In the world of creativity, if you're not starting a fire, then what's the point? So, we've created a portal to celebrate the most revolutionary and thought-provoking ideas we're seeing in the world today. Some are ideas we've recognized from others and we're tipping our hats to, and others are ones we thought of (go figure). Either way you cut it, you won't find a dull moment here, and hopefully we've inspired you to start your own fire.
This stark and bold series of photographs by Mark Nixon shows old stuffed animals that have been literally loved to pieces by their owners. These nostalgic photographs are cute, yet pull at your heart strings and almost feel a little bad for the stuffed animals that have been loved to pieces.
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Instead of burying your deceased pet, would you immortalize your pet by cremating and turning their ashes into diamonds? Apparently, companies are now offering to turn your pet’s ashes into jewelry. This practice was first done 10 years ago to memorialize humans, but now it is now an idea for deceased pets. Some companies such as LifeGem, Pet-Gems, and DNA2Diamonds allow you to turn your deceased pet into jewelry. Strange, yet interesting idea!
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Lytro invited people to submit their photographs to be transformed through the ‘Lytroizer.’ Lytro is a camera that allows you to endlessly refocus pictures after you have taken them. The best photos that were submitted were turned into claymation scenes as a collaboration between Lytro and Screen Novelties.
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Joco, created by Jimmy Gleeson, are environmentally friendly coffee mugs that are beautifully designed and are a great alternative to plastic cups. These cups are made from glass and are great for travel. The branding is simple, yet fun and encourages coffee drinkers to use reusable mugs instead of paper and plastic cups.
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Inventor, Andrew Gray, came up with an innovation that allows pet birds to drive around anywhere it would like! The Bird Buggy works from the bird pushing a little joystick with its mouth. When it is time to put the bird back in his cage, Bird Buggy docks itself to a base station by using a web camera. Check out how it works by watching the video below.
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