I used to think that balloons were harmless harbingers of fun, but it turns out that en masse they can be pretty dangerous. Balloonfest ’86 shows us just how wrong things can go when balloons...
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The following works of art come to us courtesy of Matthew Simmonds. British born, Simmonds studied art history and became an illustrator. Later he began working on restoring ancient buildings like Westminster Abbey...
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Criminals in Nebraska in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s looked a lot classier than they do today. Check these (literally) bad boys and girls out. First up a wonderfully moustached Albert Johnson:...
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Vietnamese paper master Hoàng Tiến Quyết uses a technique called wet folding to create origami masterpieces with a literal twist. By wetting the paper slightly he is able to add curves. Apparently wet-folding is...
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Recently, a solar-powered LED-lit bike path was opened in the town of Nuenen, Netherlands. Nuenen was once home to Van Gogh, so the path has been named after him by the design team from Studio Roosegaarde. The...
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Rosa Verloop is a Dutch artist who makes sculptures in a less than standard medium. Her chosen sculpting material is nylon stockings. Well, actually, she uses loads different materials in her work, but she’s managed to get...
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Fox tossing. It sounds funny to read aloud, it looks funny written down, but unfortunately it’s not quite as nice as it first appears. Fox tossing (Fuchsprellen in German) was a bona fide pastime...
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Hell Money is fake currency that is burnt at funerals, particularly in China. This faux cash has been burned as an offering since at least the late 19th century, but quite possibly from much...
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Liu Xue is a Chinese sculptor who creates objects that make weaker-willed punters squirm. The following trinkets are from his We Are The World series. I’ve read a bit about Liu Xue’s work on blogs that are...
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Rashad Alakbarov hails from Azerbaijan, a country which I know embarrassingly little about. His installations at first glance just look like dangling piles of whatever, but when the light hits them just right,...
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