April 29, 2012 at 12:36 pm

This Bathroom Will Scare the Crap out of You

This Bathroom Will Scare the Crap out of You

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 28, 2012 at 6:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Looking Down the Washington Monument

Picture of the Day: Looking Down the Washington Monument

LOOKING DOWN THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT Photograph by NASA/Bill Ingalls In this fabulous capture by Bill Ingalls for NASA, we get a rare glimpse of the iconic Washington Monument from above. The symmetry, the perspective, the photograph is simply stunning. The Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National…

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April 28, 2012 at 5:13 pm

Blending Day and Night into a Single Photograph

Blending Day and Night into a Single Photograph

With over two decades of professional experience, photographer Stephen Wilkes is well known for his fine and commercial photography. With countless awards, honours and five major exhibitions in the last five years alone, it’s very possible you’ve already come across Stephen’s incredible work. In the series entitled Day to Night, Wilkes took hundreds of…

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April 28, 2012 at 11:26 am

The Woman Made from Willow Branches

The Woman Made from Willow Branches

Artwork by OLGA ZIEMSKA Olga Ziemska is a sculptor and public artist that lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio in a studio by Lake Erie. She is a recipient of many prestigious grants and awards including a Fulbright Fellowship in 2002 and a Creative Workforce Fellowship in 2009. In 2007, Ziemska was selected…

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April 28, 2012 at 10:13 am

Being Cool [Comic Strip]

Being Cool [Comic Strip]

COMIC BY BILL WATTERSON See all Comic Strips of the Week

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April 27, 2012 at 10:25 pm

Picture of the Day: Snow Chapel in the Czech Republic

Picture of the Day: Snow Chapel in the Czech Republic

SNOW CHAPEL IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Photograph by RADEK CAMPA @ Panoramio.com Radek Campa took this stunning photograph of the snow-covered chapel of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, located in the village of Trojanovice in the Czech Republic (population of 2,237 as of 2009). Trojanovice lies beneath the Beskydy mountains of Norici 1047…

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April 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm

Riding in the Back of Pickup Trucks – A Bird’s-Eye View

Riding in the Back of Pickup Trucks - A Bird's-Eye View

In this series by photographer Alejandro Cartagena entitled Car Poolers, we get a rare view into how car-pooling is practiced by workers in Mexico. Alejandro sees it as an acute observation to overgrowth issues in Mexico, where suburbs are being built in far away lands with no proper public transportation to the urban centers.…

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April 27, 2012 at 11:47 am

Music Video Recreates Waveform Using 960 Vinyl Records

Music Video Recreates Waveform Using 960 Vinyl Records

Photograph by Ben Jacobs for Us Studios Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor of Us, a multi-disciplinary design & direction studio, created this awesome music video for Benga’s latest single, I Will Never Change. The video recreates the actual wavelength for the song using 960 individually cut pieces of vinyl. Check out Christopher and…

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April 27, 2012 at 9:28 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 159

The Shirk Report - Volume 159

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 25 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! THE SHIRK REPORT 2.0 IS HERE! IMAGES WILL NOW APPEAR RIGHT BELOW THE TEXT LINK. TO HIDE THE IMAGE, SIMPLY CLICK THE TEXT LINK…

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April 26, 2012 at 8:01 pm

Picture of the Day: A Sunset Eclipse

Picture of the Day: A Sunset Eclipse

A SUNSET ECLIPSE Photograph by GIL NARTEA In this beautiful capture we see two children gazing at a partial solar eclipse over Manila Bay in the Philippines back in 2009. As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon…

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