Weird and Wacky Furniture By Straight Line Designs

Straight Line Designs is a one-of-a-kind workshop that has been operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia for the past 25 years. In addition to installations, sculptures and private commissions, designer Judson Beaumont and his staff of eight full-time craftspeople have designed and constructed a variety of wacky cartoon-style furniture and projects for public institutions and children’s exhibitions throughout North America and abroad. Focused on quality and custom design, Judson’s studio stays far away from mass production and is as imaginative as children themselves.

Website: StaightLineDesigns.com

1. Little Black Dresser

2. Beaver Cabinet

3. Burnt Table

50 Images from National Geographic`s

An Indian wrestler smears mud on his head before starting wrestling in Kolkata, India, March 30, 2010. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in India. (Photo and caption by Sucheta Das)

Stay Cool in California!

R J Shaughnessy is a Los Angeles based editorial and advertising photographer represented by Giant Artists. This work is from his latest series, Stay Cool, shot around Los Angeles.

‘Stay Cool is a collection of an entire summer’s worth of images. The idea behind it was not simply to document subjects or happenings but to document the essence of an experience, to try and capture the feelings of youth and freedom and love and summertime and Los Angeles. I think often times the trap of documentary photography is in the waiting. We wait for our subject matter to provide for us, I know I fell into that trap in much of my shooting over this past decade. With this work I felt like there was an opportunity for me to transcend beyond a level of waiting into a level of stimulation, a level of participation, in creating the experiences or creating the jumping off point for the experiences and then capturing the magic that unfolds. In that respect this book and what it means to me has a lot less to do with photography and a lot more to do with life – initiate unique experiences and pursue the magic that results.’

City of staples

For all of those who are bored in the office and need a little inspiration,  Jersey born artist Peter Root was feeling the same way and decided to create life to an entire little city of staples – an ephemicropolis!  Hard to believe he spent 40 hours building the installation in the lobby of a building, using solely stacks of staples that were split into various sizes.  No word on how long the installation managed to stay unscathed. 100,000 staples later… finally the result!

World’s best father!

Photographer Dave Engledow made this funny and bizarre series of portraits of himself and his little daughter Alice Bee. And no Photoshop was used, I swear — wink, wink.

David received a degree in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin, most of his professional life has been dedicated to progressive politics and workers’ rights. The artist is relatively new to the world of digital photography “I was inspired to purchase my first DSLR in 2010, upon learning that my wife was pregnant with our first child. I have shot and edited more images in the past year than I have in the previous 10 years combined. Since the birth of our daughter Alice Bee in December 2010, the majority of my inspiration has stemmed from creatively documenting the first moments of her life in our family”.

Ashes and Snow

Ashes and Snow by Canadian artist Gregory Colbert is an installation of photographic artworks, films, and a novel in letters. The work explores the shared poetic sensibilities of human beings and animals.

Ashes and Snow has traveled to Venice, New York, Santa Monica, Tokyo, and Mexico City. To date, Ashes and Snow has attracted more than 10 million visitors, making it the most attended exhibition by a living artist in history. Each exhibition consists of more than fifty large-scale mixed media photographic artworks and three film installations.

The photographic artworks measure approximately 3.5 by 2.5 meters (11.5 x 8.25 feet). Each one is created using an encaustic process on handmade Japanese paper. The films include one 60-minute full-length 35mm film and two short “haiku” films. None of the photographic or film images have been digitally collaged or superimposed.

Girls, tattoos and attitude!

Matheus Lopes

Manifesto, traditional art, mixed media

Art and design with Tristan Eaton