At first glance, it’s easy to mistake this clapboard box in the middle of Joshua Tree for a mirage or digital illusion. Artist Philip K. Smith III added mirrored panels to the shack’s exterior, making Lucid Stead seem to hover in the landscape like a processing glitch. At night, when the sun goes down, it then transforms again—lit from within by bright LEDs. Photographer Lou Mora captured the shack in the light of day and under the cover of darkness. [notcot]
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Check out this great photograph by Paul Davis of the awesome sculpture by David McCracken on the beach of Bondi, Australia. Called Diminish and Ascend, this aluminum staircase seems to go to infinity and beyond. McCracken deformed the stair’s angles to create the optical illusion, which works from other angles too.
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Cities tearing down urban freeways? Otherworldly pictures of our earth? And the tallest building in U.S. of A? Those subjects and more is what we’re feasting our eyes on in this round of the most beautiful items of the week.
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Remember all that work you planned to get done today? Well, if you have any hope of productivity over the next few hours you’ll want to avoid this mesmerizing website like the plague.
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You may or may not be familiar with the art form called quilling. Quilling is created using strips of paper rolled up or curved to create images. An artist named Alia Syed has taken the art of quilling to a very geeky next level. Syed has used quilling to create art in the form of Marvel and Star Wars characters.
If you look at the artworks up close you’ll see strips of paper and rolled up pieces that work in conjunction to create very cool and detailed pieces of art. Among the creations are Darth Vader, Boba Fett and a stormtrooper.
There also Batman and Iron Man artworks as well as the Decepticon and Autobot logos and Master Chief’s helmet from Halo. I wonder how long it took to do each of these paper sculptures – it looks like it must have taken a lot of work.
If you’re interested in owning one of these for your own wall, head on over to Alia’s Etsy shop. Each one sells for $200(USD).
[via Lustik via Nerd Approved]
Instagram is undoubtedly one of the more popular apps around these days, with its users using the app to snap photos, apply filters, adding hash tags, and sharing them on Facebook and Instagram’s own network. But what if Instagram were brought to real life? As in we could see the filters physically, as opposed to through the app itself? Well that’s what Brazilian artist Bruno Ribeiro has done, which is taking a cardboard cutout meant to look like Instagram (as pictured above), and placing them all around London’s more touristy areas for a project he’s calling “Real Life Instagrams”.
While the filters aren’t strictly Instagram filters, we suppose Instagram users should be able to get the point. Unsurprisingly many visitors, along with residents of London, have been taking photos through these Instagram filters, which we can only assume will then be applied with more Instagram filters and then uploaded onto Instagram itself. Talking about an Instagram-ception! In any case it’s still a pretty awesome idea and if you’d like to check out more of Bruno Ribeiro’s work, hit up his Instagram account for more photos! So, anyone in London come across these Real Life Instagram installations yet?
Real Life Instagram Project Takes Filters Onto The Streets Of London original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Being a superhero is a tough gig. You have to deal with evil to the bone bad guys, an unconvincing public who thinks you’re a weirdo vigilante in costume, people’s unrealistic expectations of you to save the world and probably a really tough dating life. But what is a superhero to do if not be a super hero? Well, illustrator Chow Hon Lam imagined other jobs for superheroes and this what he hilariously came up with.
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Everybody who’s familiar with her work knows that Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom is brilliant with books. She’s crafted everything from a bite-sized biography to a rainbow-hued, 2,136-page corporate history. But her latest work is missing something all the others had: Ink.
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Me, neither! But Mood Swings, a new exhibition at London’s Halcyon Gallery, will be showing off a series of large-scale metalworks—seven gates made from vintage iron scraps, hand-welded by the man himself.
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Instagram has it lovers and haters—but either way you can’t deny that it’s crazy successful. For those without a smartphone, though, Brazilian artist Bruno Ribeiro’s art installation Real Life Instagram provides a taste of the retro-themed photography service on the streets of London.
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