American self-taught sculptor Jeffrey Michael Samudosky of JMS Wood Sculpture in Gig Harbor, Washington has created a stunning giant octopus from a piece of fallen redwood. This massive sculpture required …

Mercedes commissioned Erdmann & Rossi to produce a special show car for the 1935 Barcelona exhibition based upon their 500K. One of the visitors was King Ghazi of Iraq, who …

In Gdansk – a charming city in Northern Poland – there is a hill. Some people still calling it “Devil’s Hill” The old legend says that ages ago this little …

The architecture of the 19th century « Zakopianski style » (or Witkiewicz Style) is an art style, most visible in architecture, but also found in furniture and related objects, inspired by the …

In the early 1970s, when Ricardo Bofill, then a young architect, fell in love with a cement factory abandoned since 1968 in Sant Just Desvern, a suburb of Barcelona, he …

Built in 1987 by Richard Fletcher, at first as a sedan, it ended up as this 6-wheeled, 20-foot-long space ship looking ride. The manufacturer’s plan was to create a concept …

The art of paper cutting requires a high degree of patience and a steady hand. Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda has undoubtedly mastered this skill. In Japan it is called kirie …

The gnome is a small humanoid creature legendary in European folklore. It is characterized by its very small size, subterranean life, and great knowledge of telluric secrets. During the 19th …