Monday, August 3, 2020

This Artist Colorizes Old Photos And They Might Change The Way You See History (30 Pics)

Mads Madsen is a 25-year-old Danish man who is fascinated by history and is even pursuing a Master’s degree in ancient Greece and Rome history. The man also has an interesting hobby that’s just perfect for a history-obsessed man like himself – colorizing old photos.

Mads has been doing colorizations for years and in a recent interview with Bored Panda said he got into it after coming across some colorized photos on Reddit. “They were colorized by hand. This discovery led me to a more in-depth search, and I learned that it was actually done by an old lady,” said the man. “She had a website dedicated to hand-coloring photographs of all periods with oil. It just absolutely blew me away.”

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#1 Desmond Doss, Conscientious Objector And Medal Of Honor Recipient. He Was Given The Medal Of Honor For His Actions At Hawksaw Ridge, During The Battle Of Okinawa, Where He Carried 75 Wounded Men To Safety Under Heavy Enemy Fire

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#2 Two American Soldiers Proudly Show Off Their Personalized “Easter Eggs” (155mm Artillery Shells) Before Firing Them

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When choosing photos for his colorizations, Mads always checks whether the subject’s eyes will look good in the final picture. “I’ve always had a fascination with beautiful eyes, and that’s how I pick most of my photographs,” said the man. “If you look through my gallery, you’ll see that most of the eyes there are steely-blue or sky-blue, and they (hopefully) are framed beautifully by the surrounding color, contrasting with it really nicely. So that’s the main criteria.”

#3 Frederick Douglass, Talented Orator And Frontspokesman Of Abolition. Escaped Slavery, And Led A Freedom-Movement

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#4 Amelia Earhart, Unknown Date

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Mads says that colorizing an old photo is no easy task and is especially difficult when it comes to overlapping objects like tree branches stretching into the sky. Since he doesn’t want the sky to look brown or the branches to look blue, he has to do everything by hand.

If you’d like to try your hand at colorization, Mads has prepared a useful video tutorial – you can check it out here!

#5 Nikola Tesla, With Roger Boskovich’s Book ‘Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis’, In Front Of The Spiral Coil Of His High-Frequency Transformer At East Houston St., New York

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#6 Sir David Attenborough, Born This Day In 1926, Seen Here Petting A Macaw Around 1950-51

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#7 Helen Keller Greeting Charlie Chaplin By Feeling His Features

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#8 Alan Turing – A Computer Scientist, Philosopher, And Cryptologist Who Played A Crucial Role In Breaking The Nazis’ Enigma Code – Seen Here In Happier Times. Unknown Date.

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#9 Native American Chief With Feathers, Unknown Date

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#10 Two Girls And Their Snow Fort, Ca. 1910

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#11 Sgt. Henry ‘Black Death’ Johnson Of The 369th

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‘Harlem Hellfighters’ poses wearing the Croix du Guerre, awarded for bravery in an outnumbered battle against German forces. He also received the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2015 – 12th of February 1919

#12 Ca. 1960 – A Civil Rights Demonstration. A Black Woman Is Glaring At A Man, Who Appears To Be A Segregationist, Donning The Confederate Flag On His Hardhat

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#13 Audrey Hepburn. Unknown Date

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#14 Christmas Truce Of 1914 During The First World War

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German and British soldiers laid down their arms, and climbed out in to no man’s land for an unofficial ceasefire during Christmas. Supposedly over 100,000 soldiers participated, gifts were exchanged, British soldiers cut the hair of German soldiers, officers swapped buttons and coats, privates exchanged candy – and the next day, the fighting resumed, and the carnage continued.

it’s worth noting that not all parts of the front celebrated this truce, some parts of the frontline only had small agreements of a minor ceasefire to recover bodies, while others sang songs from within their trenches.

#15 Albert Einstein, Photographed Ca. 1948 By Yousuf Karsh

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#16 Jim Henson, Creator Of The Muppets, Sitting With Ernie & Kermit The Frog

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#17 Marilyn Monroe After A Party. A Rare, Solemn Moment Of Quiet For The Otherwise Boisterous Personality

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#18 Richard Pierce – 14 Years Of Age, Works As A Western Union Telegraph Messenger. With Nine Months Of Service. He Works From 7 A.m. To 6 P.m. Smokes. Visits Houses Of Prostitution. Wilmington, Delaware, Ca. May 1910

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#19 Einstein Laughing During A Dinner Party, Year Unknown

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#20 Paul Newman & Clint Eastwood

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#21 Brigadier General And Actor Jimmy Stewart. Participated In Over 20 Missions Over Nazi-Occupied Europe, And Even Flew A Bombing Run During The Vietnam War.

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#22 James Dean, Actor And Rebel Without A Cause, December 29th, 1954

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#23 Victor Hugo, Famous Author Of Les Miserables, And The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame – Ca. 1876

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#24 Mark Twain

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#25 Eric Arthur Blair, Better Known By His Pen Name George Orwell, Was An English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, And Critic

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His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.

Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, are widely acclaimed, as are his essays on politics, literature, language, and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of “The 50 greatest British writers since 1945”.

Orwell’s work continues to influence popular and political culture, and the term Orwellian – descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices – has entered the language together with many of his neologisms, including Big Brother, Thought Police, Room 101, memory hole, newspeak, doublethink, proles, unperson, and thoughtcrime.

#26 Joseph Goebbels Scowling At Photographer Albert Eisenstaedt After Finding Out Eisenstaedt Was Jewish.

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Eisenstaedt himself is quoted as saying ‘He stared at me with hate in his eyes’, despite the events following up to this. Eisenstaedt had photographed Goebbels sitting on his own outside in the courtyard, had approached him and taken a photograph of him with a warm smile, and then moments later was confronted with this, when Goebbels had learned of Eisenstaedts ‘true identity’. Sad.

#27 Buzz Aldrin, The Second Man On The Moon, Seen Here As Commandant Of The Air Force Test Pilot School, Ca. 1963

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Note the Mickey Mouse watch he is wearing as well.

#28 Theodore Roosevelt Holding His Grandson, Kermit Roosevelt Jr. – Ca. 1916

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#29 Abraham Lincoln And George Mcclellan At Antietam, October 2nd/3rd, 1862

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#30 Charlie Chaplin Without His Trademark Moustache In His Later Years, Working On A Movie Set

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The identity for an arts start-up aims to “empower” young voices

Studio Bennü has created a visual identity for social enterprise Critics’ Club, which looks to appeal to the organisation’s young audience and “welcome them into the world of art”.

The design work includes a visual identity and logo, as well as assets for social media campaigns on Instagram. There is also branded stationery.

According to the Critics’ Club’s website, the organisation exists to “shake up the people and voices that have access to, and are valued within, our cultural spaces”. These cultural worlds – which are “overwhelmingly white and middle class” – are sometimes inaccessible to less diverse groups of people, with barriers such as financial cost and a lack of representation. Critics’ Club links up with schools on eight-week programmes, where it takes a group of young people on cultural trips and gets them to write reviews about art and plays.


“Breaking into a new world”

Studio Bennü founder Tom Berry tells Design Week that he was inspired by the passion of the organisation’s founder Yasmin Ibison. She was ready to take the brand to “the next level”, he says. They had to appeal to a variety of stakeholders from parents to teachers. The main focus was to make arts and cultural spaces seem “cool and exciting” to students and to “empower” their voices.

While providing a blank canvas for the identity, Ibison did want to retain the name. Berry says that the logo, which incorporates the organisation’s name, is the heart of the branding and what ties the identity together.

Two Cs are taken from Critics’ Club and placed diagonally within a circular lock-up. Berry says that the gap between the letters represents a “broken link in a chain” because the organisation encourages young people to “break into a new world of art and culture”. In this way, the logo is suggestive of breaking old barriers and empowering new voices.


Design details

The organisation has six guiding values all beginning with the letter C – such as Connection and Curiosity – and these have been used in various logo applications. A circle comprising the six values interlocks the two Cs on logo variations, and these can be be used as part of the identity.

Termina has been used as the primary typeface for headings. This has been chosen for its “bold” quality, Berry says. There was also a “journey” around the colour choice, the designer explains. Starting from an orange that was deemed “too dark”, a red and yellow pairing emerged. A blue was added to the palette in an attempt to create a “bright” colourway.

The art world was one of the primary inspirations for the identity. Throughout the identity, there is a nod to 20th century Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, famed for his geometric red, yellow and blue paintings. There is also a retro undertone to the identity, which Berry says was the result of a sometimes-nostalgic design process. As it had to appeal to a range of ages, Berry thought back to what branding appealed to him as a teenager.

Famous paintings – such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Vincent van Gogh’s self-portrait – have also been used for campaign visuals. These have been written over with phrases like ‘What is art’ and ‘Is this art’ as a way to encourage participation in the youthful demographic.

The London-based studio also created templates for social media. These incorporate quotations from the young critics, as a way to create a platform for their words. New stationery has also been created for the brand, including pencils and branded paper.

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Person Compares Lady Gaga’s Looks To iPhone Cases And It Looks Like He’s Onto Something

If Internet karma was gold, Twitter user @BADIDEAA has just struck a mine that could last him a lifetime. On the 1st of August, he made a thread called ‘Lady Gaga as iPhones‘, comparing the famous singer to the iconic Apple device and it immediately went viral, generating over 373,000 likes and 58K retweets.

From different camera lens placements to a wide color palette, there are plenty of ways an iPhone can look but Gaga appears to have copied them all. Or maybe it’s the other way around and the Apple design team is the one ripping her off? Either way, one thing’s clear: @BADIDEAA is definitely onto something. Continue scrolling and check it out for yourself.

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Japanese Artist Turns Packaging Into Amazing Sculptures (16 New Pics)

Artists around the world never fail to come up with amusing ways of turning ordinary objects into something extraordinary. Japanese artist Harukiru repurposes packaging from used products that would otherwise end up in a trash bin and eventually add to the billions of tons of waste we accumulate every year to create miniature works of art. His three-dimensional pop-up pieces crafted with the kirigami technique range from detailed characters or animals to whole tiny cities.

We’ve previously featured this paper guru’s sculptures twice here and here, so check them out to refresh your memory and scroll down for his most recent intricate and very creative papercut designs.

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Harukiru is keeping an ancient art of designing paper, called “kirigami,” alive. It dates back to seventh-century Japan. The term derived from the Japanese words “kiru” (to cut) and “kami” (paper) quite literally explains the technique. Rather than manipulating a single sheet of paper by folding in the more common and widely-known paper craft form origami, kirigami also involves cutting, which opens up a lot more creative possibilities. Though similarly to origami, the canvas for artwork is a single piece of paper, being able to cut and fold results in great precision and more complicated designs.

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An unimaginable amount of different types of waste is dumped each year―a real-time global waste counter is already at 1.25 billion tons this year and statistically, it will grow by almost half of that size by the end of 2020. While the world is struggling to manage all the waste that is created by mass production, Harukiru takes an extra step by not only mastering his craft with regular paper, but reusing trash and giving back to the environment. The artist sets a positive and inspiring example of how to turn a crisis into something beautiful. Harukiru gives a second life to packaging of everyday things and snacks by transforming them into impressive sculptures and at the same time, he draws attention to ever-rising ecological issues in our society.

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Harukiru uses every single detail from the packaging to craft sculptures in the most creative way: a dragon from Starbucks coffee packaging turns into a dragon and even the mermaid logo transforms into his own version of Khaleesi; a few boxes of chocolate turn into a little port; two boxes of sweets can turn into a fighting scene with action figures. Every sculpture he tweets out into the world gains hundreds of thousands of likes—no wonder this kirigami artist has 472.8k followers on Twitter and over 50k Instagram fans. He obviously uses Japanese packaging for this art, but if you have a few empty boxes laying around (and you’ve probably been snacking even more during quarantine) and got inspired to challenge yourself to try to create something out of them, check out his YouTube channel to find out the step-by-step creation process of some of his best artwork.

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This is not the first time Bored Panda has featured artists who shift their art towards a more environmentally friendly approach. A 23-year-old recently made an eco-mural in Venezuela from 200k bottle caps, metal revolutionist Brian Mock makes spectacular sculptures from reclaimed materials, and Dan Tanenbaum creates steampunk sculptures from broken watches. If you are interested in recycled art, check out these articles and support these progressive artists!

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Pauzarq Arquitectos makes the most of views from hillside Santiagomendi House

The gabled forms of Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Arquitectos are set into a hillside overlooking the Cantabrian Sea in Astigarraga, Spain.

The Spanish architecture studio designed the home to suit its sloping site and make the most of its coastal views.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

Set over two floors, Santiagomendi House is comprised of two overlapping volumes, one single storey and one with a second floor.

A sweeping driveway leads down to a front porch sheltered by the overhanging gabled roof of the tallest volume. A concrete-lined garage has been cut into the hillside.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

Timber beams support the building's gabled roofs, which are clad in traditional ruddy-coloured ceramic tiles.

"The use of inclined roofs with great eaves emphasises the adaptation to the surrounding while the house is protected from the northeast storms," said Pauzarq Architectos.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

Part of the roof over the entryway has been left uncovered, with the shape of the roof continued by a wooden pergola.

Spread across both volumes, the ground floor is divided by what Pauzarq Arquitectos designated as day zones and night zones.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

The day zone mainly occupies the shorter, single-level volume, which is rotated to make the most of the scenic views.

An open-plan living and dining area abut a kitchen that sits in a corner of the larger volume of the house. Large picture windows frame views of the landscape beyond.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

The roof of this volume overhangs too, sheltering a terrace that runs along the front and projecting at the gable end to create an outdoor room with a roof but no sides.

One corner is glazed and features sliding glass doors, and skylights in the roof allow daylight in from yet another angle.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

The main bedroom and bathroom are also on this level,  with glass doors that open on to a sheltered patio that occupies the triangular space where the two volumes meet.

Upstairs there is another bedroom and bathroom, and a long playroom with a half wall so it overlooks the space below.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

Pauzarq Arquitectos used a minimal palette of materials throughout. The exterior walls are a combination of white plaster and raw concrete, accented by pale timber panelling.

The white walls are decorated in places by pale ceramic rectangular tiles arranged in bands between wood-framed windows. These pinkish-coloured tiles have also been used for the outdoor patio spaces.

Santiagomendi House by Pauzarq Architects

Pauzarq Arquitectos was founded in 2010 by Felipe Aurtenetxe and Elena Usabiaga and is based in San Sebastián.

Previous projects from the studio include an apartment renovation in Bilbao and a shop with house-shaped archways.

Photography is by Xabier Aldazabal.


Project credits:

Architects: Pauzarq Arquitectos
Design team: Felipe Aurtenetxe, Elena Usabiaga
Building engineer: Julen Rozas
Engineering consultant: LP Ingeniería
Timber-frame: Precom
Builder: Construcciones Hugar

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IOC designs Solari workstation in collaboration with Gensler

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