Pixelist

01/09/2015

The forgotten and the forgettable, the warping of history by technology.

A Japanese artist is placing a modern spin on a centuries-old technique, animating Japanese woodblock prints in the style typically reserved for TV show recaps and continuously looping memes. The artist, who who goes by Segawa thirty-seven, uses Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to alter the sta

14/08/2015

An introspective look into the life and times Humpty Dumpty without the funny yokes.

Artist KAZ Shirane's Light Origami installation is like walking into a prism.

13/08/2015

We're quite certain this was an olympic sport, at least in big industry circles.

After witnessing the destruction brought on by hurricanes in Thailand, the Southern U.S. and around the world, Italian sculptor Lorenzo Quinn began creating a series of sculptures titled 'Force of Nature'. Made from bronze, stainless steel and aluminum, the sculptures, full of life and

12/08/2015

Smokey the bear getting fancy with his DSLR, fires only you can enjoy.

The news of deadly wildfires ravaging California has been as awe-inspiring as it is terrifying. Great swaths of forests, mountains, fields, and entire neighborhoods can be incinerated in moments leaving nothing unscathed. For the last few years, Los Angeles-based photographer Stuart Palley h

11/08/2015

A paper model a day puts my childhood to shame

It's daunting to witness the labor poured into a 365-day creative project, be it taking a daily photo, doing a quick sketch, or even writing a few lines. Edinburgh-based artist Charles Young (previously) gets particularly high marks for completing his daily paper model project that he started

06/08/2015

Tales of love and loss and things that could have been and maybe still can… _The New York Times_ "Modern Love column":http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/fashion/a-kiss-deferred-by-bosnia-and-herzegovina-civil-war.html?_r=1 has it all. It even has some sweetly animated vignettes – a few of which we’ve…

03/08/2015

Like watching a hero-less 90s Nintendo backdrop

Toyoi Yuuta's subtly immersive animations perfectly capture the dichotomy of Japanese culture.

27/07/2015

Possibly the 8th greatest poultry wonder of the world, a pecking order topped by the boneless chicken wing.

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Towering above the trees in a densely forested area of Indonesia lies a giant chicken. The gigantic structure has the body, tail, and head of the bird, even holding open its beak in what appears to be mid-squawk. Although the very old bird is quickly decaying, Gereja Ayam (as the locals call it)

21/07/2015

This post says something about itself

Here, we have a list of 20 awesome inventions that take advantage of clever design. Some of them are already available whereas some of them are still a con

20/07/2015

Refashioning: a much trendier word for recycling. Literally figurative rose tinted glasses.

Digging through electronic refuse and found metal in Kenya's capital of Nairobi, Cyrus Kabiru refashions found materials into different wearable forms. Often these take the form of flamboyantly composed glasses, large eyewear that can often mask the entire face. Kabiru explains that his

16/07/2015

If David Stern did graphic design and players were never individually marketed.

Nostalgia meets nothing but net.

15/07/2015

Makes perfect sense for those with very large green thumbs.

The twin designers at London's Studio Ayaskan have designed a flower pot that unfolds itself.