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Visual Culture is a daily design blog that presents a fresh mix of visually inspiring material as it relates to modern day life. We strive to create a resource in which art, in its vast array of mediums, meets culture. Art and design are inextricably
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Banksy Sighting
We stumbled upon new work by renowned street artist Bansky and felt the piece above was relevant given the COP15 conference that just went down earlier this month. The piece is appropriately named “I don’t believe in Global Warming”...
Losing your hair?
A memo pad geared to remind you to act on that hair loss....
‘Tis the season to be merry
In the spirit of the holidays we felt this find of a Christmas tree comprised of thousands of Heineken beer bottles was appropriate. Enjoy! Related Posts: Mindful Construction...
Put a Lid on it
Dig this Van Gogh mural by artist David Heatwole that uses plastic jar lids to compose this 8 foot by 15 foot interpretation. For more on the mural and the process behind the development of it go here. If you like this you might like these: Why Graf...
Digital Blackbook (Graffiti Analysis 2.0)
Graffiti Analysis 2.0 (Digital Blackbook) - BLK River (Vienna) from Evan Roth on Vimeo. Graffiti Analysis 2.0 takes live tags and transforms them into active 3D animations. The project is by Evan Roth and software development by Chris Sugrue—it wa...
Love and Hate
Love Bites II: Feeling Frenzy Illustrator Thomas Fuchs, who VC wrote about a few months ago on his “Deconstruction of an Elephant” has started an interesting blog illustrating love and hate. Appropriately named “A heart a Day”...
Monday Morning Inspiration
Dig this stop-motion animation by Blu. Fantastic!...
Candy Land on Lombard Street
To celebrate Candy Land’s 60th anniversary, Hasbro has transformed San Francisco’s iconic winding street into a life-size version of the board game. via:...
Fairey interviews Banksy
Banksy the UK-based graffiti artist sits down (face to face)? with LA-based graffiti artist Shepard Fairey and shares a few words on his art, his anonymity and much more. We’ve included an excerpt from the interview published by Swindle Magazin...
How much is your Rent?
Here’s a fantastic installation called “I’ve Lived: Post-it Notes for Neighbors” that welcomes passers-byes to fill in their monthly rent. Having lived in 3 of the 5 bouroughs of NYC we were anxious to see what the final results w...
Origami City
This hyper-detailed construction “Castle on the Ocean” took four years to build and was made entirely out of craft paper with a few dabs of glue. What sparked this endeavor by artist Wataru Ito was his boredom during his university entran...
Why Graffiti Is A Good Thing
The people over at Halogenlife introduced us to a provocative interview they conducted with Oakland-based artist Favianna Rodriguez. She is the co-founder of East Side Arts Alliance, which has grown into an artistic sanctuary for the local community....
Banksy in West Africa…
A few images of street art in Africa have surfaced on the web—particularly from a Flickr group that has raised speculation that the pieces are the work of Banksy. VC posted a few weeks back on the largest exhibition of his work to date that is curr...
200,000 Coke cans = 1 Massive Aluminum Sculpture
To mark the start of Recycle Week in the UK, a team of artists led by Robert Bradford collected 200,000 aluminum Coke cans and recreated a 1949 billboard ad originally created by artist Haddon Sundblom. “At the end of Recycle Week [June 22-28]...
A Living Portrait
Dig this eco-friendly piece produced by Edina Tokodi. It is made entirely of living, breathing plants. The piece currently hangs on the rooftop of Green Spaces NY in Brooklyn, and will be relocated to a public space in the weeks to come. Detail: D...
Doodle as you Drink
We really are feeling this concept. Stripped of its color, the DoodleBar has been whitewashed making it a blank canvass for anyone to leave their mark. The employees play a key component in this interactive interior. “The waiters will be wearin...
Banksy in Bristol
The elusive Banksy makes an appearence to promote his most ambitious project to date. See the video above to get the scoop. See him?...
Phone Drawing
This weeks cover for the New Yorker was developed by artist Jorge Colombo. What separates this cover from previous ones is that his medium was an iPhone apps. called ‘Brushes’. The artist explains his process below: The drawing was create...
Recycling, Philly Style
Photos Courtesy Nancy Packer The Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia has transformed 10 of Philly’s colorless recycle trucks into vibrant murals. These colorful graphics were designed by students from the after school Big Picture Program. Instru...
Spamghetto: Junk-mail Wallpaper
All of us can relate to the continuous bombardment of spam in our inbox. Word is that spam counts for 95% of all email. While headway has been made to eradicate this daily annoyance— Italian studio ToDo has put it to good use by developing a spam-b...
Paper Cuts
Miami-based artist, Jen Stark , on a limited budget while traveling in France, explored the most economical medium at the time “colored construction paper.” Maximizing it to its full potential, her beautiful sculptures are very inspiring ...
