You may be surprised to learn that these gorgeous bowls are made with the fragile skeletons of real maple leaves and some Kozo paper. And then finished with watercolor and Krylon coating. These beautifully delicate leaf bowls were created by Kay Sekimachi,…
These cubes are too perfectly symmetrical to eat. Dutch duo artists Lernert and Sander have created perhaps one of the most alluring displays of raw food. Perfectly cut into 2.5×2.5 centimeter cubes, these pieces are arranged within equal distance from each other.…
Ripping around the slopes on a snowboard with a 3-year-old girl nestled in between your legs is not exactly everyone’s idea of sensible. But 3-year-old Kinsley didn’t seem fazed in the least. The fearless toddler let her dad take her on an…
There’s nothing quite like a cheeky Nando’s on a Friday night, or any time for that matter. Except for, perhaps, taking the piss out of our friends across the pond. The social media furore all started out with an innocent enough…
Japan is a haven for all sorts of amazing art forms that range from the sublime to the downright odd. This one is somewhere in between. Amezaiku is the Japanese craft of making lollipops. Not just any lollipop, mind you, but artistic lollipops…
These tattoos are the perfect crime for anyone who’s got a bit of cat-titude. Getting a cute tattoo is actually illegal in South Korea. Yep, they’re freaking illegal. South Korean law considers tattooing to be an invasive medical procedure. Hence, only…
Anyone with a functioning uterus can agree that menstrual periods are an unfortunate but unavoidable discomfort. And although it sucks for the most part, the monthly experience can be improved with easily available feminine hygiene products, pain killers and a little compassion. Only in rare cases does a…
Brace your inner foodie and contain your school-girl shrieks everyone, because dim sum just got a whole lot better. Hello Kitty, beloved by girls and women everywhere, is expanding past mere fashion accessories and stationery. The cute cat will now also be available on your dumplings.…
Artist Jen Lewis chooses an interesting medium to create her art. Can you guess what it is? There’s only one thing that’s as deep and red as this: menstrual blood. Lewis, a self-titled “menstrual designer,” is on a mission to break the taboo around menstruation.…
Remember Sid the Sloth from the Ice Age movies? Well, he has a real-life lookalike. And it’s a dog. Zappa, a 15-year-old Italian greyhound, has an uncanny resemblance to the beloved animated sloth Sid. Owners Sadie, 23, and Rosalie Millen, 28, said…
Police were called in to the streets of London this Saturday after an English Defense League march began to clash with anti-fascist protesters in Walthamstow. While fighting fascism is all very serious business, the highlight of the day definitely…
Mark Herman, a news director in Tucson, Arizona resigned from his position at KOLD-TV in a very sweet way. He announced his departure through social media and included a picture of a cake, saying: “I handed in the most delicious letter of resignation…
When Chiquita Hill of Georgia was told that Sean, her 10-year-old son, had been acting up in his fifth-grade class, mouthing off, talking back to his teacher, and “just being rude and disrespectful”, she took drastic action. “I knew I had…
In Hong Kong, one has to tiptoe, pirouette, and pole vault on the streets in order to avoid stepping on garbage. Littering is a pandemic. And it needs to be eradicated. If only there was a way to find out who threw…
This is Gary, a.k.a the “Concerned Kitten”. He’s an 8-week-old furball with the most adorable eyebrow game ever. Gary’s owner, Andy Entwistle, said: “When he was born there were just these two little black blotches on his forehead.” “As he grew they…
Aniko Kolesnikova has a pretty unusual interest. She spends her time crafting shockingly cool book covers. Working under the name Mandarin Duck, Latvia-based Kolesnikova creates book and journal covers that are nothing short of magical. Here are some more of her amazing…