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Custom vinyl car wraps, commonly called car wraps or vehicle wraps, have become very popular. This relatively new and rapidly growing industry relies on wildly creative precision graphic design teams and skilled installers. While many car wraps are installed for commercial purposes, there is also a growing demand for more personal designs, reminiscent of Americanized [...]

These popular and versatile toys have become an artistic medium. Aside from creating amazing original works of art, artists have also recreated famous artwork using Lego blocks.

Where do fashion, art, graffiti and cool all intersect? In the mind of KAWS. The New York-based artist, who is referred to as Brian Donnelly by his mother, has been on the cusp of what’s cool, big, important and great about commerce-driven art for decades.

The influence of graffiti looms large on the art world at all times, from a street artist like Banksy being hailed as master by traditional art critics to a graffiti artist like Barry McGee transferring his work from a wall to a canvas. There are also artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, who brought the street art directly into the gallery. Dan Ericson, better known by his moniker “The Signtologist”, is one of these artists.

Beer has come a long way since breweries first had the idea of developing can packaging nearly 100 years ago. In the early 1900s, breweries had a problem producing a can that would withstand the pasteurization process and allow the beer to still taste good when it reached the consumer. In order to withstand the [...]

As the popularity of Matryoshka nesting dolls has grown, more people are interested in making their own customized sets. Kits are now commercially available to allow any artist or DIY crafter to create their own unique nesting dolls. Nesting dolls can be made decorated in any way the artist or designer chooses and are often [...]

Matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, were born in 1890 in a children’s educational workshop near Moscow. The workshop was developed by Sava Mamontov, an industrialist and patron of the arts. Mamontov was one of the first to patronize artists with a passion for creating a new Russian style. At a workshop meeting, someone showed the [...]

In today’s sex-saturated society, creative advertisements promoting safe sex, condoms and HIV and AIDS awareness have become mainstream.  Some of the ads are shocking, some are cute, but they all creatively get the message across.  Sexually transmitted diseases are no longer simply an inconvenience.  In some situations, an unplanned pregnancy, while devastating, could possibly be [...]

Decades ago, it was taboo to mention sex on television or in advertising.  Thankfully, times have changed and adults can now be much more open about their sexuality.  Sex is no longer repressed as if it’s a dirty secret, and marketing minds have finally figured out that sex sells.  With the sex-saturation in the media [...]

Either you’re a gamer or you know a gamer. This popular hobby, or obsession in some cases, is a multi-billion dollar business with a wide audience. Game manufacturers know fans feel the need to be on the cutting edge and have the latest titles as soon as they are released. For the [...]