David Habben is an artist and illustrator in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born in Oregon and raised in Idaho, David uses both traditional and digital media to create his wonderful illustrations. For his series entitled Shapes of Conscious, it all starts with a simple shape… Habben explains: “With this sketchbook, I’ve been challenging my…
Connecting two of Milan’s most famous landmarks (The Duomo and La Scala) is the famous glass-vaulted arches of the Galleria. Formally known as the ‘Galleria Vittoria Emanuele II‘, the street is covered by an arching glass and cast iron roof. A landmark in its own right, the Galleria is a sight to behold. Below…
CHILD’S PLAY Artwork and Photography by Telmo Pieper | Codex Inferno Art Collective This awesome mural by the Codex Inferno Art Collective was completed back in 2009 in Delft, a city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It depicts two young kids scribbling on a wall, something many of…
The Sifter has already featured the amazing work of Markus Reugels, an incredibly talented German photographer that specializes in high-speed and macro photography. His 975-photo Flickr page is a constant source of wonder and inspiration, and I find myself checking in on his latest work often. Much of his photography centers around water drops…
As you would imagine, the highest point is found at the peak of the continent’s highest mountain. In mountaineering this is known as the Seven Summits, which was first postulated and achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass. Below you can see the highest points on every continent compared to the “Eight-Thousanders“,…
A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS Photograph by Jeffrey Pang on Flickr In this fabulous capture by Jeffrey Pang, we see two canoers paddling through Lake Louise as a break in the clouds reveals the majestic Victoria Glacier in the background. Lake Louise is a glacial lake located in Banff National Park in…
EC Vitoria is a Brazillian football team from Salvador, Bahia. They are a Series B team that is in the midst of a brilliant marketing campaign for blood donation. The team jersey typically features four horizontal red stripes. At the start of the season the team replaced the red stripes with white stripes.…
Block paving (also known as brick paving) is an alternative to an asphalt road. It’s typically used for aesthetic purposes on roads where traffic is relatively slow. Unfortunately, the process of laying these roads is manually intensive and can by quite harsh on one’s back and knees. Dutch-company Vanku BV sought to address this…
Unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March, Automobili Lamborghini presented their most uncompromising open super sports car of its entire history, the Aventador J. The 515 kW / 700 hp two-seater is a first class technology showcase, combining innovative solutions and brand new materials and demonstrating Lamborghini’s expertise in carbon fiber technology.…
THE WORLD’S LONGEST BRIDGE FOUNTAIN Photograph by Gu Gyobok The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain is the world’s longest bridge fountain that set a Guinness World Record with nearly 10,000 LED nozzles that run along both sides that is 1,140m long (3,740 ft), shooting out 190 tons of water per minute. Installed in September…
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