US Election Illustrated Using Fast Food
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2012
Soon after the US election was over, Berlin-based artists Lisa Rienermann and Anna Lena Schiller decided to create an infographic illustrati...
Winning Images of Children's Eyes on Earth Photography Contest
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2012
Last September, kids all over the world were invited to enter their pictures in the Children's Eyes on Earth photo contest to help raise...
Peter Callesen’s Single Sheet Paper Sculpture
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2012
Danish artist Peter Callesen creates three dimensional sculptures by folding a single sheet of paper. Each work is made by cutting a single...
Jason Tozer’s Planetary Bubbles
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 8, 2012
These planetary pictures of Jupiter like gas-giants with swirling hurricanes are actually common soap bubbles. Photographer Jason Tozer was ...
The Curious Case of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2012
Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog are two municipalities that divide the town of Baarle on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Baa...
Sawdust Carpets During Semana Santa in Antigua
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2012
Antigua, Guatemala puts up one of the largest Easter celebration in North America, with an estimated 200,000 people flocking to this Colonia...
Coming of Age in Cartography: Evolution of the World Map
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2012
Mapmaking has been an integral part of human history for thousands of years. It is believed that the human activity of graphically represent...
Les Machines de l'Île: Machines of the Isle of Nantes
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Machines of the Isle of Nantes or Les Machines de l'Île de Nantes are a set of gigantic mechanical animals designed by Francois Delaroz...
Thousands of Pink Flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Lake Nakuru is one of the three inter-linked lakes in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. These lakes are home to 13 globally threatened bird...
India’s Death Defying ‘Maut ka Kuaa’ or ‘Well of Death’
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2012
‘Maut ka Kuaa’, which translates to the ‘Well of Death’ in English, also sometimes called the ‘Wall of Death’, is a death defying and gravit...
Polish Architect Builds World’s Thinnest House
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2012
Polish architect Jakub Szczesny claims to have built the world’s narrowest house, just 122 centimetres across. The house is squeezed into an...
Javier Arizabalo’s Photorealistic Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2012
Javier Arizabalo was born in Saint Jean de Luz, France in 1965. His passion for art lead him to Bilbao, Spain where he studied and earned a...
Kowloon Walled City, a Population Density Nightmare
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2012
Kowloon Walled City was a largely ungoverned Chinese settlement in Kowloon, Hong Kong, comprising of 350 interconnected high-rise buildings ...
Verdon Gorge: The Grand Canyon of Europe
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2012
The Verdon Gorge, called Gorges du Verdon in French, in south-eastern France between the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Var is a spectacula...
Chris Jordan’s Portraits of American Mass Consumption
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2012
American photographer Chris Jordan using large-scale works depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environment. Like ...
The Tree Houses of the Korowai Tribe of New Guinea
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2012
Deep within the inaccessible jungle of the southeast Indonesian province of Papua, about 150 kilometres inland from the Arafura Sea, lives t...
Construction of an Amazing Underground Hotel in Songjiang Begins
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2012
Some years ago, a British engineering firm Atkins proposed an extravagant design for a five-star hotel located deep within a 100-meter, aba...
V8 Car Themed Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2012
Located in Stuttgart, Germany - a German international hub for car dealers - the V8 Hotel is a paradise for car enthusiasts. The hotel featu...
Volkswagen’s Car Towers at Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2012
The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It featu...
Human Tower Building at Castells Competition in Tarragona
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2012
The Tarragona Human Tower Competition is an annual sporting event carried out by the best teams in the country and it is held every two year...
