Minas Tirith (aka the White City and City of the Kings) is the capital of Gondor, a fictional city and castle from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Completed in 2010 after three years of work, artist Pat Acton recreated the famed city using 420,000 meticulously placed matchsticks and a lot of glue. He used an additional…
Alliteration at its finest! Kansas City native Mac Lethal shows us some lyrical excellence as he obliterates every letter from A-Z at a progressively faster tempo. Gift of Gab of Blackalicious did a similar song called Alphabet Aerobics back in 1999. Though it’s not as fast, the concept is the same and has been…
GOT MILK? Photograph by JAPHET ALVAREZ Flickr | Facebook | 500px In this beautiful portrait, we see a majestic elk in Quebec, Canada. He must have just been surveying the ground as a little tuft of snow remains on his face as he looks at the camera (Got Milk ads anyone?). We…
In a spot for The Sunday Times, design studio Us (Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor) recreated six famous cultural images in a single steadicam shot. To get a sense of the coordination and effort required to pull of such a feat, watch the making of video embedded below. It will give you greater insight…
In an ongoing series entitled Spring-Autumn, artist qozop takes side by side portraits of youths with their parents or grandparents. The first portrait shows the two wearing their own clothes. The companion portrait shows the two wearing each other’s clothes. The juxtaposition is both humorous and intriguing. It’s interesting to see how fashion can…
If rabbits ruled the world our only purpose would be to feed them. This video was taken at Ōkunoshima, a small tourist island with an infamous past… Located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, the island is better known as Usagi Jima (“Rabbit Island”) because of the…
INDIAN SUNRISE Photograph by ram reddy/rammorrison Flickr This beautiful sunrise capture (taken on Jan. 1, 2010) by rammorrison was taken in Kodaikanal, a city in the hills of Tamil Nadu, India. Kodaikanal’s name in Tamil means, “the gift of the forest”. Established in 1845, the city has a long history as a…
The Barbarian Group Office, New York City Designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects | Photograph by Michael Moran The Barbarian Group is an award-winning advertising agency in New York City. After 8 years at their previous office space, the team grew tired of the countless offices, meeting rooms and ‘scheduled collaborations’. They set their…
Adorable goats are making a run at cats and dogs in the world of adorable online animal videos. A playful attitude, a desire to perch and impressive balancing skills are a goat’s keys to successful Internet animal stardom.
USB DRIVE 2004 vs 2014 Photograph by PNG1 on reddit What a difference 10 years make! In this great ‘then and now’ comparison, we see a USB flash drive from 2004 vs a USB flash drive from 2014. For the non-techies, the USB drive on the bottom is 64 mb while the…
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