Tree of Life Poster by Degree

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Well Today's post is on Tree of Life by Degree.

But there is a meaning to this Tree of Life. 

What is Tree of Life ?

The concept of a tree of life has been used in science, religion, philosophy, and mythology. A tree of life is a common motif in various world theologies, mythologies, and philosophies. It alludes to the interconnection of all life on our planet and serves as a metaphor for common descent in the evolutionary sense. The term tree of life may also be used as a synonym for sacred tree.


The tree of knowledge, connecting to heaven and the underworld, and the tree of life, connecting all forms of creation, are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree.

Well it has it's different meaning in religion and mythology in various countries and religion. Let's not go in detail. I've given just basic meaning of Tree of Life.

 

But it is quite interesting.

Well me all must may some attention to this poster...We should think how we all depend on our nature.

The rings of the tree are created with tiny animals.

The lives of animals revolve around their living space, the rainforest. And since animals are not able to speak for themselves, the destruction of their habitat leaves them suffering in silence.
This unique poster aims to highlight the responsibility we have in letting animal species thrive in their natural environment—we have a choice whether or not to preserve nature and let it grow. Specially designed to assert this crucial message, it forms the basis of social attitudes towards Mother Nature for the many people out there who want to make a difference in our world.

Design Note: The Tree of Life print has been specifically designed to replicate a “rubber stamp” effect. This effect will result in certain portions being lighter, a little sketchy and sometimes even outlined, as compared to the rest of the poster. Please note that this is not a defect but an intended effect, as intended by Aaron, Gary and Khairul, the designers of the poster.

Degree is a project by DDB Worldwide Pte. Ltd. that acts as a launch pad for ideas that are unlike any other. It’s a place where good thinking meets great design, spawning off objects that are one of their kind. Browse, scroll and if something catches your eye, click buy. We’ll be more than happy to send it over.

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Degree is a project by DDB Worldwide Pte. Ltd. that acts as a launch pad for ideas that are unlike any other. It’s a place where good thinking meets great design, spawning off objects that are one of their kind. Browse, scroll and if something catches your eye, click buy. We’ll be more than happy to send it over.

I must say you should watch the movie The Lorax it's amazing movie...
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Tree Ring Lights by Judson Beaumont

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Well Today's post is on creative and smart piece. You can either use it as stool or table.



      These funky tree lights were designed by Judson Beaumont of Straight Line Designs, a furniture design firm out of Vancouver. Called Tree Rings the lights are made out of a beetle pine shell topped with mirrored Plexiglas that allows the embedded cool fluorescent light to shine through in the dark. I’m not sure of the practical application, but it appears the lights can be used as as small tables and bear enough weight to act as a stool. The pieces debuted last summer at Duthie Gallery.

    The Tree Rings came about after we were invited once again to take part in the Summer Lights show on Salt Spring Island. Since we have been working with large amounts of split Pine Beetle wood recently, we saw it fit to take our idea for the colour-tinted resin tops to the outdoors with these illuminated pieces.

  During the day they are a nice perch for your feet or your drink or your . Simple and playful.

   At night however, they transform into something else entirely. Illuminated from within, the different coloured tints in the acrylic resins flood the surrounding area with a bright and lively luminescence .

   Summer Lights features illuminated works of  art in the environment, artifice in nature, pieces of public art made to be visible in the dark. Viewable from distances and infinite perspectives, they  illuminate the trails and the towering trees of the Woodworks landscape and transform it into a new place, startling, playful and beautiful.  Each piece changes and evolves through the day in different lights and times and weathers.


Well it's pretty amazing..!! Isn't it ??

Lamps Made from Sawmill Waste and Tree Branches Embedded with Resin and LEDs

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Today's post is on lamp. This is an amazing and very creative lamp created by an Italian designer. It is made out of sawmill Waste. 

Isn't it Cool ?? To me it is wow...!! O_O






     Italian designer Marco Stefanelli's most recent Brecce Collection includes beautiful reclaimed logs and cement blocks with slivers of light coming through. The collection, which was debuted earlier this year at the Milan Furniture Fair, mixes technology with craft, resulting in pieces that are literally timeless. Stefanelli takes objects that have reached the end of their life cycle, such as scrapwood from a sawmill, and given them a second chance, by combining them with cast resin embedded with LEDs.


     Stefanelli creates his Brecce lamps by cutting a sliver of the log out, then making a silicone cast of the removed piece and then placing the light within the casted silicone. The lamps are assembled with screws or by locking the parts together and are finished with natural wax or with linseed oil. They vary in sizes, some small enough to be placed on a bookshelf and some large and sturdy enough to use as stools.

      The work of the breccias comes from the research of natural objects which, in some way, they arrived at the end of their life cycle. I'm from sawmill scraps, pieces of urban architecture, logs carried by the river, firewood ... To these objects he tries to give a second chance, pulling out the light from the subject and amplifying the sensory experience.
 
  

Minimalist Split Wood Lights and Sculptures by Split Grain

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How have you been doing ? Well did you'll love my blog ?? 

Well today's post is much more interesting..

This lamp is very creative and amazing. Well after looking at this lamp you may buy it right away.

ILLUMINATED SCULPTURE
 
         My illuminated sculptures reveal the elemental form and grain in a piece of Coastal Northern California Monterey Cypress. Fascinating details and hidden beauty are revealed from light emitting from the center of the sculpture, flowing out from each individual slice. A warm, white light traces the contours of the wood capturing beautiful patterns from all angles.

THIS PIECE

        This piece has a great form to it, an intriguing shape from every direction. It is stout and bold with a beautiful pattern of light that is emmitted between each slice. It is a very dramatic piece in my collection. It has a 3 meter black cloth cord from Germany with a 2 prong plug and switch. 115v AC.

MAKING THIS SCULPTURE
 
        This is truly a one-of-a-kind handmade, fine art sculpture made from an individual piece of wood taking more than 80 hours to complete. I find limbs from cypress trees and hand select, cut, and split each piece attempting to find a unique form. Most of the pieces I split are discarded as I look for only the most intriguing ones. Once I find a special piece, I further refine it, then slice it to bring out the details in the overall shape and grain, sand the faces to a fine surface, and finish with 3 layers of UV protecting clear urethane. The wood is drilled to accept a glass core and a rubber grommet to hold the slice around the glass. The base is carved out to fit a 350ma constant current LED driver, solid aluminum heat sink which protrudes as an architectural feature from the rear, light and lens. The wood is placed around the glass core illuminating it with a warm white (3000k) LED. A beautiful 3 meter German cloth-cord is attached to the sculpture with a Leviton switch 14” from the sculpture. A felt base for a scratch-free surface is attached to the bottom to complete the sculpture. The parts I use in this illuminated sculpture are UL and CE listed but the artwork itself is not listed or approved.

Lumio: A Portable Light that Folds like a Book

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Well I think you might love this portable light. It looks absolutely fantastic. It is cleverly designed by architect Max Gunawan. I must say it looks fabulous.





     The Lumio is a portable light that folds up just like a book and when opened it becomes illuminated from within. The light is embedded with magnets so it can be mounted on a wide variety of surfaces and when fully charged it remains lit for 8 hours. The Lumio was designed by architect Max Gunawan who launched it as a Kickstarter project just three days ago where demand has been great the project is already 240% funded.


     Lumio is a modern lamp that unfolds from a book. It has a minimalist yet poetic design aesthetic that blends laser cut wood cover with durable water resistant Tyvek “pages” containing high performing LED. Its unique design allows you to transform its shape based on your needs. Whether you're throwing an impromptu backyard party or reading a bedtime story to your kids, Lumio provides you with an elegant lighting solution.

     Inspired by the idea of an illuminated book, it is designed to have intuitive functionality. Simply open the cover to turn it on, the further you open the cover the brighter it gets. Lumio is compact and folds into 2.5cm thick book yet it provides 500 lumen of high output quality lighting. With less than 0.5 kg and 8 hours of powerful lighting means you can take it with you to light up any space. Easily charge it via micro USB from your computer or USB charger.

   Lumio is an elegant solution that provides you with beautiful and powerful lighting whenever you need it. Here are a few ways you can use Lumio:

• Table lamp
• Wall sconce
• Ceiling pendant
• Task lighting
• Accent light
• Outdoor lighting
• Emergency light
• Come up with your own unique uses for Lumio!

Well, What you have to say about this lamp ?
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Chandeliers out of Recycled Bike Part

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I wonder sometime how we can reuse the stuff around us and make something creative out of it. Yes, we can reuse the stuff around and make something interesting. 

You have read it right Chanderliers out of Recycled Bike Part. Well that sounds amazing. Below is the picture of chanderlier out of recycled bike part.






Well that looks awesome. Isn't it ?

            Ballroom Luminoso is a series of six brilliantly lit, color changing chandeliers. Drawing from the formal elegance of the freeway underpass and the cultural currents of the surrounding neighborhoods, the piece transforms a forgotten space into one that connects the community.

          Each globe contains a custom-designed LED light fixture, which casts sharply detailed overlapping shadows. The chandeliers paint the underpass with complex color patterns and ethereal lighting thereby refashioning the space into a majestic ballroom-cum-shadow theater. Melding grandeur with a sense of neighborhood rejuvenation, the sculptures weld recycled bike parts into refined forms.

           Ballroom Luminoso references the area’s past, present, and future in the design of its intricately detailed medallions. The images in the medallions draw on the community’s agricultural history, strong Hispanic heritage, and burgeoning environmental movement. The medallions are a play on the iconography of La Loteria, which has become a touchstone of Hispanic culture. Utilizing traditional tropes like La Escalera (the Ladder), La Rosa (the Rose), and La Sandía (the Watermelon), the piece alludes to the neighborhood’s farming roots and horticultural achievements. Each character playfully rides a bike acting as a metaphor for the neighborhood’s environmental progress, its concurrent eco-restoration projects, and its developing cycling culture.


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Creative and Amazing Forced Perspective Photography

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Today's post is on Creating Amazzing photos via Amazing perspective photography.

Well, What is this Forced Perspective Photography ? Hmmm...
 
         Forced perspective is a photographic illusion generally used to make two or more objects seem to be a different size than their actual size. This type of forced perspective is made possible by the single lens of the camera. Unlike your eyes, which work in tandem to create depth perception, the camera only has one eye. As such, the camera has no depth perception, it sees things as flat. This is the same reason tree limbs in the background appear to grow out of the head of subjects in photographs.

Types of Forced Perspective

Forced Perspective generally falls into a few main categories.

1. Making a main subject larger
2. Making a main subject smaller
3. Merging subjects
4. Bending gravity

Common Forced Perspective Photos

While the opportunities for forced perspective are nearly limitless, there are some "standard" photos that have come to represent forced perspective purely because of how common these specific photos have become as they are copied many times.

• Holding a landmark
• Holding/eating the sun/moon
• Holding another person in one hand
• Toy larger than person/pet
• People hanging from top of photo
• Person stepping on another person
• An older photograph or a sketch merged over a current scene

How to Take a Forced Perspective Photo

     The process for taking a forced perspective picture varies depending on they type of forced perspective image you are creating.


 
How to Take a Gravity Defying Forced Perspective Photo
     Defying gravity in a photo is one of the easiest forced perspective photographs to create. The basics of a gravity defying photo is to turn the photo upside down or on its side. Subjects will lay down on the ground with their feet on a wall as though they were sitting against the wall, multiple subjects can lay down on the ground at various locations to appear to be flying, or subjects can lean out of doorways to give the illusion of hanging. Don’t be afraid to experiment with your poses to find one that works best. Finding a location that works for this type of shot is the difficult part.

    To find a location, look for a spot where a subject can lay down on the ground in such a way that you look like you are sitting against a wall and the camera can be positioned where the wall looks like the floor instead of a wall. Piers where reflections mirror the background also work well. Long hallways with doors or columns on either side allow subjects to lean into the hallway to suggest hanging or climbing out of the ceiling/floor once the photo is turned are excellent options as well.


Here are few examples and tricks as well

Pluck a Sphere of Light

 

         Take that same idea and apply it in a new way and you’ve got the kind of photo that makes you look twice. To achieve this effect, photographer Lee ‘Mr. Moog’ used shallow focus and allowed the lens of his camera to render out-of-focus points of lights as little floating spheres. Perfect photo..!!

Blowing in the Wind

 

      Photographer Jeppe Olsen took a whole set of forced perspective photos out in the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia, which provide a minimalist background ideal for deceptive shots like this one, making both the foreground and background subjects stand out equally.

Toy Cars, or Giant Man?

    
     This is definitely one of those photos that make you go, “what?” It’s hard to tell exactly how the photographer achieved this effect, but according to his Flickr, there was no Photoshop involved.

Well these were some the tips and tricks to create amazing forced perspective photos. I'll post soon part II of this.
 
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Exotic Gourd Lamps by Calabarte

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 Yes you all read it right. Exotic Gourd Lamps....Even I was pretty Shock for 1st time. Then looking at the creative lamps I was Stunned..!! o_O

        The gourd is the annual tropical vine originating from Africa and Asia. Its dried, lignified fruits are used for various, both decorative and practical, purposes. There are several dozen varieties of gourds differing mostly in shapes and sizes. The structure of the dried gourd is entirely different than the structure of the standard wood. It is more homogenous; it does not contain growth rings, fibers or knots. The external layer of the gourd is harder than the deeper one of a light wood. For that matters, the gourd is kind of a phenomenon in the nature; it is the raw material that gives enormous processing possibilities.

Gourd

Before we move on to see Exotic Gourd Lamp...Let's read some of the facts and trivia of gourd.

• In many cultures, gourds have been used to create utensils, containers, musical instruments and religious objects.
• Masks have also been created from gourds and have been traced back through the centuries from records and drawings that were kept. Masks have been used in special ceremonies by primitive cultures worldwide.
• Gourds were also used as medicine rattles and in ceremonies. This lead to the gourd becoming a link between the visible and invisible worlds. The gourd was considered a valuable part of culture and beliefs.
• Gourds are believed to have originated in Africa. They are thought to have floated along ocean currents and that spread their use to other parts of the world.
• It’s amazing how a plant that produces a fruit or vegetable has played such an important part in culture and history.

            
         Polish artist Przemek, also known as Calabarte, sculpts beautiful patterns on African gourds which later become heads of his exceptional lamps. When you switch on one of his lamps, the light coming trough the cracks of the gourd turns a room into a dreamlike space.

      Przemek studied building engineering and for several years he worked in the architectonic office.  However, in 2010 he have decided to quit his studies and  work and devote my time to doing something he loved the most. It was the time when he travelled to Senegal from where he brought African gourds which, since that time, became the raw material for my lamps.

             

Well here are some of his collections...!! :)

Very delicately and perfectly designed.
Website: calabarte.com

Minimalist Illustrated Quotation Posters by Ryan McArthur

    Ryan McArthur  always found comfort in little witty one liners because most tap into one commonality that we all share… human nature. I really wanted to find quotations and snippets from my favorite books that not only provided a great visual to play off of, but that speak to life in general. I illustrate them all by hand using pen and ink and then digitally render them.

These are perfectly illustrated my Ryan in his Quotation Poster.

1) Oscar Wilde : " Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. "

2) Thomas Edison : "“Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.



 
3) Oscar Wilde: " Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."
 



4) William Oldys: " Busy, curious, thirsty fly! Drink with me and drink as I"


William Oldys was born in 1696. He was the illegitimate son of the Chancellor of Lincoln, a collector of rare books, a librarian, the author of The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh and a poet.

On a Fly Drinking Out of his Cup

Busy, curious, thirsty fly!

Drink with me and drink as I:

Freely welcome to my cup,

Couldst thou sip and sip it up:

Make the most of life you may,

Life is short and wears away.

Both alike are mine and thine

Hastening quick to their decline:

Thine's a summer, mine's no more,

Though repeated to threescore.

Threescore summers, when they're gone,

Will appear as short as one!

 


 5) Victor Hugo: "All animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.




 6) William Hazutt: " Art must anchor in nature or it is the sport of every breath of folly."



 7) Samuel Johnson: "Nature never gives everything at once."



 8)  Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."



 9)William Simms: " It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song."




 10) Thomas Moore: "If with water yo fill up your glasses, You'll never write anything wise."



 11) Herman Melville: "The Path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run."



 12) Leigh Hunt: "The beautiful attracts the beautiful."




 13)Ralph Emerson: "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."




 14) Charles Reade: "Art is not imitation, but illusion."

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Creative Coffee and Tea Mugs

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Well today's post is on creative Coffee and Tea Mugs...Yeah you heard it right..!!
Before you start looking at collection I shall present some facts about Coffee and Tea.

22 Facts About Coffee: The World's Most Important Beverage

1. Legend has it a 9th-century Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee by accident when he noticed how crazy the beans were making his goats.
2. New Yorkers drink almost 7 times more coffee than other cities in the US.
3. Coffee is a psychoactive. And at high doses it can make you see things... It can also kill you...
4. The lethal dose of caffeine is roughly 100 cups of coffee.
5. A French doctor in the 1600s suggested Cafe Au Laits for patients, inspiring people to begin adding milk to coffee.
6. The French philosopher Voltaire is said to have drank 50 cups of coffee a day. Because he ruled.
7. Espresso is regulated by the Italian government because it is considered an essential part of their daily life
8. Hawaii is the only state that commercially grows coffee.
9. Coffee beans are actually the pit of a berry, which makes them a fruit. The best fruit.
10. IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Brewed espresso has 2.5% fat, while filtered coffee contains 0.6% fat.
 11. This is the most expensive drink at Starbucks: $23.50, with 16 shots of espresso or 1400mg of caffeine.

 10 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Tea

Legend has it that a Chinese emperor was the first to discover Tea when some leaves were blown by chance into a bowl contain some boiling hot water. The tea we drink today is exactly the same and the brewing process has never been interfered with. To get rid of puffy eyes lie on your bed or wherever and place either a moist teabag or tea compress over both of your eyes and leave for about 20 minutes. Swelling around the eyes will disappear and your eyes will return to their former glory. One way to rid your refrigerator of unpleasant smells is to place one or two used tea bags somewhere within the fridge. The next day any bad smell will be gone! Use tea to kill warts. The tannic acid found in tea is said to be just as effective in killing warts as many wart removers that you can purchase over the counter at the local drug store! Soak a black tea bag in hot water, and then place the damp bag on the wart itself for fifteen minutes a couple of times each day. Slowly the wart will shrink and soon disappear. The most expensive teabag in the world was made for the 75'th anniversary of the PG TIPS tea company. The bag was filled with two hundred and eighty diamonds and expensive limited edition tea leaves. The bag cost 7,500 pounds and was sold at auction in aid of a Children's hospital in the United Kingdom. Did you know that Turkey is a nation of mainly Tea drinker? In fact Turkey is now the worlds number one nation when it comes to tea drinking. Many Turks drink a staggering twenty to thirty cups per day each and tea is now practically their national drink.

Before you start scrolling down the list, imagine a simple mug filled with your favorite warm caffeinated drink. What do you feel? I bet it feels warm and home-like inside, doesn’t it?

       This is because mugs aren’t just plain ceramic objects that hold our beverages – they’ve already become something meaningful with sentimental value. We even have our own favorite cups in our homes, which we hate sharing with other family members. And our tea or coffee probably doesn’t taste as good if we drink from someone else’s mug.

In this collection not only you’ll see the most creative coffee and tea mugs, but also some which help protect your private mug from sharing, so if you are looking for a cool cup – this list is a good place to start.

 1. Teeth Mug

If you hate sharing your private mug – this Teeth Cup is what you need! You can drink normally from the smooth side of the mug, or let the coffee dribble out a bit between the realistic gaps on the teeth side. (Designer: Megawing)

2. Moustache Mugs

Enjoy effortlessly masquerading behind a character moustache while drinking your favorite tea or coffee. Explore your favorite masculine expression! (Designer: Petter Bruegger)

3. Ironius: The Coffee Mug Iron

In simple terms, the heat from your hot coffee-filled mug “Ironius” can be used to iron out a few creases of your shirt.  (Designer: Art Lebedev Studio)

4. Slim Cups

Cups were designed for the project “Combination of tradition and technology”. Designer says: “My interpretation for this title was the way things get slimmer as technology moves forward.” (Designer: Sharona Merlin)

5. Walking Cups

The combination of ceramic cups with ceramic fingers represent an idea in which the still creates a will of its own, enabling a cup to decide whether to stay or leave the situation it is in. (Designer: Ronit Baranga)

6. Snout Cups

At first sight it looks like a nice ordinary cup. But be aware!….it plays a game with it’s user. (Designer: Jorine Oorsterhoff)

7. Fashion Victims

A noted entry in Designboom’s recent competition Dining in 2015, these tongue-in-chic mugs by Israeli designer Yael Kristal victimize your morning coffee with the pervasiveness of fashion trends.

8. Picto Caffe

Picto caffè is a coffee cup and a coffeepot drawn as one pictogram. The shape and the plan of the object is déssiné to resume the archetype of the cup has coffee and the coffeepot while underlining plans thanks to the use of the black lines. (Designer: Rlos Design)

9. Face Mug

Put a smile on that mug with a hungry mouth cubby that bites off more than you can chew. Perfect for serving milk and cookies, coffee and doughnuts, tea and biscotti, or your favorite snack-time combinations.
Perfect One..!!

10. Grow Up Coffee Mug

“Grow Up” is a set of mugs with grassy bottoms. (Designer: Jinsik Kim)

11. Coffee Bean Mug

A mug made from real coffee beans. (Photo by: rctaylorphotography)

12. Tea Bag Coffin

With the ‘Tea bag Coffin’, the drinker can tidily bury the bag under the cup and out of the way. (Designer: Jonas Trampedach)

13. Zipper Cup

A set of zipper cups with elegantly designed opening to hold tea bags. (Designer: Megawing)
Amazing..!!

14. Lock Cup

Another cup which prevents most people from using it. Only the owner of the cup can use his shaped key to close the hole, pour the coffee and enjoy the drinking. (Designer: Efrat Gommeh)

15. Camera Zoom Lens Mug

Mugs that are so realistic, you might have to use post-its just to remind yourself which is for coffee and which is for taking photos.

Well my pick is Face Mug..Which is your favourite pick ??