Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his “Manga Farming” technique — which uses old manga as a growing medium for vegetables — by cultivating a crop of radish sprouts in an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya.
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A video by Bonsajo for the song of the japanese cubesato. If you like it, you can find high resolution pics here.
A bunch of white houses in the pictures by Morten Holtum, a talented danish photographer.
During Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle’s youth, the term ‘Stop playing with your food!’ must have fallen on deaf ears. And let’s be thankful for it. Because now, the husband and wife food photographers, who work under the name Minimiam (meaning MINI YUM), spend their days transforming everyday foods into whimsical, storied landscapes. Akiko and Pierre find …
Nick Jensen, artista e skater londinese è il primo protagonista della “webserie” CITROËN DS3 STREET MAPPER: una vera e propria guida alla “street culture” europea. X. De Nauw (produttore, fotografo e specialista della “street culture”) presenterà delle video-interviste ad alcuni “osservatori della urban culture” locale che, a bordo della Citroën DS3 ci porteranno nei luoghi chiave …
Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray tend to Brooklyn’s first window farm. This form of urban agriculture is catching on in cities around the world, as downtown farmers go online to share techniques for growing greens indoors. Here for more
Jacques Carelman used his humor to create these “Impossible Objects.” They were published in a catalog in 1969, representing regular objects reinterpreted to the limit of absurdity in their original function. You can find more impossible objects here. | Via
Boxed Water Is Better: When I came across this concept I thought these guys had a brilliant idea. Smart, environmentally friendly and visually irresistible. Part sustainable water company, part art project, part philanthropic project, and completely curious. Boxed Water Is Better, is a boxed water company. Started with the simple idea of creating a …
The delicate illustrations of the talented Japanese NewYork-based artist, Yoko Furusho, are a celebration of pastels colors, ageless girls and ethereal landscapes. A delicious exotic graphic smoothie of Alice in Wonderland, Yoshimoto Nara and old Japanese animation topped with love for fashion and details.
Thirty Days NY is a gallery project bringing together artists of all mediums for a chance to put up some amazing work, have great conversations, perform spectacular music and share ideas with the world. The gathering space is located at 70 Franklin Street in the heart of Tribeca. It’s a beautiful place. You should stop …
I felt like dancing when i got up this morning Janelle Monae | via Two Dot Two
Caution: May Cause Excessive Performance. Staring David Koechner, and featuring Troy Polamalu, Carl Lewis, Brandon Roy, Sanya Richards, Paula Radcliffe, Maria Sharapova and Paul Rodriguez, this video is the latest viral marketing campaign from Nike. Genius!
The Italian National Trust and Moleskine present a new special project, “The Hand of the Designer”. The book is bound in the classical Moleskine Folio book layout, A4, but with white cover. The publication will come together with a 120-page Moleskine blank drawing sketch-book, for notes and free hand sketching. “The Hand of the Designer” displays …