The Wonderful Kinetic Sculptures of Casey Curran
Seattle based artist Casey Curran creates some of the most interesting artworks I’ve ever seen – kinetic installations that look like they belong in a fantasy world. Feathers, artificial flowers and wire-made shapes are all controlled by a simple crank, located at the bottom, and it takes just a few strokes of the hand to […]
French Aristocrats Launch Luxury Condoms
The ingenious idea of creating luxury condoms belongs to French aristocrats Prince Charles Emmanuel de Burbon Parme and Count Gil de Bizmont. Inspired by a trip through the French town of Condom the pair decided to create a sophisticated, chic, useful and eco-friendly product that wouldn’t make its users embarrassed to carry it around or […]
The Photorealistic Paintings of Denis Peterson
Denis Peterson is a New York based artist of Armenian descent known around the world for his incredible photorealist artworks. A few weeks back, I posted some incredible artworks by Tom Martin, and I started looking up more hyper-realist artist. That’s how I first found out about Denis Peterson and his mind-blowing paintings. Widely regraded […]
At 94, Indian Ramjit Raghav Is World’s Oldest Father
94-year-old Ramajit Raghav proudly claims the title of world’s oldest father, after his 54-year-old wife Shakuntala Devi gave birth to their first baby. Both Ramajit and Shakuntala are equally happy and excited, considering baby Vikaramjeet as “God’s gift” and planning a second child for next year, although their ages are past the normal fertility period. […]
New Yorkers Celebrate “Good Riddance Day”
A giant paper shredder set up in Time Square was responsible with getting rid of all the bad bits of 2010. This Tuesday, on the fourth annual “Good Riddance Day” held by the Times Square Alliance, people had the chance to free themselves from all the unpleasant memories of 2010, by writing them down and […]