monday, April 1. (Yes, we’ve taken into account that it’s April Fool’s Day, but if this is a joke, it’s a sick one involving a lot of otherwise credible sources. So we’re assuming this is sadly true.) The Gandee men were last seen Sunday when they were last spotted leaving a local bar at 3 a.m. They told fellow patrons they planned to go four-wheeling after the drinks, but didn’t tell anyone where — and they didn’t come back. ‘Buckwild,’ which features several good ol’ boys and girls from West Virginia, is known to profile the antics of Shain, who’s referred to as a “redneck McGyver” and who built a swimming pool inside a dump truck in the show’s first episode. MTV picked up the series for another season in January, but this news coupled with the arrest of another cast member, 24-year-old Salwa Amin, for felony drug possession may nix those plans.
Prince never worked with or knew Michael Jackson, but he may still testify against the tour promoter who both hired and was supposed to supervise Michael’s doctor, Conrad Murray, because that’s how the American justice system works. The late Michael Jackson and Prince could finally cross paths as MJ’s mother Katherine has plans to use the Purple One as a witness in her wrongful death lawsuit against promoter AEG. Michael’s kids, Prince Michael I and II and Paris, helped along by Katherine, are suing the promoter for $40 billion in damages. (Yes, billion with a B.) According to documents obtained by TMZ, Katherine has a list of over 100 witnesses she plans to have testify, including Prince, who allegedly had bad experiences with AEG in the past.
Back on March 18, Lindsay Lohan finally took a plea deal for a lockdown rehab facility in her lying to the cops case. But she had one condition: She wanted permission to take Adderall while she’s drying out. Sources for TMZ say La Lohan has been using the drug for years and is convinced she needs it to function. Interestingly enough, she was first prescribed the medicine (used to treat ADHD, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder) while behind bars back in 2010, which caused all sorts of controversy. For her recent plea deal, LiLo said she wanted to take her Adderall while in rehab, or she’d take her chances with a trial. At the time, lawyer Mark Heller assured her she would be able to hold onto her prescription security blanket while she’s in her court-mandated lockdown rehab. Despite, you know, not being eligible for the few lockdown rehabs that actually exist. Ironically, I could use a little Adderall myself to help keep track of the increasingly confusing details of this mess. Nah. Just kidding. That's what coffee is for.
Happy April Fool's day everyone! Be careful not to get fooled today. Watch out for these classic pranks.
Rejoice, fellow lady nerds! ‘Doctor Who‘ returned to BBC Saturday night with a brand new episode featuring our favorite sexy time-traveling Doctor and his bow tie. There is only one man on Earth, besides Bill Murray, who can make a bow tie look cool, and that’s Matt Smith of ‘Doctor Who.’ For those unfamiliar, a quick primer: The Doctor is an alien who is like, 1,000 years old and flies around in a ship that looks like a police call box. It’s called a TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) and it’s bigger on the inside, and it can travel anywhere in time and space. The Doctor is a lonely guy and he always has a companion — usually a lady — with whom to travel around and help save the universe. But what you really need to know is that the Doctor is so sexy. Matt Smith is a former rugby player who had to give up the sport due to an injury — and with no real acting background, the guy auditions for the long-running BBC series ‘Doctor Who,’ landing the part and becoming probably the hottest Doctor to date (if you’re not counting David Tennant, who was also pretty darn foxy). If you don’t watch the show because you’re thinking it’s super nerdy or whatever, you’re making a huge mistake because Smith is not only insanely cute, he’s also really charismatic and funny, and the show itself is loads of fun.
Cinemagraphs are photographic images in which select areas are animated. Fashion photographer Jamie Beck pioneered the technique. This beautiful video was directed by Ian and Cooper. It's made for "Back to Me" song by Joel Compass and tells a dark tale about father and son through a montage of cinemagraphs. Check it out!
In the charmingly surreal sculpture series “SEKAI” (“World”) by Japanese artist Maico Akiba, tiny populated worlds sprout out of the backs of animals. The detailed mini worlds include people, cars, structures, and thick vegetation. And you can have the minified versions of sculptures as a cell phone strap!
Attention geeks! Now you don't have to worry about all those bullies around you! With this kind of toy you are gonna be the one to be scared of. Especially for you... well and for the 2013 MOCathalon contes, Captain Infinity recreated Han Solo’s DL-44 heavy blaster pistol using LEGO bricks. Enjoy, don't get carried away though:)
Back in March a tiny wooden door was discovered at the base of an elm tree in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The door has become a bit of a destination for park visitors, who have been leaving behind notes, coins, acorns, and other trinkets inside the tree. The mystery door is located in the park Concourse near the De Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences.
Aren't you tired to see what your friends eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day long through out dozens of social networks? Well I wouldn't be as annoyed if they would get creative as Ida Skivines from Norway. She recreated famous works of art by Van Gogh, Monet, Dali, and more on Instagram as part of the Art Toast Project. Learn, you slackers:)
In 1924, the then-luxurious Hotel (Refugio d)el Salto was inaugurated on the cliff facing the waterfall but due to contamination of the river water, believed to be a result of the popular locale, it was closed in the early 90′s. There has been talk of reopening it and restoring it to its former glory (but as a museum or even a police station) which might help rid the place of its apparent ghosts. They are said to haunt the hotel and according to the caretaker, are believed to be from the old days when bar fights on the second story would end up on its balcony, sometimes resulting in a drunk patron losing more than the fight.
The slide took out a huge chunk of the Whidbey Island hillside. It extends about 500 yards across and down 700 yards into Puget Sound. One home was destroyed and at least two dozen others are threatened. Most of the homes are vacation properties.
Odin Parker, a well-dressed German Shepherd dog, uses a spoon and his ‘hands’ to eat peanut butter out of a jar. You may remember when we wrote about dogs eating a meal and cookies with their hands.
We've all had bad experiences with kisses. Some people have it while others need a lot more practice. You know you have had one of those awkward kisses that just make you cringe. These people need a lot more practice.
Here are some highlights from the White House Easter day celebration. There are some nice family photos of President Barack Obama and his family as well as a bunch of kids enjoying the Easter holiday. Looks like everyone at the white house had a fun Easter celebration.
Namie is a small town in Japan that was abandoned after tsunami and Fukushima nuclear plant fail in 2011. At the invitation of local officials, Google recently deployed its camera-equipped vehicles to Namie to create a street view map of the deserted town so residents can see their abandoned homes, and the world can witness the remains of the disaster.
Very impressive collection of modern video games in Atari Cartridge art. If you are a gamer you will appreciate this. Too cool. Nice redesigns.
What a lot of people don't know is fast food menus go beyond what you see on the wall. Most fast food places have a secret menu with delicious meals on it. Here are 10 of the best fast food secret menu items available. If you didn't know about these then you should go out and try them all soon. They are amazing.
Anna Piaggi was well-known in the fashion world for being an authoritative expert on style. See her own unusual fashion choices here…
