Tag: "inspiration"

1991 Photos Create Epic Stop Motion Video

1991 Photos Create Epic Stop Motion Video

This high school senior spent the past two months taking 1991 photos of 140 his high school peers and Read more [...]

Couch That Doubles As Punching Bag

Couch That Doubles As Punching Bag

Sometimes it can be a serious struggle to ditch your couch and head to the gym. Not any more. Enjoy Read more [...]

Tree Library Lets You Read Books On The Street

Tree Library Lets You Read Books On The Street

When I saw the image of the tree library I was blown away. Keeping my finger on the pulse of cool, I Read more [...]

Fill In The Blank: Book That Inspires Creativity

Fill In The Blank: Book That Inspires Creativity

Fill In The Blank is one of the best books I have never had to read. Why? Because this is not a book Read more [...]

Plans for Underwater Hotel by Giancarlo Design Group as seen on Origin of Cool

Underwater Hotel in Qatar

With “the intent to conquer new spaces for living in harmony with nature”, the Rome-based Italian Read more [...]

Slinkachu: Miniature Artist Builds Global Model Village

Slinkachu: Miniature Artist Builds Global Model Village

Slinkachu received widespread critical acclaim following his . Now, to celebrate the launch of his new Read more [...]

Turntable Rider: BMX DJs

Turntable Rider: BMX DJs

They say it’s an epic bicycle accessory which converts a bicycle into a DJing machine. And they get Read more [...]

5 Weird Statues And Sculptures

5 Weird Statues And Sculptures

We’ve seen some cool and creative sculptures on Origin of Cool but today, I thought I would focus on Read more [...]

Airport Of The Future To Become A Destination For Travelers

Airport Of The Future To Become A Destination For Travelers

With rooftop views of the Rockies and design features that make it resemble a mall or city center, Read more [...]

Floating Golf Course Targets Extreme Sports Fans

Floating Golf Course Targets Extreme Sports Fans

If you have ever read articles entitled “The Top 10 Craziest Golf Courses”, you will have been dazzled Read more [...]

Brenda Guyton: e-Waste Sculptures

Brenda Guyton: e-Waste Sculptures

These beautiful pieces of art belong to Brenda Guyton, a sculpture that merges the artificial  and Read more [...]

I Wish This Was: Community Project To Gauge Opinion Of Local People

I Wish This Was: Community Project To Gauge Opinion Of Local People

I Wish This Was was started by Candy Chang in New Orleans in November 2010. The project Read more [...]

Uberpong: The Future Of Table Tennis Begins Now

Uberpong: The Future Of Table Tennis Begins Now

Uberpong is a project I have been dreaming about for the last year and a half. We have just launched Read more [...]

The Live Vibe Collective Private House Concert Series

The Live Vibe Collective Private House Concert Series

The Live Vibe Collective describe their forté as “matching Austin’s original singer & songwriter Read more [...]

The Image Association Game

The Image Association Game

Just got an email from Victor Palmer. He and his friends are image association game enthusiasts, Read more [...]

Printer Pencil By Hoyoung Lee

Printer Pencil By Hoyoung Lee

I have a confession to make: I’m a member of Generation Y and tease my father as he struggles to text Read more [...]

Mural In Sweden Aims To Change Perception Of Street Art

Mural In Sweden Aims To Change Perception Of Street Art

Shai Dahan sent us an email recently about an important street art mural he just finished in Read more [...]

Jooze Fruit Juice Packaging By Yunyeen Yang

Jooze Fruit Juice Packaging By Yunyeen Yang

Yunyeen Yang is an Australian design student who is the creative brains behind Jooze – “a fictional Read more [...]

School Damaged By Earthquake Turned Into Exhibition

School Damaged By Earthquake Turned Into Exhibition

Civil engineer Mike Hewson has installed ten massive mixed media art pieces in a building Read more [...]

Pictogram Rock Posters By Viktor Hertz

Pictogram Rock Posters By Viktor Hertz

We featured Viktor Hertz last week on Origin of Cool. He has just launched his latest poster project Read more [...]

Transmutation Toys By Meredith Dittmar

Transmutation Toys By Meredith Dittmar

Meredith Dittmar’s Transmutation exhibition is being hosted at the Toy Art Gallery starting on Saturday, Read more [...]

Viktor Hertz Pictogram Posters

Viktor Hertz Pictogram Posters

Viktor Hertz is a graphic designer based in Uppsala, Sweden. Created using a self-described method Read more [...]

5 Cool Swimming Pools In Austin

5 Cool Swimming Pools In Austin

Following on from our “The 10 Coolest Swimming Pools” article, I thought I would switch the focus to Read more [...]

Red Balls In Abu Dhabi

Red Balls In Abu Dhabi

The RedBall Project is a street art installation concept we have already brought you on Origin of Read more [...]

Boa Mistura: Graffiti Rockers Present Short Documentary

Boa Mistura: Graffiti Rockers Present Short Documentary

Boa Mistura are a Spanish art collective who organized an urban art project in Brazil. Boa Mistura emailed Read more [...]

Star Wars Dioramas: 3D Mobile Theaters

Star Wars Dioramas: 3D Mobile Theaters

You may be thinking to yourself, what possible modern creation could reinvigorate the Star Wars franchise? Read more [...]

Palestine Wall Street Art

Palestine Wall Street Art

Street artist Shai Dahan has just completed a portrait of a Jordanian Bedouin on the Palestinian Read more [...]

Slow Motion Video Of Tokyo

Slow Motion Video Of Tokyo

Filmmaker Alex Lee has created an homage to his hometown of Tokyo. The Japanese local has adopted Read more [...]

Geometrip Soup: Street Art From Allan Dalla

Geometrip Soup: Street Art From Allan Dalla

Street art has gone from the underground to the point where tourists can buy replica BANKSY canvases Read more [...]

London 2012 Olympic Games Gold Medal Stamps

London 2012 Olympic Games Gold Medal Stamps

Origin of Cool are huge fans of art and design combined with sport and we’ve kept our eyes on the upcoming Read more [...]

Saw Sculptures Made From Coins

Saw Sculptures Made From Coins

We featured Stacey Lee Webber a while back on Origin of Cool and just received an email from her Read more [...]

Ping Pong Table That Took 400 Hours To Build

Ping Pong Table That Took 400 Hours To Build

Axel Yberg’s firm Akke, has the tagline “Functional Art”. You cannot get more functional than combining Read more [...]

Ping Pong Country: Sabotage Edition

Ping Pong Country: Sabotage Edition

Ping Pong Country was created by Bijan Dawallu and Remco Schuurbiers in Lille’s Gare St. Sauveur. Read more [...]

Sharpie Mustang Art

Sharpie Mustang Art

Chris Dunlop is an artist who uses a very unique tool in place of a paintbrush. He uses Sharpie markers Read more [...]

LEGO Art: PBS Web Series

LEGO Art: PBS Web Series

Origin of Cool is a big fan of LEGO having featured the popular toys in several articles. For some creative Read more [...]

Voices Republic T-Shirt Competition

Voices Republic T-Shirt Competition

Voices Republic describes itself as “a new destination where the wildly creative and socially conscious Read more [...]

Classic Arcade Games Stop Motion Video Using Candy

Classic Arcade Games Stop Motion Video Using Candy

Here is a simple yet effective stop-motion video showing some great classic arcade games: Arkanoid, Read more [...]

Beastie Boys: Adam Yauch Tribute Mix

Beastie Boys: Adam Yauch Tribute Mix

The Beastie Boys have been described as “The Beatles of hip hop” and brought a multiple array of Read more [...]

Big Ass Canvas: Collaborative Art Project

Big Ass Canvas: Collaborative Art Project

If you happened to be on or around the University of Texas-Austin campus last Thursday you might Read more [...]

STATIC: Artistic Duo Launch Exhibition

STATIC: Artistic Duo Launch Exhibition

We have featured some of the coolest artists in the world on Origin of Cool and these guys are no Read more [...]

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