Abigail Goldman is obsessed with the darker side of life. So much so she has created these miniature crime scene displays, playfully titled Die-o-ramas. These little boxes of horror feature seemingly ordinary scenes of people enjoying themselves while somewhere else in this tranquil scene, a grizzly murder has been committed. Click the pic to see [...]
Thanks to Studio Arthur Casas, São Paulo is the new home to an awesome new wine and champagne bar called Mistral. The wine company has a well respected reputation amongst the locals, being known for having “the best and most complete catalog of wines in the country.” With that sort of reputation, it only seemed [...]
Over at Flavorwire, they’ve been discussing how the meanings of words has evolved over time. One of the most interesting ones we saw was on the origins of cool as we currently understand it today. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, its earliest slang meaning dates to 1728, to describe large sums of money, a [...]
We’re all for websites lending a helping hand to creatives everywhere – heck, that’s the reason we do what we do! Another such gem lurking in the halls of the t’internet is Patternity. This wonderful website trawls the web and elsewhere looking for visual patterns so help designers, artists, anybody to create new and wonderful [...]
On May 27 San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary. Working with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservatory, agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners has created a suitably grand poster campaign… The photographs of the bridge that provide the source material for the posters were taken by GSP’s own Rich Silverstein and agency photographer [...]
From Walt Disney’s first ever production (and still one of the most popular) ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‘ back in 1937, to classics such as ‘Snoopy, Come Home!‘ in the early 1970′s, and of course the modern day whoppers such as ‘How To Train Your Dragon‘ released earlier this year. There’s something here for [...]
One of our favourite books sitting in Apowl HQ is Margoiles’ “Roadside America”, an ode to the amazing creativity small businesses put into developing street signs to attract customers. We’ve just spotted this beautiful photo series by Shakes The Clown over on Flickr further illustrating our point: these retro signs are a work of art [...]
There are still many abandoned and uninhabited islands around the world. Why isn’t there anyone living on them? After all, 270 people live on Tristan de Cunha, which is 2430 kilometers from the next inhabited island! The reasons islands remain uninhabited are financial, political, environmental, or religious -or a combination of those reasons. Click the [...]
When you think of the Cannes Film Festival, perhaps you remember that time last year when Ryan Gosling showed up in what can only be described as evening pajamas. Or the year Borat showed up in a Mankini (really, no photo necessary). It’s hit or miss, especially when it comes to men’s wear, as Hollywood’s [...]
We’re not sure where artist Matthew Cox is getting all of his X-Rays from – can you buy them second hand? – but we do know is, the results of his most recent art project, are strangely alluring. Taking images shot under medical conditions, he adds his own more human touch to the images via [...]
