Category: ART

June 10, 2010 at 8:58 am

How to Grasp Size, Scale and Temperature with Three Giant Infographics

How to Grasp Size, Scale and Temperature with Three Giant Infographics

Here are three fantastic inforgraphics that will blow your mind. While the visuals help explain the sheer size, depth and temperature of things on our planet and in our Universe. You might feel slightly less significant 🙂 Relatively speaking… SCALE: FROM THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN TO THE DEEPEST OCEAN TRENCH Source: Karl Tate from Our Amazing…

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June 9, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day – June 9, 2010

Picture of the Day - June 9, 2010

GANDALF WAS HERE Photograph by Photon Tamer Photographer’s Description: This is a infrared shot, using a Hoya R72 filter. Exposure has to be evaluated by trial and error because the exposure meter of the camera is completely ineffective with an IR-filter. The green color of the foreground is Photoshopped. via Photon Tamer on Flickr Every…

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June 6, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day – June 6, 2010

Picture of the Day - June 6, 2010

DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY Spotted on the streets of London. Artist unknown. via Wooster Collective. Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ GET FEATURED! CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE PICTURE OF THE DAY!

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June 3, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day – June 3, 2010

Picture of the Day - June 3, 2010

THROW AND GROW Photograph and Design by Suck UK FLOWER POWER: Gardening’s gone guerilla – You’ve seen them, you may have looked away, but you’ve seen them. Those forgotten areas of the estate, left to fall apart and fall into disrepair. The municipal scrubland where nothing can grow… Or can it? Turn the concrete jungle…

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June 3, 2010 at 8:58 am

Signs of the Times by Trusto Corp

Signs of the Times by Trusto Corp

Photograph and Design by TrustoCorp ‘Do This’ — ‘Don’t Do That’ — ‘Over Here! Not Over There!’ This is the language of the Street Sign. Put up by that proverbial Man to tell you how it is or else… Enter TrustoCorp. a New York-based entity that strives to inject a little humour and social commentary…

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June 1, 2010 at 8:58 am

Underwater Gardening: The World’s Best Aquariums of 2009

Underwater Gardening: The World's Best Aquariums of 2009

2008 IAPLC Grand Prize Work – Cheng Sui Wai, Hong Kong Last year the Sifter discovered the thriving sub-culture of aquascaping. Think of it as gardening under water. Through an artistic arrangement of aquatic plants, rocks, stones, driftwood etc. these ‘aquascapists’ create incredible works of living art. Since 2001, the International Aquatic Plant Layout Contest…

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May 31, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day – May 31, 2010

Picture of the Day - May 31, 2010

BOATING ACROSS THE COTTON SEA Photograph and Design by Phildesignart Now I don’t know which shirt I want more. This one or that one? Phildesignart via JohnnyCat Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ GET FEATURED! CLICK HERE TO…

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May 31, 2010 at 8:58 am

Rebranding the BP Logo: The 25 Funniest and Most Creative

Rebranding the BP Logo: The 25 Funniest and Most Creative

Photograph by AP Photo/Gerald Herbert As of June 1st, 2010, at least 20 million gallons (75.7 million liters) of oil has spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. This has been a complete and utter disaster for BP in every sense. The timing, the location (i.e., it didn’t occur on the borders of a developing nation),…

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May 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day – May 29, 2010

Picture of the Day - May 29, 2010

THE WORLD IS YOURS Beautiful digital art by Jerico Santander on Behance Totally reminds me of the classic Nas track, ‘The World is Yours’, off one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time: Illmatic. The video is budget but the song is pure 90s hip hop bliss. Every day at 5pm the Sifter…

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May 25, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day – Pulse Check

Picture of the Day - Pulse Check

PULSE CHECK Banksy is spotted in NYC as he continues his unique North American ‘promo tour’ for his recently released film: Exit Through the Gift Shop. This piece was found on Cedar Street between Greenwich and Trinity in Manhattan. via High Snobiety

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