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Creative and Funny Advertising

sanela — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:33:35 +0000

They say sex sells everything, but here is a more subtle, yet still as effective way of advertising – it is through laughs. If a commercial made you laugh, you’ll probably share it with your friend and that is another very popular way of advertising and the advertisers simply adore it, because it is completely free!

1. Bose headphones with noise canceling

2. Lazer bike helmets

3. Senior self-defense

4. Pepsi Twist Lemon

5. Timotei hair products

6. The German Olympic Sports Confederation

If you don’t move, you get fat.

7. Nikol baking dish

Treat your food to something good.

8. Softener Softlan Ultra

9. Alka Seltzer

Hangover is dangerous

10. Batteries Kodak

Just when you thought it was dead.

11. Utopolis, group of cinemas

Reality sucks.

12. Pedigree

13. Kiss FM97.7

iPod, I’m your father.

14. Spicy Pringles

15. Vitamins DynaKids

Vitamins DynaKids make children stronger

16. Brazilian Lottery

17. Chupa Chups

It’s sugar free.

18. Adhesive Tape 3M Scotch Magic

19.Kayaking

Jumbo peanut

20. WMF knives

Sharper than you think.

21. Nissan

22. Bad food – bad dog

23.Bare diving suits

Stay down longer.

24. Foot Cream Tolnaftate

25. Listerine mouthwash

26. Boecker

Don’t let them get comfortable

27. Pedigree

Against bad breath.

28. Rubik’s Cube

25 years and still going.

29. Comedy Central

Not a moment without comedy

30. Hut Weber

It’s the hat.

31. Lamborghini Tractors

32. Pattex

Long lasting glue.

33. Mutual Comunity

After 70 years, we’ve seen it all.

34. Jeep

Brings more people into the most remote corners.

35. Durex play lubricant

36. Ambi Pur

37. Dean’s

Surprisingly mild.

38. Durex XL

39. Sauber

Absolutely Invisible

40. Inline courier

Berlin’s fastest bike couriers.

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A Closer Look at Rihanna’s 15 Tattoos

sanela — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:51:59 +0000

Most of the people look at Rihanna as girly girl pop star and somehow having 15 tattoos doesn’t really concur with that image, but I’m guessing this is that part “good girl gone bad”.

1. Treble Clef and Sixteenth Note

2. Love on Her Middle Finger

Rihanna’s middle finger gives love, not hate. It’s so sweat and chic.

3. Sanskrit Prayer

Sanskrit prayer tattoo on her right hip says: “Forgiveness, Honesty, Suppression and Control”.

4. Maori-inspired Hand Tattoo

This exotic Maori-inspired hand tat represents strength and love and was done in the traditional New Zealand style on tattooing, using uhi, or chisels to add inked grooves into the skin rather than piercing it with needles and ink. This makes the skin a bit raised and rough rather than a smooth surface. This intricate tribal hand tat probably hurt really, really bad.

5. Pisces Sign

Rihanna has a Pisces sign behind her right ear. [birthday Feb 20th, 1988]

6. Rebelle Fleur

“Rebelle fleur” is French for rebel flower. Rihanna says her grandma used to call her that.

7. Stars Down the Back

This is one of her most famous tattoos.

8. Tattoo Written Backwards

Always a Lesson, Never a Failure Tattoo written backwards so she can read it in the mirror. Rihanna explains that this has always been a motto in life for her, not to treat events as mistakes but as lessons to be learned.

9. Shhh…

Shhh… Creative and super cute!

10. Roman Numeral tattoo

Roman Numeral tattoo of her best friends birthday. Kudos for a creative spot.

11. Gun

Gun carefully inked on her right rib cage… This tat was a bit controversial since it was done in the midst of her issue with her famous ex-boyfriend.

12. Star on Her Left Ear

May I just say Ouch?

13. Girly skull

Girly skull :The red or pink bow on top of the cartoonish and rudimentary skull and cross bones really make this adorable tat stand out.

14. Arabic Tattoo

This ribcage tat read’s “Al Hurria fi Al Maseeh” which translates into “Freedom in God.”

15. Thug Life

Her newest tat is “Thug Life” written on the knuckles of each of her fingers (not thumbs of course) in white ink. Rihanna’s “Thug Life” tattoo is a tribute to the late infamous rapper TuPac who started the hip hop group Thug Life in 1993 and had a Thug Life tattoo across his stomach.
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The Weirdest Christmas Trees

sanela — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:41:04 +0000

The Christmas is just around the corner and probably most of you have already decorated your Christmas tree. But if there are still some late decorators that were too busy with their work to find spare time for buying tree and decorating it, or they simply were out of creative ideas, maybe this article will help them to come up with something really unique and original. Also, you might at least make sure what you don’t want in your house this year for holidays, because this are the weirdest Christmas trees you can find on the internet.

1. Dress Up as a Christmas Tree

This busy mom couldn’t manage to find time to go shopping for Christmas tree, so she figured that the easiest solution would be to dress up as a tree. She even dressed her baby as one.

And when the baby grows up and goes to College, she’ll probably keep up with this odd family tradition.

2. Christmas Under the Sea

Christmas will come everywhere on this planet, so I see no good reason why there shouldn’t be a Christmas tree under water.

3. Christmas Tree Made of Plastic Bottles

This is a nice idea, making a Christmas tree out of used plastic bottles. It might raise awareness of how important it is to recycle. Maybe we can all make a New Year’s resolution under this tree to promise ourselves we’ll take batter care of our planet.

4. Claridge’s Tree and Leopard Scene

The papier-mache and polystyrene creation was thought up by Christian Dior designer John Galliano. This is what a Christmas tree looks like in the world of high fashion. Don’t ask me what the artist was trying to say with this, I have no clue.

5. Colored Tubes Christmas Tree

If you thought all Christmas trees are made out of wood, just because they are trees, you were wrong. Here we have a unique example of Xmas tree made out of colored Murano glass in tubes. Pretty neat, right?

6. Avant-garde Christmas Tree

This is how artists celebrate the holidays and how they decorate their Christmas tree, I mean their Christmas wall. It looks really great. I love it.

7. Green Men Christmas Tree

This looks like a Heineken Christmas tree or even a communist version of a Christmas tree to me, even if it makes no sense at all. The creators of this tree say they were trying to says that no tree should be cut down for the Christmas, because every tree is a little greet fighter, but I don’t really see that.

8. Christmas Trees Addressing Consumerism

We really need more of these trees around. It would be perfect if there could be one placed in every mall, just to remind us of the vast amount of money that we are spending on presents for the holidays.

Or something like this, a Christmas tree made out of a bill. It is really small and can therefor perfectly fit in every place. You can even take it with you to your office, as a reminder.

This pile of monitors/Christmas tree is asking us if we really need more gadgets and technology in our lives. What do you think?

You can barely see the tree behind all these presents! I think that we are really exaggerating and spending too much, but I’ve heard that’s good for the global economy. That might be true, but it is really bad for my own, house economy. December is all about spending, and then January is all about frowning and calculating. Just as we bounce back somewhere in February, it’s Valentine’s Day and again – time for spending money on flowers and chocolates…

… and let’s not forget stuffed plush toys! You can actually use this teddy bear tree both for Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

9. Upside Down Christmas Tree

This tree is excellent is you have a rebellious teenager that is going through puberty and has the need to counteract and oppose everything. We’ve all been there, it’s perfectly normal. It will pass and in the meantime, why not try something different. Your kid will say your cool, (probably just for a day, then everything will go back to usual) and you’ll enjoy doing searing things up and doing something different one year. My only concern is that this tree doesn’t seem very stable. I wonder if it can stand on its own.

10. Candle Christmas Tree

This is really unique and creative idea for a Christmas tree, but also it is not really practical. It will burn out too quickly, you won’t even be finished with your Christmas diner when someone will tell you that you’ve run out of Christmas tree/candle.

11. Christmas Tree Made out of Books

A Christmas tree that is made out of books is an ideal for the libraries. I’m sure all the nerds will enjoy and they might even try doing this at home.

12. OLED Spherical Christmas Tree

This is also a type of tree that most of the geeks will appreciate. Imagine how great this looks at night when the lights are on. I feel the need to experiment with my tree this year.

13. Ladder Christmas Tree

The ladder used instead of a classic pine tree and decorated with few light bulbs and a bicycle chain instead of a traditional decorations, sounds weird, but, surprisingly, it actually looks pretty good. I’m guessing this is also a Christmas tree of some artsy family or the holidays found them in the middle of painting, so they decided to make the best of it.

14. Car Enthusiast’s Christmas Tree

This is probably how the car enthusiasts or members of the Top Gear Christmas tree looks like. There is also this version:

Somehow I have the feeling that their wives weren’t as enthusiastic as them about this tree.

15. Cardboard Christmas Tree

A Cardboard Christmas Tree? Seriously? This looks too cheap, in my opinion. I know I say that we are spending too much for the holidays, but still, this is somehow too cheap and it makes me sad a little bit. So, therefor, this is definitely something I will never put in my home.

16. Neon Light Christmas Tree

The Neon Light Christmas Tree is also something a geek or nerd might appreciate. I have to admit it looks good and it can be very useful.

17. Traffic Light Christmas Tree

Wow! A Christmas tree made of traffic lights? This looks awesome. I’m a little concerned how they regulate the traffic at this intersection during the holiday season.

But, still… I really dig this. It reminds us, that even in heart of cities, far away from the nature, we can still manage to find something aesthetic, and inspiring and enjoy our holidays.

18. R2D2 Christmas Tree

Is it, really? Honestly, I have no idea what is this Christmas Tree/robotic sculpture supposed to represent, but it looks like R2D2 to me. And there goes another tree ideal for the geeks. Is it just me, or are they taking over the Christmas?

19. Hazardous Christmas Tree

Here goes a Christmas tree that probably emerged from some College frat house. And the material for building this tree (the empty beer bottles) was probably provided at a party, the night before. They will probably try to pull this out as a part of recycling awareness, but we’ve already seen that tree and it looks nothing like this.

Talking about Christmas parties, here goes another Christmas tree, or maybe it would be better to call it a Christmas bush, that is ideal for celebrating Christmas.

20. Ridiculously Expensive Christmas Tree

And for those who love to spend their money on stupid stuff, here goes the ridiculously expensive Christmas tree with luxurious ornaments. I didn’t like the extra cheap one made of cardboard, but I don’t like this one either.

So, you see, the Christmas tree doesn’t have to be boring and always the same. You can use this piece of tradition as a means of expressing your creativity and maybe even send a message through it to the world, or at least your family and friends. Enjoy decorating your tree, relax for the next few days, charge your batteries and may all of you have a marry Christmas and a happy New Year!

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Van Gogh Paintings Recreated with Spices

sanela — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:06:53 +0000

Young photographer and artist, Kelly A. McCollam, came up with a really creative and original method for recreating famous and world-known paintings of Van Gogh. She uses common kitchen ingredients, spices and food color to make these amazing and colorful reproductions. Salt cellar is apparently a thing of past. Now, when you host a fancy diner party, you can just put one of Kelly’s pieces on the table. That way you’ll get both spices and table decoration covered.

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Alternative Movie Posters

sanela — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:00:44 +0000

Here are some really creative alternative movie posters. I have to admit I like these much better than the real ones. They maybe aren’t commercial enough, but they surely look much more aesthetic and artistic. Also these posters are a bit dark and twisted and probably wouldn’t attract many people to come to see the movie. Have a look at the gallery below and tell me if you agree. Enjoy!

Top 10 Coolest and Weirdest Houses

sanela — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:42:11 +0000

Here are some really cool and weird houses. Some are probably photoshopped, but some look real and I would even enjoy spending a day or two in a house like the one with the piano for example.

The rock house
This looks pretty impressive. I wonder if it’s for real. It would be great if someone could build a house like this. But I imagine it is awfully difficult to hollow out a rock.

If the Internet Were A House
Do you see a toilet too?

Up
They probably really loved the movie.

He’s always watching!

This is one hell of a boring neighborhood, so they decided to do something to light it up.

Its Got One Killer Mortgage

Meanwhile, On Tatooine
This looks great. It’s like the house is made inside of a big rock and it fits with the nature and the scenery.

Sphinx House, Pyramid Outhouse
Now, this is just plain dumb, if you ask me.

Let me guess, the owner of this house plays a piano.

Leggo My…House-o
It looks like a warehouse. And it could use some windows.

Water Tower House Mistaken As Alien Aircraft

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And the coolest, weirdest and best house ever!

Splash!

sanela — Mon, 30 May 2011 06:57:39 +0000

Photographer Alan Sailer loves blowing things up in the air, especially succulent fruit. Have a look at these creative photos below and see some interesting images of fruit blasts caught in the right moment. Enjoy!

Creative Plant Pots

sanela — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:37:00 +0000

A group of very creative and talented designers from Kazakhstan designed these amazing and adorable little plant pots with human faces. The original idea was to put the face of the gardener on the pot, but then they decided to add faces of gardener’s family. It looks really crazy and cute. I know if I ever decide to take up gardening, I would like to have these funny pots.

Hairstyles that are really over the top

sanela — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:46:17 +0000

Here are some astonishing ideas for all ladies that like to experiment with different hairstyles and aren’t intimidated if something is a little bit more exotic. Well, if you ask me, these hair-dresses are definitely not my cup of tea. This is not something that I would feel comfortable having on my head, but I have to admit it looks really great!

The best wine cellar ever

sanela — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:07:54 +0000

You love wine and would like to start creating a small private collection, but you don’t have enough space for wine cellar? Why not try something like this? Really amazing idea that can easily be fitted in any kitchen no matter how small. Have a look at the images and scheme below and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

Fairy tale houses

sanela — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:56:37 +0000

Wow! These houses are amazing! I would be lying if I said that as a child I dreamed of living in a house from a fairy tale, the truth is I still dream of having a home that looks like these in the images below. it might seem a bit silly to someone living in a cupcake house, or having a home that resembles Hobbit’s house in the Middle Earth, but I could really live in such a house. It would be great, and on top of that these houses seem really functional.

Of course, houses of Antoni Gaudi are in this collection too, because on e of the most distinctive characteristics of his architecture is that fairy tale effect, which could best be seen on his houses in park Guell. The buildings flanking the entrance, though very original and remarkable with fantastically shaped roofs with unusual pinnacles, fit in well with the use of the park as pleasure gardens and seem relatively inconspicuous in the landscape when one considers the flamboyance of other buildings designed by Gaudí.

Shaggy Cars

sanela — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:25:31 +0000

Now this is really original idea! I’m not sure why would anyone do this to his vehicle, but it looks incredibly cute and adorable. I wonder if they can ride it when it rains. Probably not, unless they have a huge hair dryer in their garage. Also I wonder what happens with the motor. Does it overheat? Those are all technical issues that the designers have already probably solved. Here are some photos of the best, hairiest and shaggiest cars ever! Enjoy!

The history of Japanese concept cars

sanela — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:08:20 +0000

A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a car prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling and new technology. They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced. Concept cars never go into production directly; in modern times all would have to undergo many changes before the design is finalized for the sake of practicality, safety and cost. A “production-intent” vehicle, as opposed to a concept vehicle, serves this purpose. Here are sixty six models of Japanese concept cars through the last fifty years since 1957 till 2009. Pick your favorite!

Toyota Proto, 1957

Toyota Publica Sports, 1962

Nissan Prince Sprint 1900 Prototype, 1963

Toyota Concept, 1966

Mazda RX 87 (Bertone), 1967

Isuzu Bellett MX1600 (Ghia), 1969

Toyota EX-1, 1969

Toyota EX-II, 1969

Mazda RX-500, 1970

Isuzu MX1600-II

Nissan 126X, 1970

Nissan 270X, 1970

Nissan 216X, 1971

Nissan Skyline Concept, 1972

Toyota EX-7, 1972

Toyota RV-2, 1972

Toyota F101, 1973

Nissan AD-1 Concept, 1975

Nissan NX-21, 1983

Nissan CUE-X, 1985

Daihatsu TA-X80, 1987

Mitsubishi HSR II, 1989

Nissan Boga, 1989

Nissan Figaro Concept, 1989

Nissan FEV, 1991

Mazda London Taxi, 1993

Mitsubishi ESR, 1993

Suzuki EE-10, 1993

Nissan AP-X, 1994

Toyota Moguls, 1995

Nissan Hypermini, 1997

Nissan TrailRunner, 1997

Nissan KYXX, 1998

Honda Fuya-Jo, 1999

Mazda Miata Mono-Posto, 1999

Isuzu Zen, 2001

Toyota POD, 2001

Isuzu FL-4, 2002

Honda IMAS, 2003

Honda KIWAMI, 2003

Honda Pro Drag Civic Si, 2003

Nissan Jikoo, 2003

Toyota FINE-S, 2003

Toyota MTRC, 2004

Infiniti Kuraza, 2005

Mazda Senku, 2005

Mitsuoka Orochi, 2005

Nissan Zaroot, 2005

Acura Advanced Sedan, 2006

Mazda Nagare, 2006

Nissan Terranaut, 2006

Acura Advanced Sports Car, 2007

Mazda Taiki, 2007

Nissan Mixim, 2007

Nissan Bevel, 2007

Nissan Pivo-2, 2007

Honda FC Sport Concept, 2008

Mazda Kiyora, 2008

Honda P-NUT, 2009

Infiniti Essence, 2009

Nissan Land Glider, 2009

Shocking Ice Cream Commercial

sanela — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:58:52 +0000

You have an opportunity to see these shocking advertises for Antonio Federici ice cream before they get banned in England because of they hurt the religious feelings of believers. The most controversies rose the photo with a pregnant nun and the one that shows two priests that are about to kiss. In my opinion these are great and hilarious commercials, but we need to respect other people’s feelings. Can you come up with a more elegant solution that wouldn’t include banning of the commercial?

Horny underwear

sanela — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:15:38 +0000

Wow! Have a look at these creatively designed pieces of lingerie. This is definitely something completely different from what we are used to see and what is Victoria’s Secret offering. The designer of these most unusual underclothes is Laura and she is from San Francisco. You can enjoy looking at this great collection and maybe get some ideas for your own original lingerie, but you might wanna go easy with deer antlers, shells and ammunition. The point of this “horny” underwear is making fun of women and all the trouble they go through to attract men.

Guess what’s this

sanela — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:35:24 +0000

Can you guess what is this item in the photos below?

This is a USB flesh drive, pocket memory made in steampunk style. It is enclosed in a wooden box, decorated with copper, with some tiny measuring device and the same tiny flywheels. It comes with the appropriate “vintage” holster. Inside you’ll find 8 GB of memory – not really impressive – but it costs $ 300.

It is a bit expensive, but I’m sure all fans of steampunk will be more than happy to give this amount of money to have such a stylish and unique USB flash drive. What do you think?

Son let’s build a car

sanela — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:00:27 +0000

Nothing is more precious then spending quality time with your son. Here’s how one guy decided to make this quality time even better. He took three different car models and combined them all into one car for him and his son to ride. The boy although still at a very young age helped his father in this project. The result seems amazing and it looks like they had a pretty good time.

Dark and twisted art of Michel Valentino

sanela — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:00:05 +0000

German photographer Michel Valentino is presenting us this excellent collection of a bit dark and twisted, but still very moving and expressive photos. The most important thing at this work is creativity and here’s what he himself says about it:

“Creativity is the basis of self-expression. Why are some people supposedly more creative than others, and why can’t others open themselves up enough to be able to express who they are?

Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow ‘reborn’ from all our experiences and perspectives.

Creativity is the desire to express ourselves. To formulate these expressions, we have to draw from our reservoir of experience, dreams, desires and experimentation and mix together what was, what is, and what could be… I don’t think you can learn it, it is rather something that evolves. Your perception of everything in your life fills up this reservoir.

Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explore the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences. Because creativity is really a rebirth, a true tone we feel for ourselves and for our world. Then our work becomes a real part of who we are. Maybe all this is a question of how deep we are willing to go…”

Also, here you can see some photography that has been taken during the shows and performances and they are called stage & set photography. These photos below are from a play “Marquis de Sade”. They are pretty vivid and picturesque.

Extravagant artwork of Marc de Cunha Lopes

sanela — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:00:15 +0000

Have a look at these amazing and deeply moving photos of extravagant photographer Marc de Cunha Lopes. His work speaks for itself because it is well known that a picture is worth more then a thousand words. His work is a critical review of the modern society and people turning away from each other, alienating and isolation. The work has turned us into creeping bugs or living dead without any emotions and impulses.

Very creative banknote pictures

sanela — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:41:26 +0000

I know art is an expensive thing, but this is really too much. I’ve never seen art like this and a usage of banknotes like this. It reminds me of mosaics but instead of little colored pieces of rocks the artist here is cutting banknotes into small pieces and gluing them together to form a new and creative picture. It seems really colorful and lively, but I don’t thing I would use my money in this way.

Are you bored? Make an animal!

sanela — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:43:33 +0000

Unfortunately I didn’t manage to find any information neither about the author nor about this work of his. Therefor I can only guess which purpose was this made for. At first I thought it was some sort of commercial or a creative ad for new zoo that was opened, but there was no such information in the pictures. Then I thought it is some sort of artistic performance, but I don’t see anything artistic about this. So finally I decided that these photos are the outcome of some boring afternoon, when the photographer and his mate didn’t have anything better to do so they played Halloween all day long dressing up as animals.

Shoes going green

sanela — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:43:20 +0000

Going green is these days the buzz word and the most stylish thing you can do the update your look. I’m not saying this is bad, any sort of popularity is welcomed and considered useful. Here you can see some really stylish women shoes being used for planting flowers in them. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to find out who is the author of this artistic exhibit, but anyhow, it is really interesting.

Speed

sanela — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:27:36 +0000

Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects. While there is an obvious opportunity in sports photography to emphasize the movement of participants – almost every type of photography can benefit from the emphasis of movement in a shot – even when the movement is very small, slow and/or subtle. Here are some examples of how it looks like when a motion is emphasized in non-sport related photos. It looks really amazing. In case you’re interested in finding out how it’s done, you can read it here.

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Steampunk Computers – Between Vintage and Modern

sanela — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:31:25 +0000

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction and speculative fiction, frequently featuring elements of fantasy, that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used — usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England — but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of “the path not taken” of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers (such as Charles Babbage’s Analytical engine); these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality.

Steampunk is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase and theme of rebellion, but developed as a separate movement (though both have considerable influence on each other). Apart from time period and level of technological development, the main difference between cyberpunk and steampunk is that steampunk settings usually tend to be less obviously dystopian than cyberpunk, or lack dystopian elements entirely.

Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical “steampunk” style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.

Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by enthusiasts into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical “steampunk” style. Example objects include computer keyboards and electric guitars. The goal of such redesigns is to employ appropriate materials (such as polished brass, iron, and wood) with design elements and craftsmanship consistent with the Victorian era.

The artist group Kinetic Steam Works brought a working steam engine to the Burning Man festival in 2006 and 2007. The group’s founding member, Sean Orlando, also created a Steampunk Tree House that has been displayed at a number of festivals.

In May – June 2008, multimedia artist and sculptor Paul St George exhibited outdoor interactive video installations linking London and Brooklyn, New York City in a Victorian era-styled telectroscope. Evelyn Kriete, a promoter and Brass Goggles contributor, organized a trans-atlantic wave by steampunk enthusiasts from both cities, briefly prior to White Mischief’s Around the World in 80 Days steampunk-themed event.

In 2009 artist Tim Wetherell created a large wall piece for Questacon (The National Science and Technology centre in Canberra, Australia) representing the concept of the clockwork universe. This steel artwork contains moving gears, a working clock, and a movie of the moon’s terminator in action. The 3D moon movie was created by Antony Williams.

The Syfy series Warehouse 13 features many steampunk-inspired objects and artifacts, including computer designs created by steampunk artisan Richard Nagy, aka “Datamancer”.

From October 2009 through February 2010, the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford hosted the first major exhibition of Steampunk art objects, curated by Art Donovan and presented by Dr. Jim Bennett, museum director. From redesigned practical items to fantastical contraptions, this exhibition showcased the work of eighteen Steampunk artists from across the globe. The exhibition proved to be the most successful in the museum’s history and attracted more than eighty thousand visitors.

Here on these images you can see a computer made out from restored Victorian Organ built in the 19th century. This handу all-in-one workstation has an iPhone dock, three monitors, scanner, webcam, printer, keyboard and many other useful things that many Steampunk fans would second!

It really looks great, like a combination of old and new, vintage and modern. I would love having a computer designed this way. What do you think? I hope you’ll find it as amazing as I did.

Also, here are some more examples of steampunk computers I found on web. Enjoy!

Creative breakfast

sanela — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:06:02 +0000

This looks amazing and so stupid at the same time! I need to ask the person who made this creative food sculptures “Haven’t your mama taught you not to play with your food?” I’m not going to hit the old story about how many children are dieing of starvation in the world, but this simply makes no sense. However, it seems like a good idea in case the creator of these food toys has a kid who refuses to eat his breakfast. In that case it might be a good motivational act.

Wolfgang Keyboard Bench

sanela — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:52:02 +0000

This for sure isn’t the most comfortable bench that I’ve ever seen, but it surely is the most creatively designed. Wolfgang Keyboard Bench by designer Herbuta Nolan (Nolan Herbut), which has already experimenting with a floor lamp made from those same elements, collected from several key keyboards.

I wonder what it feel like to sit on this bench and if the keys can actually be pressed. It seems to me that it can easily be broken, and that keys can easily get stuck. Also, it probably isn’t the best idea to propose to your heaviest guest to try it out.

Also, after working all day on your computer, when you finally get home you’ll probably want to sit down on something more comfortable and something that won’t remind you of your work as much as this chair will.

Aside from this few objections, the Wolfgang Keyboard Bench seems to me very interesting and it for sure has the most original and creative design that I’ve ever seen. What do you think about this chair?

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Written by: Sanela Todjeras

Crazy designed lamps

sanela — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:51 +0000

Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi lives and works in Milan. He was involved in advertising photography until he switched in 2001 to create table lamps, as he loved all his life to build and create things with his hands. Price lamps from 1750 $ to 2000 $.

Interesting and creative tea designs

sanela — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:53:22 +0000

People probably got tired of usual tea bags and normally designed packages for teas. Here are some new and creative ideas for you how you can make drinking tea much more interesting and pleasant. Some ideas are a bit weird as for example, cigarette tea. It makes ma feel a bit sick, but there are also some that are very funny. For example the yellow submarine, origami tea or finely dressed tea. Which one is your favorite?

Creative bookshelves

sanela — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:00:49 +0000

Just one small detail can make a room look completely different. These are some very creative and unusually designed bookshelves.

Home made loony art

sanela — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:27:39 +0000

This reminds me of the movie “Space Jam” when cartoon characters say: “We’re not loony enough?” and then start pooling out all sorts of crazy stuff and cool jokes just to show how insane they are. Well, this artwork is sort of like that. It seems to me like someone has gone a bit mad about something in his own home and decided to turn his craziness into art, because we all know how mental artists are. And you know what? It looks like a great fun. I might try this out!

Unusually shaped aqauriums

sanela — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:31:47 +0000

An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning “a place for relating to”.

Here you can have a look at some of the most creative and unusually shaped and placed aquariums from all over the world. It’s always nice to be in contact with nature, and this inventive designers managed to place fish tanks and aquariums in places you can’t even imagine. Just scroll down and you’ll see what I’m talking about. I especially liked the bathroom sink aquarium, it looks really interesting.

Sofa Aquarium
Priced at just $12,000, this sofa features aquariums on both sides.

Bathroom Sink Aquarium
Moody Aquarium Sink will spice up boring routines such as washing hands and brushing teeth.

R2-D2 Aquarium
Modeled after the most well-known astromech droid in the galaxy, this R2-D2 holds a 1 3/4-gallon aquarium tank in his central compartment.

Coffee Table Aquarium
Instructables shows us how to build an aquarium coffee table.

Telephone Booth Aquarium
Benedetto Bufalino and Benoit Deseille have transformed a regular telephone booth into a functioning aquarium.

iPond Portable Aquarium
It is on sale in Australia and comes with gravel, water and a live fish. It has a built in speaker at the bottom and a headphone jack.

Old TV Aquarium
Ever wondered what to do with that ancient 26″ wooden TV set laying around in your grandparent’s garage? Turn it into a unique aquarium.

Local River Plant Aquarium
Beautiful aquarium by Mathieu Lehanneur breeds freshwater fish and vegetables. The vegetables strip minerals and nitrates from the water, effectively purifying it for the development of the fish.

Bathtub Aquarium
This modern bathtub with built-in aquarium will surely spice up your bathroom.

Infinity Aquarium
The repetitive geometrical shape of Infinity aquarium creates a visual metaphor to life in the fish bowl. Hand crafted from cut glass, Infinity aquarium scales down a vast concept of time and space.

AquaDom
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 meter tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator.

Bus Stop Aquarium
This bus stop is a real design from Brazil, dubbed “AqurioMania”.

Spacearium Aquariums
Canadian company called Aquarium ASP has created the Spacearium, a thin, hanging aquarium that be used as a room divider, lighting element, or for good old fashioned decoration.

Desk Aquarium
The MILK desk comes with a built-in fish tank option that gives you a place to rest your eyes and provides a touch of daily nature.

Macquariums
Cool aquariums made from the shell of Apple Macintosh computers.

The best celebrity caricatures ever

sanela — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:29:01 +0000

You can find celebrity caricatures almost everywhere on line , but French artist Anthony Geoffroy, made such an incredible caricatures that overcome all previously seen. You’ll surely love them.

Weapon art

sanela — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:33:40 +0000

Have a look at these interesting and original art works that are made not by a paint brush, or a pencil, but by weapons. It’s nice to see that not all weapons are used to kill people, but some of them are used to create art. It’s a pretty neat idea, and it sends a beautiful massage. It would be great if all guns could be used only this way and in this purpose.

Amazing sculptures made out of car parts

sanela — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:14:05 +0000

Those sculptures are made by Austrian Artist James Corbett, he creates them by using old car parts taken from scrap yards. Then he sells his creations for thousands of pounds! If that isn’t art I don’t know what is… It’s a nice a supple way of reminding people to recycle and take care of their waste. With all companies going green almost everything is in some part made out of garbage. So, why should modern art be any different?
It’s really an amazing work, take a look!

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Smoky art

sanela — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:24:54 +0000

Have a look at this interesting new sort of art. It is the smoke art. Abstract photography is nothing new, and people constantly come up with new — or re-invent old — versions of photography techniques. One of the ones that is going like wild-fire (excuse the pun) around the interwebs at the moment is the art of photographing colored smoke. In case you’d like to try it out yourself, here are a few useful tips on how it’s done.

The best way to get ‘cleanly’ lit smoke photos is to use a clean environment with controllable light. A studio would be ideal, but anywhere you can hang up a black background is perfectly usable. The most important thing when photographing smoke is getting enough light to freeze the motion of the smoke in mid-air. You can do this by using a lot of light (think direct sunlight falling through a window) or by using one or more flashes. When you’re photographing the smoke, you’ll want to make sure that no stray light hits the front of your camera lens (this will cause glare or solar-flare type effects), nor on your blackened background (because that will bring out definition in the background, which you don’t want either).

When you are photographing, it is easiest to let the smoke rise on its own volition. Instead of trying to manipulate the incense stick, try wafting some motion into the air to disturb the even plume. Alternatively, you can try to create interesting shapes by making the plume turbulent: try introducing a ruler, an upturned spoon, or a sheet of paper into the plume to alter its shape and ‘feel’.

Now that you’ve captured the photos, it’s time to take it to your digital darkroom. Crop your image to a composition that works for you, and then use levels or curves to adjust the contrast of your photos. You’ll want to make sure that the background is completely black (hold the alt key while adjusting the black-point levels slider in Photoshop, it gives you a preview of what you’re actually doing), so it turns into a pure white when you invert the image.

Once you’re happy with the background, invert your image, and decide if you like the black or white background best — stick with whatever you prefer, but often the white backgrounded images have a lot higher impact. If you have stray smoke, dust, or details in the background you’re unhappy with, use a brush with the same colour as the background (i.e white or black) or clone tool to get rid of them.

To colorise the smoke, use the hue and saturation tool. You can apply the color to the whole image in one go easily, because your pure white or black background will be unaffected by this tool (if it does make changes, then your background needs some work first). Alternatively, you can colorize part of the image, or use multiple colors, by making a selection of a part of the smoke, and use the ‘feather selection’ command to create a gradient. Using the Hue and Saturation tool now results in colorizing parts of the smoke image only. Nifty, yes?