You think being Mexican is hot enough for Sego and Ovbal? You ain’t heard nothing yet. These guys have a Flickr collection that will blow your street-art-lovin’ mind. [ Continue Reading ]

New car-safari ads by Brazilian advertising agency, DB9, are cute and effective, and about as interesting as you get. [ Continue Reading ]

Nicole Tran Va Bang is a multi-media artist with a very accesible, but maturely provocative style whose artwork begs for answers to questions that all of us ask. The umbrella topic? Beauty. It has been a fascination for artists since the dawn of time, but not all artists have live in a time when beauty has become such a fascination of all of society. We are pummelled with it from billboards, movie screens and, not least of all, mirrors. Tran Va Bang’s art dares to ask what it’s all about, how we get it, and, most of all, what it means. [ Continue Reading ]

They spend the year training at Urban Element urban dance studio in Montreal with Cindy “GoldiLocks” McAuliffe, and this year you’ll be able to catch them in competition representing Canada in Las Vegas. [ Continue Reading ]

There is something to be said for the art of good abstraction. After all, who didn’t feel a good twinge of intrigue when they saw their first Dali back in seventh grade art class, right? And there’s a similar something to be said about the abstract illustrations of Dhear One. [ Continue Reading ]

What’s a good photo without a good finishing artist? Well, with Jaroslav Stehlík around, we don’t have to find out. This Czech retouching and finishing artist who calls Prague his hometown turns photos with mediocre lighting and colour scheme into frosted, contemporary works of art. [ Continue Reading ]

The Global Coalition for Peace is a non-violent, non-denominational activist froup for world peace based out of the United States. Recently, they launched a new, creative ad campaign based on the old adage, “What Goes Around Comes Around,” denouncing the war in Iraq. [ Continue Reading ]

When I first ended up at writer James Lileks’ webpage, I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what it was for. After some investigation, I noticed the  small, subtle links to purchase his retro-chic design and cookbooks. But, this investigation took me through the bountiful collections that are all things Lileks, and as they say, it’s the journey… [ Continue Reading ]

Buddy Valastro calls himself, and may very well be, the Cake Boss this summer on TLC. Valastro’s family-run cake shop in Jersey, Carlo’s Bakery, turns out amazing edible works of art. Here’s the catch – so far, photos are hard to find on the internet, so you’ll have to tune in to see what I mean. For now, check out the sneak peek below.

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