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Guatemala-based artist Dario Escobar redesigns the structure of sporting goods. A trained architect, Escobar reconstructs athletic gear, slicing the equipment and assembling them in an atypical fashion. Despite disfigurement, we can identify what item Escobar has reworked. Delving in deeper, I realize that many of these sculptural installations rendered the original products useless. The artist’s interesting and unusual design practices redefine the purpose and often challenge the functionality of these items....

Imagine walking through a forest and seeing just a glimpse of these invisible figures! Mulholland told BBC Scotland that the key to the effect was creating a distorted reflection. It alters reality, one moment you see them and the next moment they blend in. There’s an ambiguity to it it doesn’t answer all the questions.

The concept is six rooms for six artists, she said. The idea is to sleep in an artwork. All rooms are changed every year. We just finished Season 3. Our website will be updated on Friday. We don’t impose any theme, the artists have carte blanche' to express their creativity. In general, we terminate the hotel a whole month. It took about a week for Tilt to implement his creation....

After admiring it for a few minutes, I never really thought I’d come across it again. Tattered and frayed, Hegarty’s painting is based on Jasper Francis Cropsey’sAutumn on the Hudson River of 1860.

Can you believe that these images are pencil drawings? However, each picture has the artist’s name legibly etched into it, all in pencil! Fortson, who sometimes refers to himself as Dr. Pencil, is a self-taught illustrator based in Illinois. With an extensive background in real estate, the incredibly gifted artist had treated drawing like a hobby. Each piece takes several hours to create, and some take up to 17 hours!...

We’ve seen a lot ofcreative Christmas treesthis holiday season and here’s another. Studio Roso made theV&A Christmas Tree 2011as a part of an ongoing series of winter commissions. It currently graces the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with its beauty. The tree is made of 3.3 miles of elastic cord and reaches over 4 meters high. The shapes of the cord and metal rings make snowflake-like shadows on the ground....

He calls itCasa TomadaorHouse Taken Overwhich was inspired by a tale from Julio Cortzar. Rafel Gomez Barrosvia [Sweet Station]

What a strangely interesting sight! However, not all of the hats were designed by Hirata Akio. Rather, most are mass-produced non-woven fabric hats [Nendo] created for the space. via [Contemporist]Nendo Website

It offers a mystical getaway on natural grounds. You don’t have to be a hobbit to enjoy the comforts and beauty of nature! Huilo Huilo’s websitevia [Honestly…WTF]

When seen in the studio before their installation, the pieces look unfinished. It becomes clear that the environment drastically compliments these pieces. Miss Bugs has other series of works that can be found on her website. Above: Beauty and the Beast Coffee Monster Miss Bugs’s website

What do you see? Now take a step back. Do you see something different? Oleg Shuplyak’s oil paintings capture more than meets the eye. In a way, his illusionary work brings back memories ofMagic Eye. Amsterdam Art Gallery’s website

While these lands were once intense scenes of violence and commotion, the photos now capture scenes of tranquility. It’s almost as if war was never even ravaged across these beautiful landscapes. The inspiration behind Hebeisen’s photos was the idea of coming to terms with the past.

Time and time again, nature astounds us with its beauty. Artist Kathy Klein draws inspiration from its magnificence to create these beautifully radiant mandalas which she refers to asdanmalas. She offers different colors, patterns, and textures in each danmala. Some even look good enough to eat! Doesn’t this set remind you of Qi Wei’sExploded Flowersseries?Kathy Klein’s website