If you've enjoyed Been-Seen's posts on street artists Banksy and JR, check out this amazing mural in the Barrio Carmelo district of Barcelona. It's the work of Italian graffiti artist and stop-motion animator Blu.
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Dec 11, 2009
Taking public transportation certainly is an eco-friendly choice, but it’s even more eco-friendly when your bus stop is made from recycled wares. This beautiful work of public art, as well as utility, titled Bottlestop Bus Shelter Project, is in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Dec 4, 2009
On a recent trip to Ventura, CA, I came across this curious scupture, which turned out to be a bus stop. It's located on a otherwise unremarkable stretch of road, and hits you like a brick when you see it.
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Nov 28, 2009
Everyone's a photographer these days. At least it feels that way sometimes. At a recent festival, I watched as SLRs, point-and-shoots, cells and iPhones competed for the best views and angles. We document everything, good, bad and ugly. Here's some of the best, via the National Geographic International Photography Contest 2009.
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Nov 20, 2009
When we wrote about Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater sculpture park in Grenada last spring, it was the only one of its kind in the world. On 19 November, however, four sculptures were submerged in the Caribbean waters, off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico - the first pieces in what promises to be the largest underwater sculpture park in the world.
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Nov 9, 2009
If you thought the Lilypad was a wild idea, check out AZ Island (Ile d'AZ). It's an artificial island with a hotel complex on it. So far, so Dubai. So what's so interesting about it? Well, how about the fact that it can move from place to place like a massive cruise ship?
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Oct 31, 2009
Ever wondered why we leave out pumpkins on Hallowe'en? Well, according to Irish myth, it all started when a man by the name of Stingy Jack kept playing tricks on the Devil.
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Oct 15, 2009
I love the audacity of this idea. A floating hotel that looks like it's suspended on strings. Just like a balloon. The brainchild of Russian architects A. Asadov, A.A. Asadov, and A. Gorelov, it's called the Aerotel.
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Oct 13, 2009
Want to buy a bizarre piece of art in the name of common sense? On the 7th of October, a historic French chateau, spraypainted flame red by reclusive graffiti artist Banksy, was unveiled in support of the newly-launched Common Sense Manifesto.
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Oct 11, 2009
No kidding. Anyone who's ever had a mother knows women are heroes. But 'photograffeur' JR wants to drive the point home. And we're fine with that. Remember his amazing photo-graffiti last year in Rio? Well now, his eyes are all over Paris.
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Oct 10, 2009
By the side of Lake Stelli in Zermatt, Switzerland, stands a curious sculpture. It's called Evolver, and it's the creation of students at the ALICE studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
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Oct 1, 2009
It's like something out of Alice in Wonderland. Or a bad storm. But this topsy-turvy house is part of an exhibition in Trassenheide, Germany. Created by Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastion Mikuciuk, it's on display at Die Welt Steht Kopf in Ostseebad.
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