Category: GALLERIES
May 9, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Photograph by Teed Haze Located in San Francisco’s South Beach neighbourhood, this gorgeous open-concept ‘hard’ loft has soaring ceilings and an amazing wall of exposed brick. At 2,200 sq. ft., the space is unique as it’s a fully designated live/work space so you could either live here or have a pretty sweet office…
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May 8, 2012 at 9:01 am
Photograph by S MORITA (MRSY on Flickr) In 95% of Japan’s 1,780 municipalities you will find artistic manhole covers unique to each city and town. It has become apart of the country’s national culture and it’s fascinating to see the different designs and styles that each town and city has chosen to represent…
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May 6, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Matteo Pugliese is an incredible artist from Milan who specialized in sculpture. During his youth he developed a strong love for drawing and sculpture and continued his art work without any formal education. After finishing his secondary school studies in classics in Cagliari, he attended university in Milan. In 1995 he was awarded his…
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May 6, 2012 at 11:49 am
On Saturday May 5, 2012, the lunar perigee coincided with a full moon. This fascinating event occurs about once a year. At its closest point the moon will be 222,000 miles (357,000 km) from Earth, causing high and low tides to be slightly more extreme than usual. [Source: The Telegraph] The exact numbers differ…
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May 3, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Design by Sou Fujimoto Architects | Photography by Iwan Baan House NA by Sou Fujimoto Architects is one of the most unique designs the Sifter has seen. Located on a small side street in a very lively and ‘hip’ part of Tokyo, the 914 sq-ft (85 sq-m) house is made up of 21…
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May 3, 2012 at 9:25 am
Did you know these 15 famous people are also world-renowned superstar DJs? Where do they find the time? Get familiar with these clubland legends. Boom! 1. DJ Spock aka Ill-Logical 2. DJ Obama aka Si Se Puede 3. DJ Saddam ‘The Bass Butcher’ Hussein…
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May 2, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Doodle 4 Google is a competition open to K-12 students of U.S. schools to create their own Google doodle. This year’s theme for the doodles is “If I could travel in time, I’d visit…” Google has been hosting the Doodle 4 Google competition every year since 2008. Now in their fifth year, the top…
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April 29, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Photographs by Carlos Diaz Corono for HERNANDEZ SILVA ARQUITECTOS You are looking at one of the four bathrooms in the PPDG penthouse designed by Hernandez Silva Arquitectos. Located in Guadalajara, Mexico, the original 15-storey building was constructed in the 1970s. The original plans for the building included a second elevator that was never…
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April 26, 2012 at 1:59 pm
With over 600,000 subscribers and 100,000,000 video views, Promise Pham is a YouTube makeup sensation. Her first viral success was a makeup tutorial video for Neytiri (from the movie Avatar) back in 2010. Since then she has exploded in popularity, amassing over 100 million views on YouTube from only 74 videos. Her newfound fame…
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April 26, 2012 at 10:09 am
Nine seasons, 180 episodes and 10 Emmy awards. Seinfeld will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest television sitcoms of all time. Although the final episode aired almost 15 years ago (May 14, 1998), the show has endured and is now in syndication. One of the great remaining pillars for fans is their…
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