Under water, inside a train or both?

text by Costas Voyatzis for Yatzer

We all know that it is difficult to hold our breath under water, unless we are familiar with scuba diving! Nonetheless, the Amsterdam based design duo Million Dollar Design managed to take a deep breath and design an underwater world into an old rundown subway train. Commissioned by the Amsterdam Public transport Company, Million Dollar Design, represented by Dutch creative production agency Shop Around, were selected by Artists & Co to give a facelift to one of the 30-year-old "Silver Gulls" metro trains in Amsterdam.

Anneloes van den Bergh and Pauline Teunissen, founders of Million Dollar Design, blend illustration, photography and fashion to create a dreamy wonder-world with some dark accents. Their work is romantic with slightly rough edges. Faithful to their design values, they came across a romantic concept and they created an underwater world. Instead of a dark sense of dull gray stones on the ground and the plastic walls in the subway their design gives a sense of infinity in an underwater world where you feel like you can swim away. And although still being underground as a passenger, you are now in a colorful world of fantasy.. ..










Is'nt is lovely? I will board that particular load whenever I board the train. And I mean every single day! Ahhhhh.

Ribbonesia

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Dancers in Motion

Dancers are admired for the way they move. Fluid and graceful, they are often seen twirling and spinning across an open stage.

Photographer Bill Wadman wanted to capture these movements, but in an unconventional way. Instead of taking boring still shots, he decided to go with long-exposures, allowing us to track the movements of these modern-day ballerinas.











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I know right, jaws dropping loves!

Vanity Fair Mosaic

Fashionable iconic mosaic images are made from recycled covers of Vanity Fair magazine where the titles are quite irregular.
Antonio Chiesa aka Village9991 was definitely inspired by mosaics and he works in various forms and and artistic techniques.








Nice right? I adore the first piece!

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Daisy Balloon

Rie hosokai is the worldy appreciated balloon artlist.

Her significant techhique and exquisite sense of fashion were proven by winning the international balloon dress competition”milleniumjam fashion award”two years in a row and many other maior balloon art contests.
she is the most desired artist performances continue to entertain men and women of all ages.








Ahhh, a beauty is'nt? Do you believe love at first sight? Yes, i do.

skateboard art

haroshi:

Japanese wood sculptor haroshi specializes in creating three-dimensional art pieces
from used and broken skateboard decks.

Although haroshi uses one type of material for his art, skate decks vary widely in size and structure depending on the factory, brand and model. in creating his sculptures, he filters through thousands of old decks and individually picks out the perfect board to use. After they are stacked, cut and shaved to form, they are painted and polished to a candy-like finish.

Not available to the outside observer is another one of haroshi's artistic details. during construction, each sculpture is given a "soul", a broken metal skateboard piece that is laid in the core of the piece. Unkei, a 12th century japanese buddha sculptor,
had a similar practice of including a crystal ball in his statues as the "soul" of the buddha.



















I am so blown away. I like the colours combination. Whooo!