Artist Transforms A Room Into An Amazing Two-Dimensional Oil Painting

California-based artist Alexa Meade, who was previously featured here for turning her three-dimensional subjects into two-dimensional artworks, has transformed a room into an amazing work of art.



The room has been painted with brick walls, wooden floors, furnished with wooden chairs, mirrors and models, and rendered to look just like a two-dimensional oil painting.



Check out more of the artist's work on her Instagram account and her website.



















[via Visual News]

Food Artist ‘Draws’ A Pancake That Looks Like A Fearsome Tiger

An anonymous food artist on Imgur has come up with this delicious pancake that looks like a fearsome tiger.



The artist first sketched out the animal and transferred the outline onto the frying pan. Then, he carefully poured the batter to take on the shape of the “sketch”.



Have a look at what he did below—we cannot wait to see what he will come up with next.



























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Artist Adds Whimsy To The Night By Hanging Up A Large Moon With A Crane

Spanish artist SpY has created a large-scale moon installation in Switzerland.



The “waxing crescent” was handmade and hung using a crane, transforming the surrounding neighborhood with this massive light installation in the night.



The artist's creations often project “urban elements through transformation or replication”, through observing the surroundings of the cities he works in.



Find more pictures of the artist's projects on his website.























[via SpY]

A Concept Series Of Cigarettes Designed To Help You Quit Smoking

Taiwanese designer Tseng Yi Wen has created a concept series of cigarettes that is designed to help a smoker quit smoking.



This project, named Tobacco, contains four different types of cigarettes. They are designed around the different habits smokers have, allowing them to wean off tobacco gradually.





Tobacco-Luck is a set of several cigarettes, with a gradually increasing filter tip for each stick and decreasing tobacco section. The idea is for smokers to smoke less tobacco gradually.













Tobacco-Sharing is a cigarette that can be halved and shared with another smoker. This helps the smoker and his friend cut down on their smoking.





Tobacco-Trace involves assigning a number to purchased cigarettes, allowing people to be tracked down by the cigarette butts they flick to the ground.





Tobacco-Day is a pack of cigarettes that have the days of the month printed on their tips, helping smokers to track the number of cigarettes they have consumed. It also helps to remind smokers that they can regain their health every time they skip a smoke.



[via PSFK]

Fascinating Vintage Photographs Of Japanese Diver 'Mermaids' (NSFW)

Japanese photographer, the late Iwase Yoshiyuki, was born in a fishing village on the pacific side of the Chiba peninsula in Japan, where he grew up surrounded by the Ama, an ancient subculture of Japanese women who made a living from diving into the ocean for oysters and abalone.



Ama are often almost naked, wearing just a loincloth and a mask. They swim deep in the ocean for long periods of time without floatation or breathing devices.



The reason for their nakedness is because the modern swimming outfit did not exist until the 1950s, and the cotton costumes available to them made them feel colder when they were out in the water.



They also harvested seaweed and turban shells in freezing waters, for 2 minutes at a time and come up to breathe for just a few seconds. They would do this up to 60 times in a single diving session, up to three times a day.



These photographs were taken by Yoshiyuki in the 1920s, when Ama "mermaids" still existed.



























[via Messy Nessy Chic]

An Inside Look At Large-Scale Cannabis Production

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For the New York Times, Kassie Bracken and John Woo have produced a short documentary that shows what cannabis production within a factory is like.



Taking a trip to the Tweed cannabis factory in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, where new federal regulations allowed the large-scale legal production of marijuana, this short online documentary explores the realities of large-scale corporate cannabis production.



This factory is legally authorized to keep up to 15,000 kilograms of marijuana, which equates to approximately $100 million USD, or more.



Watch the documentary here:















[via Highsnobiety]

Cheeky Illustrations That Poke Fun Of Our Relationship With Technology

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London-based graphic designer from France, Jean Jullien has a series of illustrations that poke fun at our relationship with technology—in particular, mobile devices.



Jullien recently presented a solo exhibition at this year’s Pictoplasma event, where he was also a speaker. He described this exhibition as “a tongue-in-cheek take on devices and everyday observations that everyone can relate to”.



He also presented his latest work, a cheeky illustrated animation for The Coward, a London-based electronic music group.



Watch it here:

The Coward - Statues from Jullien Brothers on Vimeo.

[via We Heart]