DIY is a movement within skateboarding which operates outside civic and societal norms. Through the utilisation of skater-constructed spaces, which are ordinarily, an adaptation of existing, but often abandoned, terrain in both urban and rural settings, the modern skateboarder transcends the need to exist within a more conventional environment.
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We came across the candid statements of Wasted Rita dozens of times when strolling through diverse tumblr blogs. Thus we are very glad to finally introduce you to the author of these straightforward artworks. Wasted Rita is a graphic designer and illustrator conceived in New Jersey, working and living in Porto, Portugal.
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Westpol architects created this wonderfully picturesque spot in Vöcklabruck, Austria where visitors are able to sit in the middle of a pond without getting wet. The scenic landscape includes a path leading down to a hollowed out circular area where people can take a seat and relax amongst nature.
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“Did you flee?”, you asked, found a retreat for protection and safety of course, but you’re not asking: Why did you escape? Who knows the answer? Who says: I do feel anxiety when I look behind, the familiar used up, away, just away. Inside it screams, outwardly feigned interest slopped out of fuzzy throats. Watch out! Don’t spill or clean it up later.
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Craig Redman aka Darcel Disappoints designed the cover of Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape’s 50th anniversary issue. Click here to download the edition featuring ten hand-picked new finds. mb! met the illustrator in his New York studio in the Lower East Side to discuss art and music.
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‘Forest’ is a large interactive musical laser installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast. This giant interactive forest covers almost 450 square meters and is composed of over 150 musical ‘trees’ made of rods and lasers. The audience can freely explore the space, physically tapping, shaking, plucking, and vibrating the trees to trigger sounds and lasers.
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nju studio created he power servant ‘Stromer’. The latest electronic devices seem to reform our lifes in independence and mobility. But in the end all those gadgets need to be supplied with power.
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Pieter Hugo shot the series ‘The Hyena & Other Men’ in Nigeria. Pieter was captivated by the first pictures of the ‘hyena men’ that he came across randomly. He went to live with them on the periphery of Abuja in a shantytown – a group of men, a little girl, three hyenas, four monkeys and a few rock pythons.
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Artist Amy Brener has developed a method of layering resin to create light sensitive sculptures. The production of these works involves an intense technique of mixing and pouring pigmented resin into wooden frameworks. Brener experiments within this fluid process of layering and embedding and embraces all surprises that occur.
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We know a freelancer’s life and how it is to work from home. Somedays you just love to take yourself off to bed with your laptop and start working in the probably most comfortable surrounding there is. While on other days you can’t stand to stay home in your messy cave, you feel the cabin fever and that exaggerated longing for company.
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The world of iGNANT expresses itself in terms of ideas and creative output. By means of the internet esthetic standards have been spreading faster than ever before, and the conclusions drawn from new ideas are within a new range now.
