The widespread internetization of society, the popularity of social networks, blogs and Internet messengers leads to the fact that even retirees and preschoolers understand what the symbol "two dots, a stick and a parenthesis" means, and September 19 is officially considered Smiley Day. All this led to the fact that the Finnish design studio Chao and Eero has developed a series of cool, unusual jewelry based on Internet communication, which was called The Signs ("Signs")
Readers of the Kulturologiya.Ru blog are already familiar with the work of the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, the author of epic photographs on an industrial theme. It would seem, who can be amazed with their beauty by thousands of cranes, millions of car tires or hundreds of cars in the parking lot? Anyone who has seen Edward Burtynsky's new industrial photos
"The black rose is the emblem of sadness, the red rose is the emblem of love." Familiar metaphors merge into one at the sight of the “red roses of Sarajevo” painted on the asphalt. These images symbolize the places where people died during the armed conflicts between Serbs and Muslims. From 1992 to 1996, the city of Sarajevo was bombed, making it the longest siege in the history of modern warfare
The Russian Pavilion was also opened within the framework of the 55th Venice Biennale. Its central part is occupied by an installation by Vadim Zakharov called "Danae", within which the audience (or rather, the spectators) can experience a real golden rain
Everything is beautiful in fairy tales. Snow White meets her prince, Jasmine meets Aladdin, the woodcutters free Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother from the wolf's belly, and so on. But what is next, the tales do not say. But all these heroines, first of all, are people! And their life after the happy ending of the fairy tale can turn out in different ways. It is about this that a series of photographs by Canadian artist Dina Goldstein entitled "Fallen Princesses"
Once the Spanish photographer Alvaro Sanchez-Monta ñ es) came across an article in a magazine about the diamond rush that once reigned in Namibia. He was especially struck by the photograph of Kolmanskop, once a thriving place, now a ghost town. The magazine article gave too little information, and Alvaro promised himself that one day he would go to this mysterious place himself and see everything with his own eyes. The result of an interesting trip was a series of photographs “Deser
Car license plates are the passports of the cars on which they are attached. From them you can get a lot of information about the car and its owner. First of all, you can find out in which region of your country this car is registered. This is the geographical principle and the artist Dave Bowman decided to apply, who created a series of maps of the United States from license plates
Many authors compare cities with living organisms, or even with people in general, giving them the metaphysical ability to have feelings, organs and even thoughts. And the Chinese artist Lu Xinjian even painted the structure of DNA, which is different for different megacities of the world
LEGO is a construction set that teaches children and adults to use imagination, fantasy, motor skills and spatial thinking. The first of these unique benefits is highlighted in LEGO's new ad campaign, Imagine
Sony Xperia mobile phones are one of the most popular lines of devices in our time. All thanks to impressive technical performance and talented marketing. Here's the creative Sony Xperia ad campaign created by designer Carl Kleiner today