Boooooooooks!

Photo by Melchior Tersen via Andrew Harlow.

Books suspended above an entrance to the Istanbul modern art museum by Hanif Shoaei via Designspiration.

A window display for Harvey Nichols in Manchester via Lusik.

A mobile pop-up bookstore installation by NAM via Spoon and Tamago.

Book installation by Miler Lagos via CollaCubed.

Photograph by Angélica Vis.

Photograph by Stephen Beadles (previously). His comment: “Well this took forever.”

One of many awesome pieces by Betsy of Exploded Library (thnx, Gretchen).

Bookshelf wallpaper at the home of Abigail Ahern via The Selby.

Enormous Cows Made from Recycled Car Parts

The education section of Helsinki-based sculptor Miina Äkkijyrkkä’s CV is very telling, it reads: 1965-1966 Equine College Ypäjä; 1967-1968 Dairy Farming School of North-Savo; 1969-1973 The School of the Fine Arts of Finland. Meaning that for the better part of nearly 50 years Äkkijyrkkä has been working with cows, both in their care and using them as a muse in her lengthy career as an artist. Indeed, a section of her website reads “Models” and links to a gallery of nothing but cows. Her sculptures are immense. She purchases dozens of used vehicles from dealers around Finland and uses the colorful scraps to form these towering bovines that at times look coincidentally like an At At from Star Wars. Although a completely different artform, this symbiosis of cow and human reminded me of Miru Kim (nsfw) who famously photographs herself nude with pigs; the photos are really quite stunning. (via illusion, photos by juha metso)

Interior Design for 3FS by ZEK Crew

ZEK is a “a collective of eight humans with strange skills, producing random and conceptual visual interventions” out of Ljubljana, Slovenia. One of their members, Miha Arnak, shot over his newly launched portfolio which included this interior design work that ZEK did for 3fs. I really enjoy the correlation of computer keys and rooms, but the Pong whiteboard is definitely my favorite. See many more shots of the interior here. 

inside japanese mafia

Exclusive photo series of the japanese Mafia called “Yakuza” by belgian photograph Anton Kusters, who accompianed them for 2 years.

more photos here.

Thomas Longo

Fotografia de  Thomas Longo

Victoria’s Secret Entices You To Scan Their QR Codes

Stellar by Ignacio Torres

Beautifully executed animations by Texas photographer Ignacio Torres from his seriesStellar. Via his website:

This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.

These are just a selection of the series, click through to see the entire project. (viabumbumbum and paranaiv)

Revista Mad N. 26 [1955]

David S. Allee

Fearless Park

Stadium Light

Forest Apartments

Turnpike Condos

Apartment for Rent

Tree Farm

Garage Driving

Big Box Retail

Rear Office

LAX Park

Rock Land

Venice Blockbuster

Fast Food Picnic

Post Office

Practice Tees

Ball Park Bowling

Sod Stadium

Field House

Trailer Trees

Five MPH

Trade Center Roof

Downtown Garage

Up Ramp

Blue Lagoon

Century City Garage

Escalators to Astoria

Museum Audio

Plaza Lights

Silver Roof

Telefonica

David S. Allee was born in New York City in 1969 and is a former urban planner. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1991, and his MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2001, where he studied with Joel Sternfeld, Robert Polidori, and Vera Lutter. His photographs have been exhibited widely in museums and galleries, including solo exhibitions at the Morgan Lehman Gallery in Chelsea in 2006, Princeton University in 2005 and the Knoxville Museum of Art in 2004. His work has also been included in group shows at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Tampa Museum of Art, and the Cornell Fine Arts Museum. His photographs have appeared widely in publications and journals and were recently featured in the book City Art, with essays by Adam Gopnik and Eleanor Heartney. Mr. Allee’s photographs are in the collection of major institutions, such as the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress, the Knoxville Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as well as numerous private collections. Mr. Allee lives and works in New York City.