The larger than life sculptures of Ron Mueck are currently on exhibit at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris. The realism, emotion, and detail of his work is at times frightening. For more images check out this photo stream assembled by the Washington Post.

I find teas a clean and flavorful way to sate my thirst and warm me up on these cold winter days. There are of course a number of ways to brew loose tea, as anyone who drinks tea knows. Usually I use unbleached pouches for my tea, however, since I’m a bit obsessed with [...]

In 1959, when Fred Herzog immigrated from Germany to Vancouver, he began taking pictures. Almost 80,000 images and 50 years later, Fred has created possibly the only color photo-documentation of Vancouver’s life over the past half century. Fred has photographed the every day; the ordinary. He has photographed life in the [...]

I really love my Tiger sneakers from Japanese brand Onitsuka. I have had a sweet pair of two-tone brown’s for about a year now, and like wine they seem to get better with age. Recently, the company made the digital mosaic (featured above) using hundreds of tiny images from Japanese websites that have been updated [...]

Favela is the Brazilian word for the shanty towns or slums typically located around the outer perimeter of cities. They lack essential services such as electricity, education, plumbing and garbage collection - while cramping residents into tight and confined spaces. Houses in Favelas are constructed from various materials including bricks, garbage, and scraps.
Favelas are home [...]

French photographer Denis Darzacq’s recent body of work, “La Chute”, challenges both gravity and perspective. His manifesto for the project reads:
“When the social elevator is broken you have to know how to bounce. Between the take off and the fall, the man parachuted in the city learns to control his trajectory. In the rough [...]