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China’s Government Paves a Highway Around Stubborn Homeowners

November 26th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

In order to build a new road, the Chinese government had to move a village of over 1000 people – two, however, said they would stay till the bitter end and didn’t leave. It wouldn’t be a big deal, only now their house stands alone in the middle of a new motorway of Xiayangzhang village in the province of Zhejiang. The phenomenon of a lone house that wasn’t torn down due to the constructions is called a “nail house” in China, referring to the image of an ingrown nail that’s painful and almost unable to remove.

Luo Baogen and his wife, the only residents of the five-storey block of flats, explain that they won’t move because the compensation the government offers is not sufficient. The farmer says he would move if the government offered enough for him to rebuilt a house elsewhere, but the standing offer of 260,000 yuan (US$41,573) won’t cover the costs. The road, leading to the Wenling Railway Station, hasn’t been opened yet, but with adequate supply of electricity and water, the farmer family seems pretty confident about their decision.

Home sweet home indeed!

Via: Reuters, telegraph.co.uk

Image credits: news.nationalpost.com

Luo Baogen and his wife, the only residents of the five-storey block of flats, explain that they won’t move because the compensation the government offers is not sufficient.

Image credits: news.nationalpost.com

China’s Government Paves a Highway Around Stubborn Homeowners originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 26, 2012.

Tags: Architecture, boredpanda, China, full-page, Latest Posts, nail house, Weird

Hundreds of Toilet Paper Rolls Turned Into Art

November 21st, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

An average person would most likely come up with two possible uses for a toilet paper roll: first one being the very private one, and the second one – a high school TP prank. In this case, allow us to introduce you to Sakir Gökcebag, a Hamburg-based Turkish artist, and his Trans-Layers installations, made out of hundreds of toilet paper rolls that drape down the walls creating beautiful patterns.

It’s not the first time Sakir uses unusual art mediums. Previously, he has used such commonplace objects as clocks, brooms, umbrellas and such. The artist usually develops an idea for an installation after close observation of the object’s function and form. The use of its intrinsic qualities is what creates this element of simplicity and surprise. Turns out, almost anything can have undiscovered artistic potential!

Website: sakirgokcebag.com

Hundreds of Toilet Paper Rolls Turned Into Art originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 21, 2012.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, installation, Latest Posts, Sakir Gökcebag, toilet paper, toilet paper art, toilet paper installation, toilet roll, Trans-Layers, Weird

Hundreds of Toilet Paper Rolls Turned Into Art

November 21st, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Website: sakirgokcebag.com

Hundreds of Toilet Paper Rolls Turned Into Art originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 21, 2012.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, installation, Latest Posts, Sakir Gökcebag, toilet paper, toilet paper art, toilet paper installation, toilet roll, Trans-Layers, Weird

Breathtaking Murmurations of Starlings

November 16th, 2012 by Justina | No Comments | Filed in Design

For some it may look as a romantic spectacle of nature, others associate it with a horror movie scene, while for street sweepers it just means a lot of crap to clean. These “living clouds” created by thousands of starlings flying together has acquired a term “murmuration.” The way they all suddenly change direction or speed still remains the secret of nature, but there are theories to support both the scientific and the supernatural side of it.

Some say that the coordination of flocks that vary from 100 to 4000 birds is beyond biology. No matter the size of the flock, it remains unclear how the birds all respond to the same command instantly as if they were a single entity. Others, however, claim that the underlying maths is comparatively straightforward – birds just try to stick close to each other for safety reasons. That way, they also instantly copy any changes in the movement of those next to them. If one bird changes its direction, others do the same, creating a magnificent rippling effect.

No matter what, it’s a magical sight! It occurs in February and November, so check out the sky every once in a while!

(Image credits: Owen Humphreys)

(Image credits: Chris Robbins)

(Image credits: Alan Mackenzie)

Breathtaking Murmurations of Starlings originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 16, 2012.

Tags: Animals, bird flocks, birds, boredpanda, Latest Posts, murmuration, murmuration of starlings, starlings, Weird

Mysterious Underwater Circles Found near Japan

September 25th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

You’ve probably heard a lot of stories about crop circles and aliens, but surprisingly a Japanese photographer Yoji Ookata has found something very similar 80 ft below the sea level. While diving off the coast of Japan, he discovered a mysterious ~6.5 ft wide circle precisely carved from sand. Yoji decided to come back with a TV crew to figure out this strange phenomenon.

The cameras revealed that the culprit was a few-inch long puff fish, creating the sand sculptures by swimming tirelessly and using its single fin. The team figured that this is how the female fish attract the male ones, and the center of the circle is where the pair lays the eggs. The riffles then serve as a protective buffer against ocean currents. In fact, the more riffles a fish makes, the more chances it has to find a pair.

Website: ookatayouji.amaminchu.com, cgi2.nhk.or.jp | via

Mysterious Underwater Circles Found near Japan originally appeared on Bored Panda on September 25, 2012.

Tags: aliens, Animals, boredpanda, crop circles, fish, japan, Latest Posts, mystery circles, Science, ufo, underwater, underwater crop circles, Weird, Yoji Ookata

Mysterious Underwater Circles Found near Japan

September 25th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Website: ookatayouji.amaminchu.com, cgi2.nhk.or.jp | via

Mysterious Underwater Circles Found near Japan originally appeared on Bored Panda on September 25, 2012.

Tags: aliens, Animals, boredpanda, crop circles, fish, japan, Latest Posts, mystery circles, Science, ufo, underwater, underwater crop circles, Weird, Yoji Ookata

36 Strange and Funny Google Street View Photos

August 13th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

We wanted to post these awesome Google Street View photos a long time ago, but somehow they got lost along the way. Luckily, I found them while reading Twisted Sifter. We tried our best to find more cool examples of Google Street View images, however almost every source was pointing to Jon Rafman.

Montreal based artist Jon Rafman isn’t the original photographer but instead he explores Google Street Views and takes screenshots of the most unusual and funny sights. The original images were taken by an army of Google’s hybrid electric automobiles, each one equipped with nine cameras on a single pole trying to photograph every highway and byway in the world.

“The world captured by Google appears to be more truthful and more transparent because of the weight accorded to external reality, the perception of a neutral, unbiased recording, and even the vastness of the project,” said Jon in his interview to Art Fag City.

“With its supposedly neutral gaze, the Street View photography had a spontaneous quality unspoiled by the sensitivities or agendas of a human photographer. It was tempting to see the images as a neutral and privileged representation of reality—as though the Street Views, wrenched from any social context other than geospatial contiguity, were able to perform true docu-photography, capturing fragments of reality stripped of all cultural intentions.”

Without further ado, here are 36 strangest and funniest Google Street View photos from Jon Rafman’s collection with a couple of our own finds.

Website: 9-eyes.com

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Realistic Body Art by Chooo-San

June 29th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Japanese art student Chooo-San, aged 19, uses only acrylic paint and her incredible talent to transform herself into a mutant or cyborg. Multiple mouths, six eyes or even batteries protruding from her forearms – these are just a few examples of what she can do with a human body.

Everything began when Chooo-San was studying for university admission exams. She would draw eyes and other objects on her hands while taking breaks from her studies.

Finally, she took her hobby a step further and created a portfolio of her realistic body paintings. The results look incredibly promising and reminds me of Creepily Realistic Tattoos by Yomico Moreno. Chooo-San is on a good track, and I’m pretty sure we’ll see her on Bored Panda again.

Website: flavors.me/chooosan

Realistic Body Art by Chooo-San originally appeared on Bored Panda on June 29, 2012.

Tags: Art, body art, body painting, boredpanda, Chooo-San, Latest Posts, realistic, realistic body art, surrealism, Weird

Amazing Camouflage Art by Desiree Palmen

June 26th, 2012 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

We have already shown you some amazing Camouflage Art by Liu Bolin, and now we want to introduce you to another real-life Invisible Man – the Dutch artist Desiree Palmen.

The difference between the two camouflage masters is that Bolin uses his own body as a canvas, whereas Palmen makes other people dissolve or disappear into their surroundings.

“The artist herself produces the camouflage suit. For each photo, for each environment of her choice, she designs a new suit, which again and again has to be made with the greatest precision, or the illusive effect will not work. By uniting the figure with the background, Desiree Palmen reaches a surprising visual effect that requests a special effort for the observing eye: it must disentangle what is flat and what is spatial.”

Website: desireepalmen.nl

Rotterdam 2002

Rotterdam 2004

Jerusalem 2006 / 2007

Berlin 2011 / 2012 & Rotterdam 2000 / 2001

Rotterdam 2000 / 2001

Leiden 2009

Rotterdam 2002

Maastricht 1999

Rotterdam 2002

Vienna 2008

Rotterdam 2000 / 2001

Istanbul 2011

Amazing Camouflage Art by Desiree Palmen originally appeared on Bored Panda on June 26, 2012.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, camouflage, camouflage art, Desiree Palmen, invisible man, Latest Posts, Weird

Miniature Body Part Jewelry by Percy Lau

June 12th, 2012 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

London-based designer Percy Lau creates tiny lifelike human body parts that can be worn as jewelry.

Her weirdly awesome accessories include little third ear, mouth, nose and even a tiny male genitalia. You can wear them as earrings, necklaces, and rings.

All of them are fun, but I’d pick the Little Third Ear earrings as they look incredibly cool when put in our big ears. The only thing they lack is the customization to match your actual skin tone.

You can get these weird body part accessories on Etsy for $24-$42.

What about you? Would you wear them?