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Jaco Haasbroek. The designer and illustrator from Cape Town, South Africa popped up on our radar once again by Threadless who just made him their newest MADE artist. Below are some of our favorite pieces from his Food, Object or Animal series. Created with acrylic and ink, the clever illustrations are guaranteed to make you smile.

Most people are familiar with Beerpong, Kings cup and flip cup. These collection of games are not as well known in the US. It's time to get your game face on and try a new drinking game. Take a look at these 8 fun foreign drinking games.

With this clever technology by a small, Taiwan-based coffee chain, no longer will your cup of morning joe be confused with someone else's order at the local coffee shop. To promote their business, Let's Cafe has recently introduced an innovative foam art printer that produces your own face on the surface of any delicious foamy latte. The realistic depiction exactly mimics the original photo in an original, and very temporary, work of art.

Surprisingly Profound, Existential Quotes From Disney Movies By Dorothy Tan, 14 Jun 2013 COMMENT SHARE Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest_share 23 One of the great things about re-watching Disney movies as an adult is that you spot things in them that you have missed when you were a kid. Although their key intended audience are children, Disney movies are actually filled with profound quotes about common existential questions and simple truths.

They are hot, successful and talented! But stopping at that is not an option. Check out these celebs you probably didn't know were bilingual.

Besides being refreshing, cool, soothing and powerful, water is life itself. I am a big fan of element inspired art, and here's a collection of some gorgeous water inspired creations.

Daniel Picard Is an awesome and creative photo artist. He takes children's toys and makes them pieces of art. Check out the high quality photographs of different action scenes using kids toys. This is awesome.

Polish photographer Joanna Jaskólska combined light painting and breakdancing in her photo series, “Breakdance Baby!” The light painting effect was created with an LED wand that Jaskólska built for the project.

Youtube user GoGrovo has created “Google Glass Photographer,” a video that shows how silly people look trying to take photos and video with the Google Glass augmented reality headset. Check it out!

Kame Camera is an app created by Nagisa that enhances popular Japanese photo memes — like fake Dragon Ballenergy attacks, Vadering, and Quidditch games — by adding cartoon energy blasts, force lightning, and other cool effects.

In the 1999 series “Crumpled Paper,” artist Ofer Wolberger crumpled fashion and advertising photos from magazines, leaving the models bizarrely distorted.

Last weekend, Reuters photographer Carlos Barria traveled to Zheijiang Province, China, to photograph some of the 1,000 Harley Davidson enthusiasts who attended China's 5th annual Harley Davidson National Rally, part of the company's 110-year anniversary. Harley Davidson only began official sales in China in 2005, and its bikes are considered to be luxury items by Chinese tax authorities, so they are taxed at extremely high rates -- a 2013 motorcycle might sell for 200,000 yuan ($32,500), approximately four times the average annual salary in Beijing. Transportation authorities have also placed Harleys in the same category as electric bikes, horses and bicycles, so they cannot be ridden on highways and major avenues.

On April 22, 2013, the Century Chest, a time capsule that had been sealed for 100 years, was opened during a ceremony at the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City. Onlookers and historians were astonished by the pristine condition of the contents: an untarnished desk telephone, a shiny pair of women’s shoes, a Kodak camera, and much more. Scroll down to see the pictures.

30-year-old Jason Torres is now known as Nicole Sanders. He loved Barbie dolls so much as a young boy that he has spent the past 12 years and over $300,000 transforming his body into Barbie. Nicole's rich boyfriends helped her to pay for it.

Reder Hoekstra is a Dutch artist who has caught my attention with his absurd, super creative, weird and beautiful work. This is the gist of his inspiration, "I'm inspired by the world and reality I see around me. How does it all work, what is truth? My mind floats through landscapes and dreams, and from it, new machines, creatures and things find life." Try and see what thoughts and feelings each of his pencil drawn pictures provokes. I'll write my thoughts on each, since I couldn't find their names.

Luke Chueh's pieces are really cute in an eerily disturbing way - and that's exactly why they're so great. Featuring sad and/or tortured characters, Chueh's work stems from the intolerance he suffered as child growing up as a Chinese-American. Luke was born in Philadelphia, but raised in Fresno. In 2003, Chueh moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in design. Since then, Chueh has quickly worked his way up the ranks of the LA art scene, establishing himself as an artist not to be ignored. Collected here are fifteen of my favorite paintings from his portfolio.

The Wheel House is a live performance in which two acrobatic performers entertain audiences with the slow-paced rolling travel of their mobile home. The interior space of the circular home is designed to look just like a normal house, with doors, windows, curtains, pots and pans, and even a bed. The project is produced by Acrojou Circus Theatre, a group formed in 2006 by artistic directors Jeni Barnard and Barney White. According to their website, the team has so far created six original shows, toured within nine countries, and performed to nearly 60,000 people.

Baguette-me-nots is a Tumblr blog created by Tim Bierbaum and John Milhiser of Serious Lunch that features hilarious and bizarre photographs of famous actors and comedians using baguettes in place of everyday objects.

“Beardvertising” is a brilliant idea thought up by Lexington, Kentucky-based advertising agency Cornett-IMS allowing men with fuzzy beards to earn money by placing miniature billboard-like ads in them. A&W and Eagle One are both on board to support this genius ad concept. Whit Hiler of Cornett-IMS told Business Insider, “We’re getting a ton of emails from guys with epic beards that want to host beardboards and we’re actually in talks with some brands that want to be Beardvertisers. I think we’ll probably be seeing some beardboards in the wild before too long.”

“The Japanese Tradition — Chopsticks” is a hilarious parody educational video on the proper use of chopsticks in Japan. It is part of the Japanese Traditions series by Japanese comedy duo Rahmens. For more, check out the episodes on sushi and origami.

Since last December photographer Nolan Conway has been traveling the U.S. taking fascinating portraits of McDonald’s customers for his series “Happy Meals.” So far Conway has visited about 150 restaurants in 22 states. He focuses on rural parts of the country because he finds the customers there to be more varied and interesting.

Ohio Born, Scott Scheidly who started his path towards becoming an artist at the age of 4, ate a lot of paint paste throughout his childhood apparently, and graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh is quite peculiar and seems to have a great sense of humor. His paintings don't seem to be overly complicated with depth, however there's something vibrant, funny but tragic, and definitely original about his work. I liked this statement he made on his website, "I still live in Florida where I enjoy floundering about and painting pretty pictures, and I still eat paste now and again just to remind myself of my roots and how I ended up like this. Some day I hope not to be famous." Check out his awesome paintings.

Boston-based graphic designer Herrin overlays these wonderful words over her own photography, giving us that boost of hope or confidence we, at times, need in our lives. Whatever you are personally going through in your own life - a new job, a challenging project, something out of your comfort zone - I hope these quotes help you replace that fear of the unknown with excitement. More to come....

Artist Nickolay Lamm has created a series of illustrations with the help of astrobiologist and former NASA Ames Research Center employee Marilyn Vogel that depict New York City as if it were on the surface of other planets.

Clip Nation (YouTube) has put together an amusing compilation video of creative and ridiculous ways to open a beer. Some techniques are more effective than others.

Sandwich Monsters is a project by New York-based art director Kaisa Haupt of delicious photos of creatures, animals and well-known pop culture characters built out of sandwiches.

Vietnam-based crafter Su Ami has created an array of miniature crochet animals that are small enough to sit on a fingertip. Su Ami’s Etsy Shop has everything from teeny tiny lions, tigers, and elephants to colorful squirrels, kittens, and even sock monkeys. Check them out!

In his “Tilt Shift” series, photographer Richard Silver uses a digital tilt-shift effect to turn world landmarks into miniatures. Check out some of his incredible photographs.