World’s Longest Line of Bicycles

On Oct 3, 2010, some 1,200 bicyclists in Davis, California pedaled their way into what is likely to be a world record for the longest single...

Amazing Rainy Day Paintings by Gregory Thielker

Gregory Thielker’s awe-inspiring oil paintings explores the sensation of seeing through a car windshield while driving through the rain. His...

Gigantic Sculpture Built by … Robots!

MASS MoCA , one of the world’s largest centers for contemporary visual arts, will be showing Frederic Diaz’s ‘Geometric Death Frequency—141’...

Extremely Detailed Paper Cut-Out Maps by Karen M. O’Leary

Artist Karen M. O’Leary creates detailed maps of famous cities by carving them on a single sheet of paper. She first prints the map on heavy...

Knit Your Own Dog

A new book titled ‘Best in Show’ by Sally Muir and Jo Osborne teaches you knitting patterns for 25 adorable dog breeds from a pretty Poodle ...

World Championship of Sand Sculpting, Washington

The World Championships of Sand Sculpting was held in Washington from September 8 to October 3.  Artists from all over the world competed fo...

Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony Pictures

The 19th Commonwealth Games which begins today, started off with the opening ceremony last night at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delh...

The World Upside Down by Anish Kapoor

Sculptor and designer Anish Kapoor installed giant stainless steel curved mirrors at a new show at Kensington Gardens that appears to turn t...

Yum Yum's Hilarious Toys

Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer, both designers and art directors who make up the Yum Yum studio in London, created a set of adorable toys c...

The Vdara Hotel Death Ray

The tall, sleek, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is a thing of beauty. But the south-facing tower is turning out to be nuisan...

Hyper-realistic Still Life Paintings by Pedro Campos

Nailympics 2010: The Bizarre Fake Nail Olympics

Nailympics 2010, the self-styled ‘Olympic Games of fake nails’ was started in the USA ten years ago by three nail brands who wanted to creat...

Bagger 288: The Biggest, Meanest Machine in the World

The Bagger 288, also known as the Excavator 288, is the largest digging machine in the world. It was built by the German company Krupp for t...

Emergency Bra Doubles as a Gas Mask

Dr. Elena Bodnar, whose inspiration comes in part from having witnessed as a young physician the devastating effects of the Chernobyl nuclea...

Japanese Kite Festival in Haifa

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art and the Student Beach in Haifa, Israel, ran a Japanese Kite Festival towards the end of September. Activi...

Classy Shoe Designs by Kobi Levy

35-year-old Kobi Levy , who lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, has a radically different taste in footwear. Levy’s creations are often bizarre and a...

Bodies in Urban Spaces by Willi Dorner

Vienna-based choreographer Willi Dorner presented a public art series called ‘Bodies in Urban Spaces’ in the Lower Manhattan area last Sunda...

European Member of Parliament Takes Her Baby To Work

Licia Ronzulli, an MEP from Italy, took her seven-week old daughter Victoria to work at the European parliament this week at Strasbourg. And...

Robert Capa's Lost Negatives

Robert Capa (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954), was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist who was famous for his spectacular and p...

The Secret Life of the Harvest Mice

Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert, both from the Alsace, France, spent the year snapping the elusive harvest mice in a pr...