Mehndi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as by expatriate communities from those countries. The word mehndi is derived from the Sanskrit word mendhika. The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest Vedic ritual books. Haldi (staining oneself [...]

  Haling from Meerane, Germany, street artist Tasso (aka Ta55o) does some incredible work with spray paint. Beyond street art, Tasso also has an extensive gallery of canvas work along with some incredible sketches, drawing and drippings. Tasso did his first piece in 1991 under the pseudonym GESHWAY and he’s been blowing up walls ever [...]

  Creative mom Heather Sitarzewski decided last year she would add some fun to her son’s bento-style lunches with art. Many of the lunches are made to look like popular cartoon characters we all know and love, and they have all been beautifully documented on her website Lunchbox Awesome. First spotted on Boing Boing, Heather [...]

  Karen Kurycki (aka CMYKaren) is a designer/illustrator in Jacksonville, Florida. Design is her passion and she loves to combine illustration with design in her commercial work. Karen has been experimenting with watercolor since her days at Kent State University, embracing its unpredictability and the surprises that can come out of using It. She admits [...]

  In the amazing step-by-step gallery below, Redditor laporkenstein shows how he forged a custom wedding band for himself out of a Gibeon meteorite. There are captions in the gallery that help explain a bit of the process. I’ve also compiled a few additional details below that were culled from the comments section of this [...]

  PROTESTING IN STYLE   Photograph via Reddit   On April 23, 2012 a protest was organized by long-time Gentleman’s journal The Chap. In fact, several hundred chaps descended on the famed Savile Row in London to protest the opening of a store by mega-retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. For the uninitiated, Savile row has been [...]