Located in the city of Huainan, An Hui Province, this Piano House is an example of how music and architecture can merge into an exquisite piece of art, whose functionality is only surpassed by its beauty.
FRESHBOOM
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The Piano House, Music And Architecture Combined
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Kamina&C – The Bambi Chair
Japanese design group, Kamina&C, created this incredibly cute series of chairs for kids, inspired by the cartoon character, Bambi. And they’ve actually entitled one of the chairs, Bambi Chair. Take a look!
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Fernando Chamarelli – Colors Of Brazil
Fernando Chamarelli is a painter and graphic designer, born and raised in Brazil. Living in the land of contrast and color, Fernando draws his inspiration from this dynamic environment, painting geometric forms, organic elements and harmonic lines, envisioning symbols, legends, philosophies, and customs of ancient and modern civilizations.
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33 Stunning Examples Of Polar Panorama Photography
Did you ever get the feeling that your photos lack a certain “wow” effect? Well, Photoshop comes to the rescue and once again gives your plain and dull photographs, a most needed edge. Here are a few examples of how a simple effect, like the Polar Coordinates filter, can change the look and feel of your shots.
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Elena Kalis – Amazing Underwater Photography
Bahamas based photographer, Elena Kalis, captures a whole new aquatic world in her works. These underwater shots are truly amazing, from the colors and models, to the rippling waters and their surreal glow. Take a look!

Architecture
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- 06.Mar
Matteo Cainer Architects – Santiago Ydáñez Museum
The competition entry presented by Matteo Cainer Architects for the Museum Santiago Ydáñez in Spain arises as a conceptual jazz improvisation, expressing the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. The intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids is conceived as a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive and interactive part of its landscaped setting.
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- 04.Mar
Helen & Hard – Vennesla Library and Cultural Center
The winning design for a new library in Vannesla, Norway belongs to Architecture Studio Helen & Hard. The proposal design includes a library, a café, meeting places and administrative areas and links an existing community house and learning centre together.
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- 07.Feb
Studio Gang Architecture – Media Production Center, Columbia College Chicago
The first new building built in the history of Columbia College, Media Production Center offers a discourse that is at the intersection between architecture, media and academic education, emphasizing, on one hand, the importance of media in contemporary society and on the other hand, the reputation of the college as one of the most professional education institutions.
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- 29.Jan
VMX Architects – SODAE House
Modern architecture expresses itself through the most rare and unusual shapes. This is the case of studio VMX Architects who’s design entitled Sodae House captures our attention with its futuristic form.
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- 03.Dec
McBride Charles Ryan – Klein Bottle House
Located in the Mornington Peninsula, Australia, this weekend house is the mathematical concept of the Klein Bottle. The ‘contents’ of the ‘bottle’ are a rectilinear platform and walls which make the abstract geometry inhabitable.
Painting
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- 21.Apr
Hong Yi – Coffee Cup Stains Portrait
Malaysian artist Hong Yi creates these incredible paintings made with coffee cup stains. The projects was inspired by the song of Jay Chou, “Secret”, a Shanghai-based artist, Hong Yi decided to create his portrait using nothing but Nescafe coffee stains on the bottom of a mug.
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- 09.Apr
Nicoletta Ceccoli – Fairy tale-like Illustrations
Nicoletta Ceccoli is an Italian illustrator, living in San Marino, Italy. Over the years, she has illustrated many books, mainly in Italy, in the USA and in the UK. Her works have been exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book fair seven times. She has also shown her work among the others in ‘Roq la Rue’ (Seattle), ‘Magic Pony’(Toronto), ‘Dorothy Circus’(Rome), Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester.
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- 29.Mar
Low Bros – Geometric Urban Art
The Urban Art team Low Bros consists of two brothers, Qbrk and Nerd, born in Hamburg, northern Germany. Their art is a mix of urban style and natural landscape, both inspired by the boys’ background. They developed their own own personal and unique style, filled with original characters playing in a geometrical fantasy world.
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- 22.Mar
Russell West at Woolff Gallery, London
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olff Gallery, London presents a dynamic new series of works by artist Russell West. These fascinating and complex artworks take the shape of astonishing labyrinths of paint and can take up to one year to create.-
- 11.Mar
Alice X. Zhang – Amazing Illustrations
Alice X. Zhang, also known as Alicexz or Silverqe is a Hong Kong based graphic designer and illustrator, who graduated the Rhode Island School of Design, in 2006, with a BFA in Graphic Design. Her amazing illustrations are bursting with bright and strong colors, depicting the artists’ wild and insane inner world. She loves red hair and lots and lots of coffee. Enjoy these fantastic illustrations!
Cinema
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- 10.Feb
Birdboy
Birdboy is a fantastic short movie, that tells the story of a strange friendship between Birdboy and Dinky, two inhabitants of a city filled with pollution and prejudice. The film is directed by Pedro Rivero and Alberto Vázquez, based upon the graphic novel PSICONAUTAS by Alberto Vázquez. So far, has received over 30 awards and has been recently nominated for a Goya Award. A wonderful story, told in an unique style with an impeccable art direction. Enjoy!
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- 08.Feb
OpusBou – The Employment
This creative short film was created by OpusBou, an Argentinian based animation studio. It tells a story of your average John Doe, that goes through his daily routine in a world where people are seen as disposable objects, performing day to day chores. A brilliant perspective on our world today. Enjoy!
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- 28.Nov
Johannes Nyholm – Dreams From The Woods
Swedish director Johannes Nyholm takes us in a mesmerizing journey with his shadow puppetry short-film, entitled Dreams From The Woods (Drömmar från skogen).
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- 16.Nov
ARC Productions – Ormie, the Pig
Ormie is a Pig, in every sense of the word. Pig see cookie. Pig want cookie. But they are out of reach…or are they? See Ormie’s attempts to gain the warm sweet taste that is his obsession.
Music
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- 28.Nov
Johannes Nyholm – Dreams From The Woods
Swedish director Johannes Nyholm takes us in a mesmerizing journey with his shadow puppetry short-film, entitled Dreams From The Woods (Drömmar från skogen).
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- 05.Sep
Mario Basanov & Vidis ft. Jazzu – I’ll Be Gone
This is Vidis and Mario’s first vocal track and video, featuring a young and promising Lithuanian singer and songwriter Jazzu. This song hit number one in radio charts and hasn’t left MTV Baltic Top 20 for half a year, becoming the most Youtubed Lithuanian music video ever.
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- 28.Jun
Woodkid – Iron
An awesome music video from Woodkid. The director and performer of this wonderful song is Yoann Lemoine. Enjoy!
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- 20.Jun
Mc Luvin – Animal
Directed by Arthur King, here is Mc Luvin’s new video “Animal”. Colorful, cheerful and very well thought out, this video can translate the excitement and atmosphere of the duo that will release their album in September 2011.
Photography
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- 05.Apr
Jill Sutherland – Beautiful Female Photography
Los Angeles-based photographer Jill Sutherland has a knack for capturing beauty. This Long Beach-born, New Mexico-grown nine years-and-counting resident of Southern California discovered her passion for female portraits on a meandering afternoon of shooting the breeze with a friend. She had just traded in her cheap point and shoot for a sexy Sony A700; the revelation came as a sure sign that ‘Busy Fingers’ (a childhood moniker inspired by her love of button-pushing) was pointing her new camera in the right direction.
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- 26.Mar
Stanislav Aristov – Matchstick Art
Art resides in everything, even at the tip of a burning matchstick. Russian photographer Stanislav Aristov captures the artistic potential of the matchstick and with a little help from Photoshop, the result is truly unique. Check out this gallery!
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- 14.Mar
Andrey Pavlov – Ant Tales
Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov invites you to the whimsical world of ants. They are absolutely real, and the photographer captures them in spontaneous moments or following his instructions. The props used in the pictures are crafted by Andrey himself, from raw materials he finds around him. Enjoy these awesome photographs!
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- 07.Mar
Peter Lippmann – Paradise Parking
They seem photomanipulated, but they are actually as reals as they come. Searching for a place for a photoshoot, photograph Peter Lippmann accidentally discovered these cars that were integrated in the nature, by the nature, in the most awesome of ways. Enjoy!
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- 21.Feb
Vanessa Lewis – “Nina Say Cheese” Child Portraits
Nina Say Cheese is a collection of very creative child portraits by artist Vanessa Lewis, that captures the most spontaneous moments in a child’s life, showing their delightful character. The portraits are taken against beautiful bespoke sets and the kids wear cute costumes that match the theme of the world that they will be captured in.
Sculpting
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- 26.Apr
Olga Ziemska – Beautiful Sculptures
Olga Ziemska is a sculptor and public artist that lives and works in Cleveland. Her works are a beautiful merge of nature, philosophy, and science, bringing the awareness of some concepts as cellular formations or magnetism, that are invisible to the naked eye.
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- 13.Apr
Carlo Borer – Creative Sculptures
Carlo Borer is a freelance artist living and working in Wanzwil, Switzerland. He develops his objects in virtual space using CAD software, then, using lasers and a very sophisticated craftsmanship, he turns his art into real life sculptures.
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- 06.Apr
Sayaka Ganz – Reclaimed Objects Sculptures
Indiana based artist, Sayaka Ganz has an obvious fascination for animals, creating magnificent sculptures that give the feel of motion, but when looked up close, you can really see the many individual objects used in creating them.
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- 30.Mar
Alexander Korzer-Robinson – Book Sculpting
Alexander Korzer-Robinson is an UK-based artist, whose works make reading a whole new experience. He makes book sculptures, cutting around some of the illustrations and removing others. His base materials are antiquarian books, that have been stripped of their utilitarian value by the passing of time.
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- 24.Mar
Makoto Tojiki – Light And Shadow Sculptures
Japan based artist and designer, Makoto Tojiki uses light as his primary medium for creating these truly unique light sculptures. The interplay of light and shadows is captured in the shape of these images, “as ephemeral and enigmatic as shadow itself”.
Artist of the Week
Paul Klee – Painter
Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 – 29 June, 1940), was a Swiss expressionist painter, professor, writer and illustrator. He was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an important theorist of art, considered a model and an inspiration to younger generations.
Perform Art
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- 30.Jan
Teatr ZAR – “Gospels of Childhood. The Triptych” at MCA
Inspired by ancient sacred music from the Caucasus and based on texts from the little-known apocryphal gospels and a poem by Polish Romantic poet Juliusz Slowacki, Poland’s Teatr ZAR uses song, chanting, and movement in this ritualistic work of theater and music.
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- 28.Nov
Johannes Nyholm – Dreams From The Woods
Swedish director Johannes Nyholm takes us in a mesmerizing journey with his shadow puppetry short-film, entitled Dreams From The Woods (Drömmar från skogen).
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- 10.Apr
Prix Jardin d’Europe 2010
The Prix Jardin d’Europe 2010 will be hosted by Bimeras (TR) and will take place within the frame of iDans04 in October 2010 revolving around the theme “Cosmopolitanism”.
Design
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- 20.Apr
Innovative And Poignant Holocaust Memorial Day Poster Designed By Bezalel Graduate Dorielle Rimmer Halperin
The official poster distributed for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah) by Yad Vashem and the Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs was designed by Dorielle Rimmer Halperin, a graduate of the Visual Communications Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. The poster depicts a family as the shadow of an old man with the words, “Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2012”, paying tribute to both the survivors and the millions who were murdered.
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- 03.Apr
Hillary Coe – Can Love
Hillary Coe is an artist with a great passion for everything recyclable. And spray cans make it at the top of her list. Scatter around everywhere, these cause considerable damage to the environment, so the artist had the brilliant idea of turning them into decorative pieces, like artificial flowers. Just a pop of color here and there, and your house will get a fresh new look.
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- 31.Mar
Matteo Cainer Architects – The Green-Egg
Now in its 10th year, the ‘Art in the Easter Egg’ has become an annual event where uniquely crafted eggs are donated by 40 artists, architects and designers to raise funds for ANLAIDS Lazio
(National Association Act against AIDS). ‘Eco-sustainable’, the Green-Egg created by Matteo Cainer embraces the design philosophy of environmental and social responsibility.
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Minjae Lee – Colorful Illustrations
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