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David McCandless – beautiful database examples

by Daria on September 6, 2010

in Art is Everywhere

Image by Reggie Rachuba via Flickr David McCandless devoted his life to drawing beautiful database examples. Related articles The Joy of Stats available in its entirety (flowingdata.com) From When to Whenever: Mapping TV and Movie Time Travel (gearfuse.com) Data visualization videos (r-bloggers.com)

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Recycled tire art

by Daria on July 6, 2010

in Cool designs

There are some incredibly creative artists walking this planet, who are able to put together the most astonishing creations – even from recycled items. A good example is this motorcycle, built out of recycled wire and tire tubes – in Zambia.

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Art murals by John Pugh, master of trompe l’oeil art

by Daria on August 11, 2009

in Cool designs

Trompe l’oeil art is French for “trick the eye” and an art technique that creates the optical illusion by using extremely realistic imagery. Depicted images appear in three dimensions and are often used in murals. Although the phrase originates in the Baroque period, trompe l’oeil art dates much further back, at least into Greek and Roman times. Art murals by John Pugh, astonishing trompe l’oeil art images painted on the sides of buildings, look so real that have tricked many…

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Amazing Lego Creations

by admin on July 30, 2009

in Cool designs

I don’t know about other people here but their was only one toy that I played with as a kid. It’s all I ever wanted for christmas, birthdays etc etc. It was of course Legos. The small bricks had me as soon as I touched them. You could build anything with them. They were the most fun i ever had as a kid. I remember lots of houses cars and forts built and rebuilt with legos. So here I am, years later and I’m going to share with you some of the greatest lego creations I could find on the web.

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Magnificent Ice Sculptures

by Erik on July 8, 2009

in Cool designs

A great collection of ice sculpture pictures. With pictures of ice sculptures from several popular festivals and celebrations of winter. Something to cool you off this summer!

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Crop Circles

by Erik on July 1, 2009

in Cool designs

Now I’m sure most of you have heard of the strange phenomenon that is crop circles. Everyone from aliens to bored farmers have been suggested as the culprits of these works. Whether you believe in aliens or not you certainly can’t deny that someone has lots of talent. Just look at some of these amazing artworks.

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Hedge or Topiary Art

by Erik on June 29, 2009

in Cool designs

Now, we all take pride in our backyards. But some people really go above and beyond to create cool designs in their garden. Here is a testament to their hard hedge or topiary artwork. Enjoy!

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2010 Chevy Camaro SS

by Erik on June 24, 2009

in Cool designs

With the highly anticipated Transformers movie coming out soon I decided to do a blog post about the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS. The beautiful photos provided here are courtesy of professional auto photographer Webb Bland. Visit his website…

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Cool car designs: Ford Roon by Gregor Duler

by Erik on June 15, 2009

in Cool designs

As many of you know Detroit, Michigan is the heart of the Automobile community and for our first blog post about cool designs we decided to go all out and post something that’s really spectacular.

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