"from bob dylan and marilyn monroe to nefertiti and mona lisa, barbie sits as the model for a photographic and graphic series that juxtaposes modern and antiquated standards of beauty."
the body of work consists of 1:87 to 1:50 scale model environments featuring homes undergoing great destruction as their inhabitants seem to be oblivious to their world falling apart.
mixing 3D renderings, photoshop work, and photography into arresting fashion images, the 'glamorous futurist[ic]' works are on exhibition through may 11th at the diesel art gallery in shibuya, tokyo, japan.
Dutch design firm LOOS.FM expanded on the life-size LEGO trend with Abondantus Giganticus, a 20 meter tall church-shaped temporary pavilion created from LEGO-like bricks.
a vending machine at a just-opened tokyo café lets users select a japanese idol, who arrives in person to serve up a bowl of instant ramen and chat for the three minutes the noodles require to soak.
the networked system of touchscreen vending machines lets users purchase beverage gifts for friends and strangers-- complete with a personalized video message-- that can be redeemed at any other 'social vending' machine.
In an absurd twist of fate and a rather distinct and unusual statement on the need to recycle, residents of Shanghai got the surprise of their life ...