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Category / Art & Design Awesomeness

Fill in the Blank: I Wish this Abandoned Building Was …

What if we had the power to decide what became of the neglected buildings in our cities? What if sharing our ideas and feedback could really influence and shape the development of public spaces in our neighbourhoods? Artist Candy Chang is wishing for a world like that– and trying to make her wish come true … Do…

The Veteran Chanel Window Dresser who opened the Oddest Little Art Gallery in Paris

I once read somewhere that if you were to spend eight seconds in front of every piece of artwork in the Louvre’s collection it would take one year to see everything. I believe the same rule holds true for Station Arret Facultatif. It’s as if a tornado swept through Paris and dumped the best of the…

For Sale! The Three-Eyed Car of Tomorrow that Never Was

It could have been as iconic as the Mustang, as popular as the Cadillac but only 51 Tuckers were ever made before the factory suddenly closed its doors forever in 1948. The Tucker 48 was the American dream of a small entrepreneur who believed he could go up against the automobile giants at a time when the…

Stop Everything, it’s a Teeny Tiny Bird Town

This is very much one of those, “shutup and take my money” moments. And I don’t actually have a garden to put one of these things in, but minor details. I found this series of birdhouse shopfronts and eclectic homes while perusing Pinterest and sort of just lost it (the Route 66 Diner had me at hello).…

The Forgotten Book Painter

Have you ever found yourself doodling on the cover of a book, even just tracing over the lines of the artwork with your fingertips, or be it drawing moustaches with a permanent marker on magazine covers? I think we can safely say that American artist Joseph Decamillis has taken this practice to a whole new level……

The Romeo & Juliet Villages of Santa Barbara

Now this is my idea of a Romeo and Juliet scene– that is if they had fallen in love in a fantasy Andalusian village rather than Verona. We’re ogling at the mediterranean residence of Cota Street Studios, designed by local Santa Barbara architect, Jeff Shelton, whose work I’m just discovering and will hopefully explore more in…

This GIF Art will Charm your Socks Off

What I like most about art in GIF format is that it’s an art form made just for us cyber wanderers of the internet. Those big fancy galleries can’t hang it on their walls and slap on a big fat price tag (at least for now); collectors can’t hide them away in their private estates for…

One City, Five Hours: An Illustrated Off-beat Guide to Layovers

Layovers are tricky. Successfully managing your time in an unfamiliar city with just enough (but never enough) hours to kill requires some careful and thoughtful research– especially for travellers who might prefer to balance offbeat discoveries with the obligatory tourist stops. Luckily, I’ve stumbled across artist Oliver Jeffers‘ “One city, Five Hours” project, which landed him a regular spot…

An Artist Dares you to go find his Secret Swimming Pool in the Desert

If you’re in Southern California this summer and up for a challenge, here’s something that might inspire a road trip rather more surreal than a cruise down Route 66. Somewhere in the Mojave desert, a secret swimming pool is waiting for you to dip your toes into its crispy blue water; a totally free desert oasis complete…

Walt Disney’s South American Research Trip

You know you have a pretty cool job when your boss offers you a ten week tour around South America and sketch inspiration for your next cartoon as you visit beautiful beaches, exotic cultures and remote landscapes. In 1941, before America entered the war, Walt Disney took a group of sixteen of his best animators and composers to Brazil,…

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