Zaria Forman (previously here and here) creates incredibly realistic drawings of Antarctica’s icebergs, producing large pastel works that capture the sculptural beauty of the quickly shrinking forms. This past winter, the artist had the opportunity to be side-by-side with the the towering ice shelfs, observing their magnitude aboard the National Geographic Explorer during a four week art residency. The residency gave …

Watch this picture closely. Is that boy swimming on a bus? Well, don’t let the eye fool you. It’s just a novelty created by the bus drivers of Line 8 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province of China, by covering the buses with pool decals, making the passengers feel cool amid the heat wave in the city. …

Oli Scarff/Getty Images Anyone who’s looking to add some more tomes to their bookshelf can check out the full list below: 1. “1984” by George Orwell 2. “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking 3. “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” by Dave Eggers 4. “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah 5. “The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans!” by Lemony …

For the last several years, Danish design firm MONSTRUM (previously) has constructed wildly imaginative playscape features for playgrounds around the world with an intense focus on both artistic and architectural quality. The playgrounds are designed and built locally in their large studio just outside Copenhagen and then shoppied in components to sites around Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and …

Image: EVERETT COLLECTION Have you ever watched a deleted scene on your DVD extras and thought, “Gee, that fundamentally alters my understanding of this movie?” On Wednesday, The Devil Wears Prada fans found themselves faced with such a dilemma thanks to a tweet of a deleted scene featuring a more grateful Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep) in the middle of …