10 Amazing Papercraft Design Artists
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
Most of us had fun in our youth creating paper airplanes and reveling in joy when they actually flew in a straight line. Some people, howeve...
Showing posts from March, 2012
Edible Dresses Made From Chocolate at Salon du Chocolat in Switzerland
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
The opening of the first Salon du Chocolat in Switzerland is taking place in Zurich from March 30 through April 1. The Salon du Chocolat t...
The Fantasy World of Ants by Andrey Pavlov
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov has produced a whimsical photo-series entitled 'ant tales', where he choreographed ants in variou...
Firefly Squids in Toyama Bay, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
The Firefly Squid is a bioluminescent squid growing to a length of only three inches. The squid is equipped with special light-producing org...
Diamond Head Volcanic Crater, Hawaii
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
Diamond Head, located on the eastern edge of Waikiki's coastline, is a famous volcanic crater and the most recognized landmark of Hawaii...
Ashikaga Flower Park, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2012
The Japanese love flowers, and wisteria are among their favorites. Wisteria (known as fuji in Japan) is said to be one of the archipelago...
Slimy Snail Massage: The Latest Beauty Fad
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2012
If you thought snake massage was creepy, checkout the latest craze in skin care. Beauty clinics and spas across South America and South K...
Live Like a Hamster at La Villa Hamster Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2012
If you want to know what it’s like to live like a hamster, than look no further than La Villa Hamster. Tucked away down an unremarkable side...
Gigantic Snow Wall Along Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2012
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a unique and spectacular route through the Northern Japan Alps, which is traversed by various means of t...
Hotel Arbez Franco-Suisse, Located Half in Switzerland and Half in France
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2012
The Arbez Hotel is a small two star hotel located in the quite border town of La Cure, five miles north of Geneva. A nice, cozy little place...
The Mysterious Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2012
The Racetrack Playa is an exceptionally flat and dry lakebed located above the northwestern side of Death Valley, in Death Valley National P...
Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2012
Neutrinos are some of the most abundant yet mysterious particles in our universe. Every second 65 billion neutrinos pass through every squar...
Millau Viaduct, France: the Tallest Bridge in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2012
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the Fre...
Tides at The Bay of Fundy
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2012
The Bay of Fundy is located on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces...
The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower: Mosquito Control Scheme That Didn’t Work
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2012
In 1929, a frustrated Florida’s Lower Keys’ fish lodge owner named Richter Clyde Perky decided that it was time to rid his holiday resort of...
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2012
Northern Arizona and southern Utah are abundant in scenic landscapes. Strong winds carrying fine desert sand and the mighty Colorado river e...
The Magnificent Gardens of Marqueyssac
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2012
The town of Vézac in the Dordogne region of France is home to one of the world’s most magnificent landscapes, the famed Gardens of Marqueyss...
Akira Yoshizawa: The Master of Origami
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2012
Akira Yoshizawa was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is widely recognized for his work in raising origa...
Triple Frontier: The Tri-Border Between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2012
The Triple Frontier is the tri-border region where the borders of 3 countries meet: Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. While there are many tri...
A Tight Squeeze: Corinth Canal, Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2012
The famous Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth...
How Many Camels Can You Fit Inside The Eye of a Needle?
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2012
55-year old British sculptor Willard Wigan is dyslexic and did poorly in school. Even today, he can barely read or write. Yet, he creates s...
Photos of Insides of Musical Instruments
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2012
Photographer Bjoern Ewers directed this creative advertising campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra that shows beautiful views of t...
Crufts Dog Show 2012
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2012
Crufts is one of the largest dog events in the UK and in the world. This year, during this annual four-day competition, nearly 22,000 dogs ...
Madame Tussauds' Museum Adds Anne Frank’s Wax Statue
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2012
Madame Tussauds in Berlin has opened a new exhibit featuring a wax figure of Anne Frank, based on the last photographs taken of the famous d...
Slab City, California: A Home for the Homeless
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 8, 2012
Slab City is an informal community in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California, used by recreational vehicle owners and squatters from...
Finally! Flying Cars to Debut at New York International Auto Show
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 8, 2012
For more than a century, science fiction writers have been tormenting us with visions of flying machines that could be driven on roads as we...
Ana Soler’s Spectacular Tennis Ball Installation
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 8, 2012
Spanish artist Ana Soler , in her most recent work entitled Causa-Efecto (Cause & Effect), hung 2,000 tennis balls across the Mustang Ar...
Unbelievable Lifelike Sculptures by Duane Hanson
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 8, 2012
Duane Hanson was an American artist based in South Florida but born in Minnesota, renowned for his lifecast realistic works of people. Sinc...
El Caminito del Rey – The World’s Most Dangerous Walkway
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2012
El Caminito del Rey or The King’s Little Path, often regarded as the most dangerous walkway in the world, is located along the walls of El C...
Large-scale Urban Photography by Andreas Gursky
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2012
Andreas Gursky is a German visual artist known for his large format architecture and landscape color photographs, often employing a high po...
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2012
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School is not your usual school of arts, as you may have already guessed from its name. It’s a place of “alternati...
Abandoned Bunkers in Albania
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 3, 2012
If there ever is a nuclear holocaust, Albania is the country you would want to be in. Dotting the landscape across the country like odd shap...
Bonsai Tree Houses by Takanori Aiba
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 2, 2012
Japanese artist Takanori Aiba creates fantastically detailed tiny tree houses atop bonsai trees. Using copper line, epoxy putty, plastic, r...
