Tag: Inspiring

Carved Book Landscapes Create New Art Out of Something Old

Lots of people have that shelf in their house or stack of boxes in the attic that's full of old books that haven't been cracked open in years. While most people leave them to sit or eventually haul them down to a used bookstore, Guy Laramee has a different use for books - carve them up. The multi-faceted artist has created a two series of...

55,000 LED Light Cathedral Lights Up Belgium

There's nothing quite like Ghent, Belgium's Light Festival which includes 30 exhibits from a glowing phone booth aquarium to 3D projection mapping. The undeniable centerpiece of last year's festival though was The Luminarie De Cagna. The humongous, cathedral like sculpture stands 28 meters in height and lights up the night sky with over 55,000 LED lights. That kind of electric beauty would make even the...
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Shadows From Everyday Objects Spring to Live in Artist’s Imaginative Doodles

Artist Vincent Bal transforms simple shadows into fun and creative doodles.

This child’s Guinness World Record is Truly a Miracle

Curtis Means had an uphill battle from the day he was born, but he beat the odds and became a world record-holder in the process.

He invented a hand-cranked washing machine, then gave it away for a very good reason

Navjot Sawhney is on a mission to make washing clothes not such a chore for refugees around the world.

Revolutionary Winged Microchips are Smaller Than An Ant

Winged microchips are no bigger than the tip of a pencil and could be used for data collection.

A Carpenter Is Saving Toronto’s Homeless From Freezing, One Mobile Shelter At A Time

Khaleel Seivwright doesn't have a solution for Toronto's homeless problem, but the carpenter is still trying to help.

This Theme Park is Designed to Lift the Spirits of Sick Children

Neal McCord works a job that most people at first glance would think twice about having. He is the vice president of project management...

Husband Spent Years Planting Thousands of Flowers For His Blind Wife

Mr and Mrs Kuroki moved to a dairy farm in rural Japan shortly after marrying in 1956. They began their life together, raising two...

Man Removes Swastika Tattoos After Befriending African American Parole Officer

Colorado resident Michael Kent spent over twenty years of his life hating people who were different than him. He participated in violent neo-Nazi demonstrations...

Dad Turns Sick Kids Into Superheroes in This Epic Photoshoot

In October last year, photographer John Rossi got a lot of attention for transforming his 3-year-old daughter into Wonder Woman for Halloween and staging...

This Man Befriends KKK Members and Convinces Them to Leave the Group

Daryl Davis is an electrifying musician. The accomplished blues piano player has performed with rock n' roll icons like Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee...

This Family Won $429 Million at the Lottery, and Used it in the Best Possible Way

A New Jersey family is taking the expression "pay it forward" to heart and plans to use their lottery winnings to do some real...

“Robin Hood Restaurant” Charges the Rich to Feed the Poor

Move over Disney, step aside Sir Connery and Russell Crowe—there’s a new Robin Hood in town, and it is serving up a feast of...