Sebastian Errazuriz’s ’12 Shoes for 12 Lovers’ are Wearable Art With Rich Backstories

Posted on 19/12/2013 by Hazel Chua

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Relationships, regardless of how serious they are, will impact your life in one way or another. This is specially true in Sebastian Errazuriz’s case, who used his past relationships and experiences with ex-girlfriends as inspiration to create 12 Shoes for 12 Lovers. It’s essentially a collection of twelve shoe sculptures that capture the essence of the women and the relationship that he had with them.

For example, the shoe pictured above, “Cry Baby” Alexandra, is about a weeping girl who came to him after a particularly bad break-up. Another shoe in the series, “Gold Digger” Alison, is about a girl who left him for her rich boss (exactly what the name implies.)

You can find the rest of the shoes in the series after the break.

There are twelve designs in the series. While it’s not my favorite in the visual sense, the one that really struck a chord was “The Rock” Alice, which was a short relationship that hit Sebastian particularly hard.

The collection will be on display from December 6th, 2013 to January 6th, 2014 at Melissa’s pop-up shop for Art Basel Miami Beach 2013.

VIA [ Design Boom ]

Cats Posing Like Pin-up Girls: Oh, Internet.

Posted on 04/12/2013 by Hazel Chua

Dogs may be man’s best friend, but when it comes to modeling, cats reign supreme. Earlier, we saw a bunch of macho felines posing like male models in this hilarious photo series. This time, we’ve got another series that shows off the feline versatility: sexy cats posing like pin up girls.

These images are iconic, and what’s particularly fun and entertaining is the fact that each of the poses is replicated quite well and accurately by their feline counterparts.

Rawrr!

These shots are showcased at the Cats That Look Like Pin up Girls website, which was put together to promote Hurly-Burly, a fashion and costume company in Australia.

[via Laughing Squid]

Sexy Dudes and Equally Sexy Kittens Strike the Same Pose

Posted on 27/11/2013 by Hazel Chua

Cats are hot. Not in terms of temperature, but in terms of popularity. Do a quick search on memes and you’ll see that this is probably true. On the other hand, the male models featured below are hot, in terms of smexyness.

Combine these two hot commodities together, and what do you get? A hilarious gallery of sexy men and equally sexy kittens posing and doing their own thing.

These images, which feature male models and cats striking the same pose, are featured side by side on Tumblr blog Des Hommes et des Chatons. You can check out more in the gallery below.

You can find more of these on the blog here.

[via Incredible Things]

Even Princesses Have Facial Fuzz: Disney’s Princesses with Beards

Posted on 15/11/2013 by Hazel Chua

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I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it seems like a lot of people are hung up on beards lately (remember the Super Beards that Braun used in their ads?) It’s not limited to human beards either, because cat beards are pretty hot, too. And while only men have beards in real life, BuzzFeed’s Adam Ellis decided that women can rock them, too, and came up with a gallery featuring Disney’s princesses sporting flowing manes on their scalps and on their chins. [Let's not forget it's Movember! -Ed.]

Meet the Bearded Mermaid, the Sleeping Beardy, Beardahontas, and more in his amusing gallery, which you can check out after the break.

VIA [ Geekologie ]

Healthy Food Sculptures are Pure Win

Posted on 15/11/2013 by Hazel Chua

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Parents are always telling their kids not to play with their food. But on the off-chance that it can lead to this, I’d let my (future) kids play with their food all they want.

These impressive food sculptures are the work of Romania-based photographer Dan Cretu, who uses a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables to create everyday objects like motorcycles, radios, cassette tapes, and cameras. The slide-out matchbox with matchsticks is my favorite in the series. Due to the organic nature of Dan’s fresh sculptures, each one of them had to be constructed and photographed within a matter of four hours.

Hit the break to check out more sculptures from the series.

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You can buy prints of Dan’s work on his Etsy shop.

VIA [ Incredible Things ]

If Disney Princesses Had Regular-Sized Eyes, They’d Look Like This

Posted on 13/11/2013 by Hazel Chua

Disney Princesses with Regular Eyes

Normal is relative, and when it comes to Disney’s princesses, the feature that varies the most is the size of their eyes. Ariel has noticeably large peepers, while Cinderella looks like she’s got closer-to-normal sized eyes. But what about the rest of the princesses? Well, Jen Lewis took it upon herself to edit their eyes so that each pair would be proportional to the face of the princess they belong to.

The result is what you see above and in the gallery after the break. Needless to say, most of them look odd, but maybe that’s because we’re used to seeing them with their larger-than-life eyes.

VIA [ Incredible Things ]

Honest Slogans: Logos with Funny (but True) Slogans

Posted on 06/11/2013 by Hazel Chua

Not all trailers are made equal. Some set up false expectations, while others fall short in hyping up the movie they’re supposed to advertise. Then Honest Trailers came along, and people knew what to realistic expect again.

The same can be said about company logos and their slogans. Most are catchy and almost all sing praises to the company, but they’re not always spot on. So for that, there’s Honest Slogans. The Tumblr blog was created by graphic designer Clif Dickens, who renders various company logos with more accurate slogans that depict their true nature in real life.

You can find more at Honest Slogans.

VIA [ Laughing Squid ]

The Most Amazing Book Covers You’ll Ever See

Posted on 03/11/2013 by Hazel Chua

Marketers (and Redditors) use “click bait” titles like the one above because they work to drive traffic and interest in seeing what lays beyond. Of course, there’s a fine line between an exciting headline and an outright exaggeration of the truth, and most click bait pieces belong in the latter.

CollegeHumor took it upon themselves to show people what certain popular book covers would be like if their original titles were replaced with click bait ones. Starting with Charlotte’s Web…

From young adult fiction series like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games to classic works like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, CollegeHumor leaves few titles untouched. Most of the click bait versions are pretty spot on.

You can check out more covers in the gallery below.