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Castoo is a small Colorado-based company that embraces a philosophy of “Happy Healing”. Founder Jessica Smith cites happy guy Bob Ross as inspiring her to create these customized
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By now it should be clear that any object can be a platform for art. Yesterday’s auction of AK-47 machine guns arted up by the YBAs is proof
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Amnesty International award-winning photographer, Bran Symondson, brought together 23 artists for AKA Peace, a project tasking creatives to re-imagine fully decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles as art objects. Symondson describes the genesis
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French artist Soasig Chamaillard takes damaged commemorative statuettes of The Virgin Mary and turns them into pop culture characters. There’s Hello Kitty Virgin Mary, My Little Pony Virgin Mary,
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Portland’s WeMake has organized the construction and deployment of over 100 designer birdhouses throughout the city. Local, national and international artists answered the call to action and created amazing birdhouses that will be auctioned
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industrial
Tomorrow, Friday, August 17th, if you’re in Manila, Philippines, you should go to the Dimensione building in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, and see the WONDER PUPPY EXHIBIT. In an event
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3D-printed
Have you ever wished you could get a blank slate and just start over? Not quite like in a Witness Protection Program or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
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sculpture
Names in Lights is a UK-based duo who make bespoke sculptures using color-changing lights. Jill Bonner and John Blackburn have a combined background in stained glass, engineering and prop
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Kiehl’s is a skin care company that, perhaps due to its East Village roots, has always been one of the artier apothecaries. Among their contemporary collaborations: Andy Warhol astringent
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character
I’ve previously blogged about illustrator/comedian, Dyna Moe, whose Hipster Animals are “like Richard Scarry characters [at] a Grizzly Bear show.” Last time, I wondered if my closest hipster animal was the Social
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