Innova: July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Big Yellow Rabbit (8 Photos)

This adorable installation was built as a tourist ~~trap~~ attraction in a small Swedish city. This adorable bunny cost around $20,000 to build.

Threadless T-Shirt & NASA Contest (16 Photos)

Threadless T-shirt and NASA held a t-shirt design contest under the "Final Frontier" theme to honor what NASA has contributed to the world. The deadline of submissions was July 25th, but you have one more day to vote for the tee's! Here are some of the designs:

Funny Cartoons by Chow Hon Lam (17 Photos)

Funny illustrations and cartoons by Chow Hon Lam.

Creepy HDR Photo (22 Photos)

Not only can HDR effect be beautifully scenic, but it also can be spine-chilling.

Celebrities in the Renaissance Era (10 Photos)

We're pretty sure these are shopped. But wouldn't it be funny (and creepy) if they were true?

Ramadan Ads (9 Photos)

In the spirit of Ramadan (Ramadan Kareem Everyone!) We tried googling 'Creative Ramadan Ads'. While during Ramadan we see numerous creative printed ads, we found it depressing for the lack of online galleries showcasing the creativeness of Ramadan ads. SO here's your assignment, Innovers: if you happen to stumble upon a creative ad scan it or take a photo of it and send it to us!

Ramadan Kareem!

They Built The Simpsons House! (10 Photos)

The Simpsons has been on for around 22 years, and just recently the "Real Life Simpsons House" is surfacing the web. The real story behind the house is that in 1997 there was a competition where the prize was a real life replica of the Simpsons house. The winner of the competition, however, declined the house and wanted the cash prize instead. So this beautiful house, with every tiny detail included from photos to color-scheme to accessories, was stripped down to its basic essentials and sold.

It's Friday, Here's a Dose of Weirdness from Around the Web (38 Photos)

A collection of the weirdness, funniest and awesome photos circulating the world wide web.

How Famous Companies Got Their Names (24 Photos)

Ever wonder what those household names we hear (almost) everyday stand for?

Weird Mailboxes (22 Photos)

We love to post the weird stuff from around the web. What would the mailman think he had to drop of your mail in one of these creative, unusual or just kitsch mailboxes?

Move Posters by Traumatron (9 Photos)

Artist and designer Colin Newman (AKA Traumanatron) re-created famous movie posters with a dark artistic twist.

Tokyo HDR Photography (32 Photos)

We've always wanted to visit Tokyo. But these HDR Photos made us call our travel agent and book a ticket for tomorrow!

Christmas Playing Cards Design (6 Photos)

Dashwood is a Design Agency in New Zealand with a never-ending love for Typography. So in order to celebrate Christmas, they created these awesome playing cards - each card a a brief description on the Typeface used in that card and the King, Queen, Prince and Joker characters are based on sketches of the Dashwood team.

We Love Minimalism: Packaging Design by Antrepo (19 Photos)

Antrepo is a Design Consultancy Firm that want to change the perception of Minimalism in Design. They believe that Minimalism is a feeling every product should consider having. They launched the "The Minimalist Effect" on two phases.
Phase 1 of the redesign has 3 aspects: Original Design / Simple Design / More Simple Design
Phase 2 of the redesigning has 4 aspcets: Original Design/ Simple Design / More Simple Design / No Logo Design

Phase (1):

Cosplay Costumes Dress Up for Comic Con (36 Photos)

Another post about X-treme Fanboys and Fangirls all dressed up for Comic Con. Awesome and creative costumes!

HDR Photography (20 Photos)

We found these amazing HDR Photographs online. If you have any information about the Artists/ Photographers please contact us so we can give credit where credit is due.

Surreal Light Illustrations by Tang Yau Hoog (11 Photos)

A series of surreal illustrations by Tang Yau Hoog playing with Light in a fun way.

Barry Underwood Photography (18 Photos)

These photographs are taken by Barry Underwood, in a natural installation of his creation.

Inspirational Cartoons by Alex Noreiga (53 Photos)

Cartoonist Alex Noriega draws these awesome inspiring comics that give you a little perspective on life when all seems lost. Stuff No One Told Me About is an amazing website whenever you're feeling a little down.

Book Sculptures (21 Photos)

We know it's been a while since we posted something new & awesome. This post is dedicated to the most awesome type of sculptures out there -- book sculptures!

Jamie Beck GIF Photography (20 Photos)

Jamie Beck, the New York based photographer wanted to transform the (trashy but funny) world of GIFs into beautiful pieces of art. Feast your eyes on these subtle, spine chilling GIFs.

note: Give the GIFs a chance to load.

Paper Illustrations (10 Photos)

These beautiful Paper Illustrations are the creation of an Italian design house and printing press called Bomboland.

Cars We Love: Mercedes Logo Then & Now (9 Photos)

The evolution of the ever popular Mercedes Icon:

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China's Apple Stoer (9 Photos)

If you ever go to China, you can find cheep Apple Products at the ~~genuine~~ fake Apple ~~Store~~ Stoer. Everything about it looks real. If it weren't for the misspelled sign, one might fall for the fraud!

Year Book Photos (15 Photos)

These creative Russian kids took a different approach to the boring mug-shot-like yearbook photos.

Beautiful Photography by Dan Busta (15 Photos)

Photographer Dan Busta creates beautiful photographic compositions that are fantastic, surreal and chilling.

Movie Stars Transformations (19 Photos)

Nope, we're not talking about Transformers, it's a humanly type of transformation stars go through for their movie characters. Would you change your image for anything or anyone?

Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones Diary

We Love Vintage: Disney Land Poster (38 Photos)

It's Disneyland's Anniversary! Celebrate it with these supercool vintage Disneyland Posters!

Cute & Creative Marriage Proposal (14 Photos)

A guy called Jim created a website to propose to his girlfriend Julie, juliewillyoumarry.me . Very adorable and very creative.

Amazing Paper Sculptures by Carlon Meira (12 Photos)

These beautiful and rich sculptures are the paper sculptures of Carlon Meira.

Deconstructing Fairy tales (12 Photos)

These cute illustrations deconstruct the simplest elements (seen, unseen and thought of) of famous fairy tales. We especially LOVE the depiction of Alice in Wonderland. Kick ass!

Dr. Who in Traveling Posters (3 Photos)

Take a closer look at the posters and you'll see the famous blue booth.

Art We Love: Eye Make Up (19 Photos)

My, what big eyes you've got there ...

Pets Confessions (15 Photos)

Ever wonder what your pets really think/do when you're not around?

Art We Love: Illustrations by Iain Macarthur (24 Photos)

Beautiful illustrations and drawing by the English Artist Iain Macarthur.

Anamorphises Street Art - Medusa (Photos)

Painted by the Truly Design Crew. Awesome. That is all.

Cars We Love: Ford Inceptor (Photos)

Ford is marking the celebration of Mad Max: Fury Road by re-creating the Inceptor car. The actor Tom Hardy playing Max Rockatansky gets to drive this awesome concept car. We are not jealous at all!

Nike Hyperfuse (18 Photos)

We love the Nike's new Hyperfuse collection. Not sure we'd wear these extremely bright fashion statements but we sure do love the designs.

Dreamy Photography by Jan Von Holleben (19 Photos)

These magical scenes below are made on the ground using very colorful composition.

Times Square Turns Yoga (5 Photos)

The Yoga Fest in Times Square is a free all-day event honoring the solstice - the longest day of the year. Isn't in beautiful, finding unity in a very diverse community?