28 February 2014

Heartwarming Photographs Of Inseparable Siblings Who Are 18 Years Apart





Hailing from Guangzhou, China, David Woo’s followers on Weibo—a Chinese microblogging site—skyrocketed after he started chronicling his outings with his younger sister.



His sister, Peipei, will be turning six this year—although there is an 18-year age gap between the siblings, they are very close.



Woo is a huge part of his younger sister’s life as they do everything together—a particularly adorable photograph shows Peipei trying to feed him a snack. They even celebrate Christmas and Halloween, with Woo dressing up as Santa Claus and Peipei pretending to be Chun Li from Street Fighter.



Peipei also enjoys taking photographs and even suggests different poses to make their pictures fun and interesting.



Isn’t it sweet that they get along so well?



Scroll down to see how they spend time together.











































































[via Rocket News 24]

Interactive Posters That Let Commuters Lend And Borrow Loose Change

[Click here to view the video in this article]







The Portuguese agency Mark + has come up with a clever initiative to help people who often do not have change to pay for their bus fares.



Called the “Payback Collective”, the agency pasted interactive posters that let passers-by slot their loose change into the poster. Those who do not have enough change for their bus tickets can take the coins—as long as they remember to pay it forward.



Isn’t this a great idea?



Watch how these posters have benefitted the public below.



















[via Comunicadores]

Collages That Juxtapose Colorful Silhouetted Figures With Vintage Backgrounds





French artist SLip has come up with a collage project entitled ‘Disappear’ in which he combines silhouetted figures of a different, colored reality with vintage black-and white-photographs.



The vibrant figures become the focal point of the images, such as a human-shaped silhouette of a volcano eruption, or a field of tulips, and expose a self that might otherwise be overlooked.



"Disappearance is a domestic capacity that will hide a person's discomfort... This collection invites you to discover the inner world of men and women," the artist explains.



























































[via My Modern Met, images via SLip]

A Darkly Humorous Children’s Book That Pokes Fun At Modern Art





British writer and artist Miriam Elia has written a humorous children’s book called We Go to the Gallery that pokes fun at the self-absorption and pretentiousness one sometimes encounters in modern art.



Written and illustrated in the style of the classic Ladybird books, it revolves around a family’s visit to a modern art gallery where they learn about sex, death, nothingness and the “debilitating middle class self hatred contained in the artworks.”



The book is filled with scenes that bubble with dark humor and sarcasm; one page features an empty room which confuses the children and prompts their mother to proclaim “God is dead”, while another scene simply shows the girl staring at a blank canvas.



In an interview with The Independent, Elia said she thought it would be amusing to imagine “Mummy, Peter and Jane going to a really nihilistic modern art exhibition.”



She raised £5,000 through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to self-publish the book, which is available for pre-order here.



View some pages from the book below.





























[via The Independent, images via Miriam Elia and The Independent]

Beautiful, Breathtaking Photos Of Dawn And Dusk Across The Globe



Montparnasse, Paris via Mathieu Dupuis



National Geographic recently asked the photographers in their ‘Your Shot’ online community for contributions of their best images capturing the golden hours of dawn and dusk.



The photos submitted came in from across the globe. From Prague to Iceland, Paris to India, each expresses the majesty and beauty of the first and last sunlight in their own unique way and culture.



They are currently exhibited at the ‘Golden Hour’ gallery.



Check out some of the breathtaking images below.





Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco via Michael Bennett





Cinque Terre, Italy via Sorin Rechitan





Jama Masjid, Delhi via Manoj Sharma





Man Sagar Lake, Jaipur, India via Yaman Ibrahim





Pedraforca Mountain, Spain via Albert Vàzquez





Mesa Arch, Utah via Gerhard Korts





Vltava River, Prague via Jaromir Chalabala





Iceland via Jeremy Brun





New York City via Raffi B



[via My Modern Met, images via National Geographic]