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Art
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Not Your Average Gap Year: Middle Class American Kids Abandon Home To Become Train Hopping Vagrants [GALLERY]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Author, Mike Brodie has spent years documenting the phenomenon of train hopping in the US, and he’s found that most train hoppers are middle class kids. Mike Brodie is one of them, Brodie left home when he was 17 years old and has never looked back.
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Attention Photographers – This Exclusive Manfrotto Package Deal Is Now In Your Life
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This Manfrotto package, consisting of: a Manfrotto 190CXPro4 + 496 head and Free Manfrotto LINO Pro Soft Shell Jacket would, in a normal world, sell for R5,675. You can get it for R3,999 (that’s a R1,676 saving), purely because SA Camera loves you. They love you just a whole bunch.
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The World’s Largest Bathtub Duck Pulls In To Hong Kong [PICS]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The public of Hong Kong got a pleasant surprise yesterday, when the world’s largest inflatable duck waddled in to the Victoria Harbour. The artwork was created by Florentijin Hofman, who is known for his love of turning everyday objects into larger than life pieces of art.
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Do You Love Your Company Enough To Have The Logo Tattoed On Your Body? [VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Would you get your company’s logo tattoed on your arm? No? Would you get your company’s logo tattoed on your arm IF they paid you to do it? These employees did just that.
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These Are The 2013 Sony World Photography Award Winners [GALLERY]
26 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This year’s L’Iris d’Or, the Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year, went to 32 year old Andrea Gjestvang from Norway. Gjestvang beat out 122,000 hopeful entries from 170 different countries. Check out her photo, and other winners
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The World Is Amazing And Terrifying – A Round Up Of News In Pictures [PICS]
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world is an amazing, terrifying, and wonderful place, and nothing describes a situation with the impact and immediacy of a good photograph. Gleaned from news streams, our social network feeds, and television, here’s a look at some of the top stories from yesterday, in pictures
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Man United Fans – Celebrate Your Victory With This Incredible Rooney Portrait
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some time ago we told you about this rather special painting of Wayne Rooney by local artist, Regis Matare. Regis got in touch this week to advise that the painting had been updated, and that he’ll be working on a Luis Suarez portrait in the wake of the recent biting incident.
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Prince Charles Is Way Better Than George W Bush At Painting [GALLERY]
19 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Prince of Wales has released the largest collection of his watercolours, 130 to be exact, for public viewing, and have been published in an online gallery.
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Man Resigns From His Job To Become A Baker – Writes It On A Cake [PIC]
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Chris “Mr Cake” Holmes, knew where his heart was and knew that his current job was not for him. Holmes also knew what path he wanted to take on his new journey. So he wrote his resignation letter on a cake.
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Another Zuma Painting Has Been Removed From A Gallery – This Time He’s White
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Art work by Kobus Myburgh, showing President Jacob Zuma and former president Nelson Mandela as white has been removed from an art exhibition scheduled to open at the Van Riebeek Hall in Nelspruit yesterday.
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Atlantic Fog Time-lapse from Eric Nathan on Vimeo.
WATCH: Wonderful Time-Lapse Film Captures Fog Rolling In Over Cape Town [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Photographer Eric Nathan captured the fog rolling in over Cape Town on Sunday evening, and the results are glorious. Check out the amazing time lapse video, after the jump
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Open Invitation To Conn Bertish’s “Behind The Secret Club” Exhibition This Friday
10 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Conn Bertish, Executive Creative Director of Quirk and accomplished artist in his own right is hosting a solo exhibition this coming Friday, and it’s going to be rad. Details inside
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Don’t Get Murdered By The CIA – Stealth Clothing Makes You Virtually Undetectable To Drones [PICS]
05 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The use of drones are increasing worldwide, decreasing our level of privacy. But Adam Harvey has a wearable solution that could make you go undetected by unmanned aircrafts.
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Student Finds Remarkable Doppelgänger On Campus [PICS]
03 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Doppelgängers. We like to believe that we have an unrelated twin cruising the earth, being incredibly good looking. But the chances of ever meeting a doppelgänger are minuscule. I mean, the world’s a big place, right? A University of California engineering student was taken-aback when he met a fellow student that people had confused as him, and vice versa the whole year. […]
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Paint Your Pizza from JONAS LUND on Vimeo.
Online App Turns Your Paintings Into Pizza, Has Them Delivered [VIDEO]
03 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is why America gets to have all the nice things. Swedish artist Jonas Lund has developed an app for a New York pizzeria that takes creating your own custom pizza pie to the next level – the online level. Paint Your Pizza is an online app that lets you create your own pizza artwork on an […]
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Of Course Russians Climbed To The Top Of The Giza Pyramids And Took Amazing Photos [PICS]
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, it’s yet another installment of “Russia Breaks The Rules”. Last week, a group of Russian photographers climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza after closing time – a offence that apparently serves a three year sentence. Being Russian, exactly zero fucks were given for this possible outcome, and the group proceeded to snap a series of […]
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Anyone For A Game Of Chess Boxing? [PICS + VIDEO]
26 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Before we start, let’s go through what Chess boxing actually is. No it’s not a boxing ring made of checkered blocks where you get to hook the opponent when you remove one of his pieces. Nor is it just a board of chess pieces wearing gloves. Chess Boxing combines both the sport and activity in a tournament. The […]
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Groundbreaking Self-Charging Digital Camera Is So Cute And Tiny [PICS]
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Superheadz Japan have created something better than awesome. The Sun & Cloud is the world’s first self-generating digital camera, and now it’s available to us. The Sun & Cloud is able to generate its own electric power, meaning you’ll never have to charge it. So how does it work? There are three ways to power […]
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frog Reinvents the Payphone from frog on Vimeo.
New York’s Answer To The Pay Phone [GALLERY + VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg recently called on creatives to devise a better plan for communication in New York to replace the mangy, disease ridden pay phones currently in operation. The goal of the project was to completely redesign the and rethink the pay phone as a platform for communication, as well as […]
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How The Internet Built A $100 000 Race Car
14 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Rally Fighter is the first production race car to be designed and built through internet crowdsourcing. The muscly car turned heads as it drove through downtown Austin, flaunting a new, bright orange paint job and steer horns mounted to the grill. John B Rogers, the President of Local Motors – the car company that […]
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George W Bush’s Dog Paintings Are Wonderfully Bad [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Recently, a hacker gained access to self-portrait artwork painted by the former United States President, Georg. W Bush The self portraits framed Dubya in the shower and bath, and they were so, so awful. It has now surfaced that the person to blame is Bush’s art teacher, Bonnie Floods. Floods reportedly spent a month teaching […]
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Do You Have An Instagram Account? Why Not Get Yourself An Instagram Cushion For R350! #nofilter
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Throw cushions. People go mental over them, and they always will. Why? It’s a basic design principle – throw cushions afford you the opportunity to add a splash of colour to your place without you needing to repaint a whole frigging wall. And here’s another thing: everyone Instagrams, but the resolution doesn’t usually lend itself […]
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The Shortlisted Photos For The Sony World Photography Awards Will Blow Your Mind [PICS]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Its that time of the year again. From portraits to documentary, 3D to low-light the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony has it all, and is open to all. Entrants range professionals to youth, and entries encompass as diverse a set of themes that the world can provide. The turn out this year has been sterling, with the judges […]
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At The Design Indaba? You Need The Democratic Republic of Design App
27 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re at this year’s Design Indaba, you need the Democratic Republic of Design app. Delegates download the free app to become DRD citizens, and then tweet and post photos about the conference to earn virtual currency – design dollars (D$). These dollars can be spent at the DRD Concept Store. Delegates can also earn […]
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South Africa’s Most Beautiful Object – The Finalists [PICS]
26 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Tenth Annual Design Indaba kicks off tomorrow for five days of inspiration under one roof from 27 February to 3 March 2013. And as with every installment of the Design Indaba, South Africa’s most beautiful object will be crowned. Check out the finalists, below. Zanzan umbrella – Gareth Cowden, Babatunde The Babatunde brand stands […]
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Attention Up And Coming Artists – Have You Entered The Absa L’Atelier Art Competition?
25 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re an up and coming artist, you’ve almost definitely heard of South African art heavyweights like Penny Siopis, Karel Nel, Dianne Victor and Colbert Mashile. And you know what they all have in common? They’re all past winners of the Absa L’Atelier art competition – winning this competition is what launched their careers. If […]
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But Is It Art? The Bacteria On Your Cell Phone Are Gross [GALLERY]
25 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of British students led by Dr Simon Park, have produced a distatsteful series of art prints that record the growth of bacteria on cell phones. Yes, they “paint” with bacteria. They call it “bioart.” The images were made when the students placed cell phones petri dishes, and left them for three days. The growth […]
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Curiosity Rover Delivers Spectacular Interactive Panorama From Mars Surface [PIC]
12 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Over the weekend, NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully drilled into the surface of Mars and collected its first sample from inside a Martian rock. Take a moment to stand right beside Curiosity, and enjoy the Martian landscape. The context, courtesy of Wired: Late on Feb. 8, Curiosity drilled a 6.4-cm-deep hole into a rock nicknamed John Klein on the surface […]
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George W. Bush Is Worse At Painting Than Being President [PICS]
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Since leaving the White House, former United States President, George W Bush has become quite the painter. A hacker by the name of Guccifer hacked into the former President’s private emails and photos. The cache obtained by Guccifer contains paintings and several photos that Bush allegedly painted for friends and family. Entitled: The Bath Stunning. […]
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Absolutely Epic Photo Of Kelly Slater Taken By 2oceansviber Ant Fox Yesterday, AT PIPELINE!
01 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Quite a normal day for Ant Fox yesterday, as he shot Kelly Slater at Pipeline. Check out this mondo pic. And if you look close enough you’ll see Kelly is holding a GoPro in his mouth. Again, quite normal.
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