The Google Maps pin is iconic: bold and simple, yet incredibly memorable. And emblazoned on the side of a Danish building in twinkling metallic form, it might just be the geekiest mural ever.
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What happens when you take a giant balloon and inflate it inside a small space? These photos show just that—and the surreal dreamworlds that result, looking like a mix between the inside of a person’s body and a ghostly construction site.
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One of the more technically creative time lapses we’ve seen in a long while, Snowtime is a 2-minute "microscopic time-lapse" by Vyacheslav Ivanov that captures the mesmerizing bloom of budding ice crystals in all their hexagonal glory.
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Digital artist Dusan Cezek has a great collection of 8-bit style GIFs inspired by some of the greatest movies ever made. We’re talking The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Clerks, and more. You should really check out the whole series, but here are our absolute favorites. Can you name them all?
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If I have to look at one more half-melted slushy snowdrift, I’m going to junkpunch the nearest passerby. Luckily, there are things like amazing honeycomb sculptures and insane light installations to bring everyone off the ledge that winter has put them on. Enjoy a little reprieve in the form of the most beautiful items we posted this week.
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Envelopes generally don’t get a lot of love—especially the ones holding big fatty bills that need payin’. Small consolation, but the privacy patterns that line the insides can actually be pretty awesome.
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When a stranger demands that you take off your shoes in public, it usually means you’re about to get on a plane. But at David Zwirner Gallery—known for its blockbuster installations and huge lines of fans who come to Instagram them
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It’s hard to take an enchanting photo. But it’s even harder to take an enchanting photo that’s 3x or more the normal length. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re going wide. We’re going panoramic.
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I never knew there was such a thin line between being impressive and being disgusting but artist Ani K is toeing it. Or to be more accurate, tongue-ing it. That’s because instead of using a paintbrush to paint, Ani K uses his tongue to create his artwork. He basically licks paint and then licks the canvas. He even uses his tongue to mix colors together. Ani K has made over a 1,000 paintings like this. Art is crazy.
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Aganetha Dyck has thousands, maybe millions, of collaborators for her art. Working with bees she rents from a keeper, she gives ordinary objects like shoes, footballs, helmets, and chipped thrift store knickknacks a second life—cloaked in honeycomb.
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