Hate the rain? What if it transformed a dull street into a river bursting with colorful fish? A group of designers from South Korea teamed up with Pantone to bring life to the gloomy, rainy streets of Seoul by creating huge street…
It’s always said that there are two kinds of people in this world. And to put it into perspective, talented illustrator and art director Joao Rocha of Lisbon, Portugal, created 2 Kinds of People Tumblr, which we wrote about before. Now he’s back…
People living in small apartments often miss out on the visual relief that a balcony or garden would give them. Enter Argentinian architect Aldana Ferrer Garcia, who has created an extendable window that allows apartment-dwellers to lie down and gaze up…
Margaret Thome Bekema, aged 97, is proof that it’s never too late. She never graduated from Grand Rapids Catholic Central High like she was supposed to, because she was forced to drop out four years earlier in 1932 to take care…
These two men are not brothers, nor has this now-viral photo been Photoshopped. The two strangers met on Thursday evening on a flight from London to Galway. 32-year-old Neil Douglas was surprised to find a man that looked exactly like him…
Ahh, the friend zone. You’ve probably heard this term being tossed around one too many times. The thing is, it’s complete sexist bull. And here are 7 reasons why this term should be permanently deleted from your vocabulary. #1. Because it’s sexist…
Adele’s back again, and her new single, “Hello,” is (surprise, surprise) another sad song to a former lover. It clearly struck a nerve with Alabama student Mary Caldarella, who decided to use the lyrics to troll her ex-boyfriend, Matt. Caldarella’s SMS screenshots have gone viral on…
Iron Man may have superpowers, but it’s the actor behind the suit — Robert Downey Jr. — who is the real-life hero. Vicky Keyte’s 7-year-old son Daniel has cystic fibrosis. Recently, a boy in his class told him that all children…
If there’s one thing that we all have in common as a human race, it’s our insatiable curiosity for the deep dark underbelly of society. After all, crime happens everyday and can be committed by anyone. If you want to…
We all know that “the good old days” were more than good, they were awesome. People had a sense of style, taste, and class that seems to be missing these days. #1. A young, dashing Harrison Ford. #2. Audrey Hepburn at…
This is the kind of initiative we should be seeing everywhere: a program run out of the Siloam Mission in Winnipeg, Canada, hires homeless people to clean up the downtown streets and pays them $11/hour for their efforts. It’s become so successful that it fills…
Forget standing desks, because the latest revolution is working lying down. A back injury suffered by Altwork co-founder John Speicher prevented him from working at a computer, but it also gave him the idea for this awesome invention. Designed in Sonoma Valley, California, the…
Everyday for five years, 93-year-old Louise Edlen waved to the bus of students from Arlington High who passed her house on their way to and from school. She became known as “the grandma in the window.” But one September morning, grandma…
This is the tender moment newlywed Greta Hokanson shared a dance with the man who saved her life when she was just 16. Greta was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2006, and the only cure was a bone marrow transplant. None of her…
Adult life is HARD. But perhaps we sometimes overcomplicate things, too. Writer Chaz Hutton’s brilliant series of simple illustrations on sticky-notes perfectly sum up the difficulties of being an adult — with no more than a few strokes of his pen. Using…
Simon Schaffrath and his wife are expecting, and so to celebrate, he decided to make a series of very creative photos, using his wife’s body as a canvas. Each photo has a special message for his unborn son, who is called Theo.…