David Mulhern

If you’ve ever compared website creating to magic, you may have noticed that both online shop creating and a magic trick consist of 3 parts.

In the first part you see the object: a ‘raw’ template with plenty of Latin text, a name which doesn’t even fit your project and a design which you still need to adjust. The second part is “The Turn”. The ordinary thing turns into something extraordinary. At this stage you customize a template to a state which you hope impresses your customers and becomes eye-candy to you. The third part of the trick is usually getting everything back to the initial state… but not for you. This is actually the only thing that differentiates a website creation from a regular magic trick. Your rock-solid, online store endures for a long time, spreading joy and profit to the owner and customers alike. Actually, it is more magical than a regular trick, and that’s great.

We suggest that you check out these 20 free & premium eCommerce templates: OpenCart, Magento, Prestashop & WooCommerce. Beautiful, elegant and ready to roll, they can become a superb foundation for your online stores. Start a new project at the drop of a hat, check out the themes, get inspired and – most important – remember anything is possible for you.

Free PrestaShop Themes

1. Tire Rack

Wheel & Tires template will become a great theme for a wheel & tire store. Strict square design is the central idea of the layout. Ironically, square design sells round-shaped items best. Anyway, this theme will also be perfect for industrial, architecture, interior and sport stores.

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2. Ikon

IKON is a free PrestaShop theme. A truly clean design excludes any distracting items, focusing your attention on the products in the store. The proper effect is achieved by using lots of white space and the hover effect applied in the menu. Simplicity – that’s the main idea.

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3. GameGear

Another free PrestaShop theme for creating an online shop. An unusual shape is used in the design of this theme – a rhombus. There is a call-to-action button on it; overlooking it is absolutely impossible. When you scroll down, you see the first New Products section, then Featured Products and Recent Blog almost at the bottom.

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Premium PrestaShop Themes

4. Handbags Store

A responsive PrestaShop template for creating a beautiful handbag store. Its layout is pretty unusual, so don’t miss this opportunity to take advantage of it. Layout includes big images which are sized gradually, drawing attention to the biggest one. By the way, the idea to break one image into several ones and to place them on a page is fresh for online stores – your client will love it.

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5. Underwater

A clean watercolored PrestaShop theme. List/grid category view, responsive home page slideshow and font awesome icons are among the features integrated into this theme. Of particular advantage is full responsiveness, and if the background image is chosen carefully, it can have a major impact on site visitors.

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For more premium PrestaShop themes visit this vast collection of PrestaShop certified themes.

Free Magento Themes

6. Fit Body

Fit Body is a brand new (and 100% free) Magento theme for sport, healthy food and fitness websites. It combines trendy full-width slider, large background parallax images with clean layout and convenient horizontal navigation. Advanced social options for sharing your content and maintaining the community are the cherry on top. Be sure to check out the demo below.

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7. Women Fashion

Create a website for any kind of fashion product with this free Magento theme. Like most fashion-related templates, this template has a clean stylish design. It can become a great selling website due to its automatic Sale label on Category view, promotion blocks on Homepage and featured products list on Homepage. Thanks to a newsletter subscription field and social media links in the Footer, customers will be better connected to this website.

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8. Jewelry Online Shop

They say the most beautiful jewelry was made by the Gods. This template was made by Pagayo, and it’s still one of the best Magento examples. The theme’s features will help you create the best website focusing on class and fashion. Recently viewed products won’t let the viewer forget what grabbed his attention before and will prompt him to convert from looking to ordering later. Slider on the Homepage will show the best of the products, thus making the website a great piece of design.

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Premium Magento Themes

9. Masquerade Masks

A shiny, glittering Magento theme for creating an online accessory store. A store like this needs to be created as a story – a story presented visually, with an element of secrecy. Incorporate features of the theme, like touch product carousel, list/grid category view, categories accordion, MegaMenu and Parallax effect, and make them work for you.

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10. Infant Clothing Store

Even those who are quite indifferent to cute kids’ photos cannot help smiling on seeing this beautiful Magento template. It’s a great option for any project that has visual presentation as its main point. The theme is fully responsive, which lets you create one website instead of 2. Pay attention to how the parallax effect affects the overall perception of a viewer.

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If you still haven’t found a Magento theme which would serve the purpose of your future online store website, you can check themes on trusted template providers’ websites like TemplateMonster where there are hundreds of them from which you can choose.

Free OpenCart Templates

11. Vetiver

Beautiful to the core, this Opencart theme is a perfect solution for any beauty-related website: fashion, wedding, gifts store – anything where aesthetics is a primary demand. It’s 100% free & 100% responsive. What will be of use to you when you create a website is Parallax and Lazy Load effect. All in all, it’s a great theme for a stunning project.

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12. Mobile

A beautiful OpenCart responsive theme for any business dealing with cars. Shopping carts and client area are integrated into the theme. The template is designed so nothing superfluous drives the customer’s attention away. How you customize the theme is up to you – mega menu, footer section, product categories, product description pages will serve their purpose best after your changes.

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13. Sport

This free OpenCart theme is definitely worth considering. Being dynamic, having a full width slideshow module and Google Web font, its best use would be for an online sports shop. Also it’s fully responsive, so save your time by not having to create an extra version of a website.

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Premium OpenCart Templates

14. Hosting

It’s an embodiment of symmetry and high-tech style. The eye-pleasing design of this template will become the key factor of a successful website. Visual perspective and camera slideshow are two of the many advantages of this template.

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15. Interior Blinds & Curtains Store

This template fits any e-commerce project perfectly. Don’t underestimate the value of video integration – a video in the background grabs your customer’s attention. Being fully responsive, this theme will become a great basis for a website which looks good on any device. An image slider presents the products of this specialist store in the best possible way.

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If you want to cherry-pick a design, you can also check out premium templates to ensure you’ve chosen the best one.

Free WooCommerce Themes

16. MusclePharm

Be careful: this free & beautiful WooCommerce website can make you go to the gym the very moment you see it. The great news is that it’s applicable for any type of store. Its design is unique, responsive and a little seductive. It provides you with a great opportunity to create an image-only website. Layouts which don’t have space between the images can generate a larger conversion. Additionally, 80 shortcodes and lifetime free updates are provided.

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17. Mystile

A free WooCommerce theme Mystile has everything a proper theme needs: responsiveness, customizability, custom Homepage and shortcodes. One can easily alter color schemes and create a great online store with a simple and clean minimalist layout.

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18. Unite

Here is a really beautiful, minimalist-designed WooCommerce theme for a wedding website. Image slider has the images displayed in the showiest way. Your customers and you will enjoy the responsive flat design, infinite scroll and the featured image.

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Premium WooCommerce Themes

19. Antique Store

A chic WooCommerce template with a Parallax effect. Its fancy design will attract your attention: check out the hover effect on the images. Fantastic slider will share your images the best way possible, and advanced backup will always keep the data safe. There’s only a 2-step installaltion with a great result in the end. You simply can’t miss it.

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20. Supplements Online Store

A WooCommerce theme for a supplement store is absolutely easy on the eyes. No separating lines in the design help to create an airy effect, and your look glides seamlessly over the page. Its layout and functionality ensure that this theme will be a perfect choice for a blog, portfolio or online store website.

MORE INFO | DEMO

200 more WooCommerce themes are waiting for you in this diverse collection.

In this article we presented free and premium themes for four most popular eCommerce platforms – PrestaShop, Magento, OpenCart and WooCommerce. Each of them is unique in its own way and is used for different types of online business. What eCommerce platform is your personal favorite and why? Don’t hesitate to leave your comments below.

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Traditionally, the Bajau resided in small boats, sailing day and night with the currents, counting only on their fishing gear to make a living. This is how they earned the title of the “sea gipsies”. Others used to live in hiding and many still live nowadays in the middle of nowhere, on floating villages built on the coral reefs. Today, many have come ashore to live on small islands, but continue to develop their perfect knowledge of the oceans, whilst selling their fish on a small scale.

Réhahn, a french photographer, spent a few days with these sea gipsies. He will keep forever in the depths of his heart the feeling of peace and serenity that emerges from these places, of these people who have nothing in common with our lives and who live only for and by the water.

More info: Facebook | rehahnphotographer.com

The Bajau, the nomads of the sea, are neither recognized not accepted by the neighboring countries

They are there by choice: the choice to live in paradise, their own little paradise

The tribe has no knowledge of reading or writing

The Bajau do not know their ages

They know roughly about the concept of age but time doesn’t matter much to them, only the present moment counts

Regardless of age, everyone finds his place and helps to catch the fish

Women give birth here in their hut on stilts. Most Bajau are born, live and die on their land

Younger children are constantly on the boats, learning how to dive or swim, while those who have reached the age of about 8 years old are already busy hunting

Here is a little info on the actor that will make you realise just how interesting he really is.

 

The role of Marty McFly was first given to Eric Stoltz who lost the part after five weeks of filming to Michael J. Fox. These movie stills give us some idea of what the film would have been like without the actor swap.

 

[Source: CommitStrip]

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A good freebie is always good to have. Today, we’re happy to release a quite unique icon set. The goodie contains 92 icons in three editable variants: outlined, filled & colored, covering 15 wide categories: Science, Medical, Tech, Kitchen, Activities, Care, Weather, Marketing, Transport, Holidays, Formats, Interface, Interaction, Photo, Brands.

Using a precise grid of 60px to guarantee sharpness and consistency, unlimited possibilities are unlocked when your creativity applies to this awesome set. Multiple formats available : AI, Sketch, PNG, SVG, EPS, PDF.

This icon set is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License¹. You can use the icons in your commercial as well as your personal projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. You may modify the size, color or shape of the icons. No attribution is required, however, reselling of bundles or individual pictograms is prohibited.

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Download The Icon Set For Free

• Download the Swifticons Icon Set (.zip, 11.9 MB)⁸
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Insights From The Designer:

“Building a unique icon set was not an easy task, but was a real challenge for me. I say unique because having same icons in three different styles opens the possibilities to actually use them for different states in any web or mobile application. Every icon is designed with passion but with fun too!”

Thank you to Darius Dan¹⁰ — we sincerely appreciate your time and effort! Keep up the brilliant work!

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Professional sports and pain go together like ball and glove, and when mishaps involve flying bats and hardballs those painful moments become hilariously cringeworthy.

If you’re going to watch your favorite MLB teams slug it out live this summer you should come prepared for battle, because watching baseball can be hazardous to your health!

Kinda gives a new meaning to the phrase "sitting in the nosebleed section", now doesn't it?

Pro athletes learn to play through the pain, but even those who juice can’t hide how bad it hurts when you get beaned with a ball!

See 24 Photos of People Flinching When Baseballs And Bats Attack here

“Picky” isn’t always synonymous with “difficult.”

Easy Lime Chicken

Skirt Steak Fajitas

Taco Baked Pasta

Cheese-Crusted Pork

Roasted Chicken and Tomato Pesto Spaghetti Florentine

Chicken Pot Pie Casserole

Lasagna Grilled Cheese

Parmesan-Baked Chicken Nuggets

French Bread Pizza

12-Minute Chicken and Broccoli

30-Minute Skillet Lasagna

Chicken Enchiladas

Easy Fried Rice

Spaghetti Omelet

Baked Ziti

Taco Grilled Cheese

Crispy Fish Sticks

Turkey Spinach Sliders

Stromboli

Grilled Marinated Steak Kebabs

Easy Baked French Dip Sandwiches

Broccoli and Cheese Quesadillas

Chicken Taco Salad

Ranch Cheddar Chicken

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Turkey Pesto Panini

Homemade Franks and Beans

The 80’s were kind of hilarious. From the bright, flashy colors of the clothing to the oddly soothing tones of the new wave music, it is not an easy decade to forget. What a lot of people fail to remember about the 80’s is that they laid down a great foundation of geekery in many of us by releasing movies that truly fed and nurtured the inner nerd in us all. From a young Tom Hanks stuck inside a game of Dungeons and Dragons, to a movie about a bunch of nerds who refuse to let themselves be bullied into submission, here are 6 awesome 80’s movies that had a huge impact on us as young geeks. One of which we probably SHOULDN’T have been watching. Oh, and one that is just cheesy-hilarious. Let’s start out with that one…..

Mazes and Monsters

Okay, let me get something straight right from the start. This is not a “good” movie in the sense that it is well-written or based on fact at all. It is actually 80’s anti-Dungeons and Dragons propaganda (not even kidding you). But that fact makes it even MORE meaningful for geeks like me who grew up playing tabletop games.

Add to the fact that it is Tom Hanks freaking out and shooting people because he thinks they are D&D monsters and you have a movie all geeks must see! Just peep that clip if you don’t believe me.

Real Genius

What can you say here? A movie about teen geniuses who use their genius for pranks. Much like the first film in this post, this film also features a future movie star in his teen years. In this case, Val Kilmer. What was cool about Real Genius was not the fact that it had pranks and was hilarious, but it was the fact that it was a geek movie ABOUT geeks, but didn’t undermine them or crap on them. They were actually embraced.

On top of that, “popcorn house” is still pretty much the greatest prank of all time, real or not.

Weird Science

Can’t lie. As a young man watching this movie the idea of being able to make a woman on my computer was about as far off into awesome as my mind went at the time. The cast was pretty awesome to boot (in keeping with the trend on the list, this one features a young and already cocky Robert Downey Jr).

What is funny about this film is you hear the idea and see the trailer and assume “Lisa” will be used for ‘naughty’ purposes. What makes the film so cool and profound for nerds is she actually just teaches them how to stand up for themselves and be comfortable in their own skin. I think a lot of young geeks could benefit from that.

Also, the shower scene. Can’t even be mad at that. They handle it like true nerds would.

Tron

Ah, here we go. I have said it for many years, and will say it again. Tron was well-ahead of its time. A movie that worked just as well a few years back (with the sequel) just shows you how advanced it was for 1982. The basic concept alone was badass. “The Dude” gets sucked into a video game he creates and has to fight his way out of it.

I could go way deeper into the plot than that, but that is the basics. The real marvel, as we all know, came from Tron’s visual aesthetic, which still somehow shines to this day.

Must be all that neon.

Revenge of the Nerds

Okay, this one might be a fluke, but I had to include it because it sort of defined what the 80’s version of a geek was, but also gave them the chance to rise up and shine (a lot like Real Genius, but with way more boobs). While I can wholly admit, young nerds should NOT have seen this movie (as it was a hard R-rating, if you catch my drift), yet, most of us did anyway.

While it could be said the archaic version of nerds in the movie was kind of a stereotype and insult to nerds (inhalers, dorky laughs, pocket protectors), the reality is, the movie did make you feel like the meek would inherit the earth eventually.

The irony being, we have.

Ghostbusters

With all the Ghostbusters talk lately (all female cast, all male cast, all simian cast etc,) it probably would have been a mistake to leave this nerd nurturing classic off the list. What was cool about Ghostbusters was that it was a funny movie, a mainstream movie, AND a geek movie. As much as it got popular, from proton packs to crossing the streams, it was all geekery through and through.

Should be interesting to see how this franchise is handled when the two new movies drop sometimes in the distant future. Hard to imagine either of them topping the original, though.

Honestly, can it work without Bill Murray? I have my doubts, but we will see.

[Lead Image via Deadline]

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Andrew B. Myers's photographs of perfectly-organized objects -- from fruit to toys to telephones -- have a cartoonish illustrative style, but as you can see from the image below containing a strategically-placed human, they are quite real. Read the rest

I’ve recently starting using a coffee nap when I really need a quick and effective nap. It’s just a 20 minute nap where you drink a coffee right before it so that right when you wake up, the caffeine is kicking in and you feel pretty awesome.

–TWITCH–

Follow me on Twitch. I’m gonna start randomly streaming my random video game playing, so why not get in on that. It’s always pretty great hanging out with you guys out there =)

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To continually cure your eyeball boredom, we are constantly keeping tabs on the internet’s finest content. As a Column Five project, we love uniting data with design, but we also like to highlight incredible artists, new technologies and amazing people. We have compiled a list of the 50 Top Art Blogs that we love to follow and think you will too. Since we’re crazy about data, we ranked our favorite blogs by the number of Facebook likes.

Allow this list to lead you on an incredible digital journey, through archives of awesomeness, and fill your feed with fantastic fun as you find your favorite sites to follow. If you have a go-to art blog that did not make our list, please comment below or email us at hello@visualnews.com.

50. Spoon & Tamago
Japanese art, design and culture.

49. Unurth Street Art.

48. 50 Watts Book-related design and illustration. (and this is what it looks like when more text is there)

47. HouHouHaHa The art of sharing

46. We And The Color A blog about creative inspiration in art, graphic design, illustration, photography, architecture, fashion, product, interior, video and motion design.

45. Golem13 Art, geek & creativity

44. Koikoikoi the web magazine for creative people, inspiration and fresh contents about art, illustration, photography, tattoo, graphic design, video and more.

43. 123 Inspiration is a magazine about creative art, design and visual culture.

42. La Boite Verte photography, design, technology , videos, artists and full of unusual things .

41. The Fox Is Black is a culture blog showcasing matters of design and design that matters.

40. Empty Kingdom A group of artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, designers, and thinkers busy overturning all the rules and trying to make the world a better place.

39. Where Cool Things Happen We keep you updated on where cool things happen | Cool Inspiration on Travel, Art, Lifestyle and more Cool stuff…

38. Design Faves unites the world’s absolute best design and visual culture under one roof.

37. The City Loves You Urban Independent media dedicated to contemporary culture. Art, design , fashion , film, music and celebration.

36. Synaptic Stimuli Art as a transmission of consciousness.

35. Illusion Magazine dedicated to featuring amazing creations in art, design, and film. From realistic tattoos to stunning landscape photos, the selection of posts will often make readers say “WOW!”

34. Creative Applications Reporting innovation and cataloging projects, tools and platforms at the intersection of art, media and technology.

33. Artist A Day ArtistADay (AAD) aims to raise awareness for fine art globally, through establishing personal connections between top emerging professional Artists and people who love Art.

32. But Does It Float But Does it Float is an ongoing visual conversation between Folkert Gorter, Atley G. Kasky, and Will Schofield taking place inside a browser window.

31. Design Collector Art, Design, Illustration, Photography, Music, Motion and Visual Overdose

30. Core 77 Design News, Resource and Inspiration

29. Ufunk Art, Gadgets, Design and Amazing Stuff.

28. Inspire First Sharing design inspiration with the World – illustrations, paintings, web design, product design, identity, digital art, architecture and more.

27. Beautiful Decay Daily art & design blog featuring groundbreaking work from around the world.

26. Arrested Motion Online magazine providing exclusive worldwide coverage of the low brow, urban & contemporary art scene on the daily.

25. Neatorama Neatorama is consistently ranked as one of the top blogs in the world. We cover a wide range of topics, including technology, science, art and the weird and wonderful things we found on the Web.

24. Etapes Design and Visual Culture

23. Journal du Design The Design Journal is all the trends

22. Yatzer is your global online destination for fine and applied arts. An explosion of exclusive and unique contemporary resources for those searching for inspiration and crème de la crème media coverage!

21. Feel Desain is an online magazine, updated daily with the latest and coolest news. Feel Desain offers a fresh insight into the emerging design scene, presenting all variations of Design, Art, Graphic Design, Photography, Advertising, Fashion, Video, Illustration, Packaging, Architecture, Viral Marketing, Street Art and Guerrilla Marketing.

20. The Jealous Curator A curator who is inspired (and just a tad jealous) of amazing contemporary art.

19. Trend Land Magazine for Fashion | Trends | Art | Design | Photography | Illustrations | Music | Video

18. It’s Nice That Championing creativity across the art and design world

17. Cool Hunting Cool Hunting is a daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology.

16. Street Art News Pictures of things painted on walls since 2009

15. Abduzeedo Abduzeedo is a collection of visual inspiration and useful tutorials.

14. iGNANT is an interdisciplinary Berlin-based blog featuring creatives in the fields of art, design, photography and architecture.

13. BOOOOOOOM! Booooooom is an art + photo blog with a soft spot for hand-made work by unknown people.

12. Nowness A video channel premiering the best in arts and culture.

11. Lost At E Minor is an online publication of inspiring art, photography, music, and more

10. 22 Words A blend of everything from the serious & creative to the silly & absurd. Funny & fascinating viral content as well as more obscure pics, videos, & more.

9. My Modern Metropolis Where art enthusiasts and trendspotters connect over creative ideas.

8. Laughing Squid A daily dose of unique art, culture and technology from around the world, founded in 1995

7. TwistedSifter Curator. Compiler. Contributor. A visual destination for infinite imagination.

6. Domus Curator. Compiler. Contributor. A visual destination for infinite imagination.

5. Fubiz Daily dose of Inspiration since 2005. Art, Creativity, Design, Video, Pop Culture.

4. Colossal An art, design, and visual culture blog.
3. Design Milk Design Milk is a website dedicated to modern art and design founded by Jaime Derringer

2. The Creators Project The Creators Project is a global network dedicated to the celebration of creativity, arts and technology.

1. Bored Panda The only magazine for pandas.

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Medical experts have long been talking about the possible dangers of microwave popcorn to human health, focusing on the chemicals inside the bags. While it seems that definitive medical evidence has yet to be obtained, it doesn't hurt to go the safer route and make your own. Here Grant Thompson, a/k/a the King of Random, demonstrates how to quickly and easily make your own microwave popcorn at home with natural ingredients.

MCAD student Kirsten Camara is obsessed with how we remember the past, so she created a table that has a kilometer of blank paper to record everything you need.

When the desktop is covered in notes, scribbles and drawings, you just turn the handles and voilà – you have a blank analog tabletop again!

The desk is not available for purchase, but the blueprints were released with a Creative Commons license, so you are free to build it on your own! What do you think – could you use a table like this for work or play?

More info: kcamara.com | Twitter

Joakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger recreate some of the world’s most iconic photographs in 3D.

 

It’s not uncommon to get sticker shock when you see your total at the grocery store, but this little fact will make you feel much better: 60 years ago, we spent twice as much on food. Using the latest data from the USDA’s long-time tracking of food expenditures, we charted the information going back just over six decades. The trend is obvious. Out of our total disposable income, Americans are spending a much smaller share on food.

The data is split into two categories: food consumed ‘away from home’ and ‘at home’. Each gives us further insights into how times have changed. While food prices as a whole have dropped, the country is now eating out far more often (with the most notable rise during the ‘70s fast-food boom). Even still, eating out is cheaper today than it was in the past. That McDonald’s hamburger you find on the Dollar Menu today cost just 15 cents in the 1950s. But the relative value in today’s dollars? $1.47.

(Graphic created by Visage.co)

Cuban artist Jorge Mayet is creating his own miniature worlds. Attached to white walls, many of his sculptures seem to float in the sky, their bottom sides revealing raw soil and roots as if they have ripped free from all that is below. Other sculptures seem to explode in mid-air, their small wooden houses becoming a cloud of floating splinters. This is no destructive event, however, but one that makes things move and spread.

Like his floating islands, Jorge left Cuba 22 years ago to explore the world. He landed on another island, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. His work today draws inspiration from his homeland, creating a conversation about belonging and nostalgia for place.

Mayet builds his tiny worlds predominantly from green painted sponges, paper mache, wire and cloth. His most recent exhibition took place in Rio de Janeiro, Argentina, at Galeria Inox. You can see more on their Facebook page or learn more about Mayet here.

(via Lustik, photos by Galeria Inox)

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Man, there are so many awesome (fictional) universes in film, it is really hard to pick a favorite. Would you go high fantasy or science fiction? Dragons or space ships? That’s like trying to pick between ice cream cake and lasagna. Can’t we just have both?

Well, this list is ten fictional movie universes that I think we can all agree are pretty awesome in their own ways.

[Image via DigitalSpy , video via WatchMojo]

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A series of illustration showcasing 8 ways people can sit on couches. On a regular week, I use at least half of these on a daily basis.

[Source: Julia from the Cheese3d Tumblr Blog | Via Neatorama]

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