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A few weeks ago I went to the Milwaukee Art Museum with a friend and we got to go into this glass box called The Infinity Chamber. Inside there are mirrors and lights and together they resemble the stars and constellations; outer space. It’s probably one of the coolest things ever. Credit: Stanley Landsman, Walk-In Infinity Chamber, 1968

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Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, surrounded by 125k sunflowers. You’re allowed to take home as many as you want.

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Delicate Photography Illustrations by Kari Herer

Internet favorite photographer Kari Herer is known for her elegant and dainty designs, which feature the use of 3D objects along with carefully planned illustrations. To compose a piece, Herer usually uses flower petals to assimilate the pattern of the object drawn. Her most famous and favorite pieces are those of insects, which are meticulously portrayed to resemble any chosen figure. You can find more elegant illustrations on her Etsy shop.

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the Vortex at the centre generated by surrounding fans causes this light fabric to dance.

work by Daniel Wurtzel

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Horse Animatronics - by Mat O’Toole, Andy Garner & Chris Clarke

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@destroyablehorse

destroyablehorse

the institute has gone too far this time

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Vancouver’s newest piece of public art, “The Visitor,” busts out of a manhole at West 23rd Street and Main. (The Columbian)

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Faig Ahmed Creates Psychedelic Rugs From Traditional Azerbaijani Textiles

Faig Ahmed’s latest project focuses on making contemporary carpets from classical Azerbaijani textiles. Ahmed graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art in Baku in 2004. His background as an artist covers painting, video and installation as well as other mediums; however, his attention is currently focused on working with textile and sculpture.

Traditional Azerbaijani carpets rely heavily on geometric and symmetrical patterns, stemming from historical influence. The carpets are usually limited to be rectangular or square in shape. By dismantling the laws that govern the structure and pattern of these fabrics, Ahmed converges his love of ancient culture to create a psychedelic visualization. By refurbishing the traditional compositions into a contemporary sculpture, he disassembles their stable nature and injects motion into a pre-existing lifeless object.

The patterns break away from their rigid symmetry and melt away from the tapestry into a colorful puddle. Ahmed also adds a digital effect to the rugs by pixelating fragments and blank spaces on the drapery. Overall, the artist intentionally creates an interesting union between contemporary art and ancient Azerbaijani roots.

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WOAH

youthetrevival

Oh, this is lit.

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Compilation of Book Sculptures

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These are beautiful and they also make me so mad because they destroyed a book

oft-goes-awry

I work in a bookstore, and I am simultaneously in absolute awe and silently screaming.

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Thousands of books languishing in warehouses. Who knows: maybe the handful turned into beautiful art objects are glad of another life.

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Space Glass by Satoshi Tomizu: Galaxy Pendants Made From Glass, Opals, And Gold

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Guy builds a fully mechanically functioning 777 airplane from cut up manila folders.

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@ceruleancynic

ceruleancynic

THIS IS INCREDIBLE LOOK AT HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL

I just sat here mesmerized watching him work his flap actuator system for like five straight minutes, there are six perfect little tiny u-joints made of manila folders

the interior is every bit as detailed and exact as the rest of it but holy fucking shit this engineering is incredible I am having a real hard time comprehending that all of those bits in the landing gear are actually made of manila folders

look at all those tiny joints

look at all those functioning parts

HE BUILT MANILA-FOLDER THRUST REVERSERS YOU GUYS I CAN’T