At one small seed we believe in the power of unique ideas and novel concepts. Ranging from technology, design, art and music, we’ve compiled a collection of crazy, fascinating, funny and bizarre findings that we think would be of interest to you. Here are some of our favourite finds this past week. Stay tuned for weekly material
On June 26, a Korean language Facebook page called ‘We Do Phoshop‘ appeared online. The site solicited Photoshop requests, and the ensuing shops weren’t exactly what clients had in mind. Or what anyone had in mind, for that matter. We all agree that these Koreans are making the internet a better place. Here are a few examples of some requests made and the results:
Request: ‘Please add a bear or something.’
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Result:
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Request: ‘Make this tired pic more dramatic.’
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Result:
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Request: ‘I would be grateful if you could erase the people in the background. It’s Disneyland but it doesn’t feel like an amusement park. Please make it a bit more fun.’
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Result
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Request: ‘This is a travel pic. I want you to erase the woman on the right side.’
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
Result:
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
We Do Phoshop, image: kotaku.com
London photographer Catherine Losing has captured food on the path to its own destruction as it prepares to cook itself in her latest project The Serpent that Ate its Own Tail. An eel provides the electricity to cook its pig friend’s eyeball after an octopus holds a knife that will dismember it. Morbid and intriguing, we simply couldn’t resist putting this one up!
image: catherinelosing.co.uk
image: catherinelosing.co.uk
image: catherinelosing.co.uk
image: catherinelosing.co.uk
Erik Mark Sandberg’s Hairy Children
Child portraits are usually adorable, but Los Angeles artist Erik Mark Sandberg puts a personal spin on child portraits by giving them hair. We loved Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are and we love Sandberg’s hairy kids too!
image: booooooom.com
image: booooooom.com
image: booooooom.com
image: booooooom.com
image: booooooom.com
Toni Spyra’s Imaginary Art
Have a pair of old pliers lying around and not sure what to do with them? Pass it along to Toni Spyra who has a knack for turning ordinary objects into imaginative pieces of art. Hairbrushes, hangars, water bottles – nothing is off limits for Spyra!
image: spyras.tumblr.com
image: spyras.tumblr.com
image: spyras.tumblr.com
image: spyras.tumblr.com
Meet the ‘Scrooser’ – the unique mobility solution for the urban, environmentally conscious individual. For those who get bored of just walking and driving, and for those that think cycling is not their personal style, our urban mobile will be the solution!
image: scrooser.com
image: scrooser.com
image: scrooser.com
image: scrooser.com
Electric: Paris in 360 Degrees
Paris is turning alternative with its first venue catered specifically toward alternative music and culture. Downtown penthouse pad has been revamped with a full service restaurant, ultra chic furnishings and killer sound systems. Electric is the new hotspot with special LED light fixtures and soundproof panels for partying early into the morning.
image: electric-paris.com
image: electric-paris.com
Like a giant strainer dropped into the river, + POOL makes it possible for everybody to swim in clean river water right here in NYC.
image: kickstarter.com
image: kickstarter.com
image: kickstarter.com
M83‘s Playlist
image: articles.latimes.com
French artist M83 dishes on the songs that have helped shape his sound. Some of these jams may surprise you, but we can thank them for inspiring such a young talented artist, check out the list:
Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears
2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden
Running Up that Hill by Kate Bush
Let’s Go Out Tonight by The Blue Nile
Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
New York Living: Julian Schnabel’s Palazzo Chupi
Some of the most extravagant homes in the world can be found in New York City and filmmaker Julian Schnabel’s Palazzo Chupi home is no exception. Lavish furnishings, large French doors, and endless windows give house guests a front row seat to fabulous skyline views of the city.
image: trendland.com
image: trendland.com
image: trendland.com
image: trendland.com
image: trendland.com
Images courtesy of: catherinelosing.co.uk,dailymail.co.uk, ineedaguide.blogspot.com,spyras.tumblr.com, trendland.com, store.balmainboatcompany.com, scrooser.com, electric-paris.com ,kickstarter.com, facebook.com/Baselinestudio,shop.baselinestudio.co.za , articles.latimes.com, kotaku.com
1 comment
Lallie says:
Nov 11, 2013
These are very cool items indeed! The edited photos are just too funny.