Russia-based creative duo—Asya Kozina and Dmitriy Kozin—began experimenting with paper in 2007 by making opulent historic costumes. Since then, the material has become their signature medium, and they’ve gone on to make collections of impressively ornate Mongolian wedding costumes, masks inlaid with crystals, and even gigantic paper horses. Their newest work is a series of magnificent baroque wigs, sculpted entirely from white paper, which they believe allows them to “highlight the main form and not to be obsessed with unnecessary details.”

Historically, headdresses from the baroque period were worn by both women and men to symbolize wealth and status. They often contained embellishments such as sculpted fruits, flowers, and birds. Kozina explains that the elaborate wigs have always fascinated her, admitting that they make “no practical sense, but they are beautiful.”

While maintaining a traditional aesthetic, the duo’s hand-made paper versions incorporate symbols from the modern world such as airplanes, ferris wheels, and multi-story architecture. Kozina describes the collection as “a combination of old and new luxury, where the skyscraper rises at the top of an ornate hairstyle, and the plane is decorated with flowers and ostrich feathers.”

After the collection was complete, photographer Anastasia Andreeva stepped in to capture each piece’s beauty in a series of baroque-era themed photographs. Models of all ages were used, portraying an aristocratic family.

Paper artists Asya Kozina and Dmitriy Kozin create elaborate headdresses entirely out of paper.

Some include modern symbols—such as airplanes and skyscrapers—hand-cut from paper.

The series also includes miniature versions, housed in glass vessels.

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Watch out—if you aren’t careful, you might fall through this giant hole in the floor! Well, not quite, but the optical illusion rugs of designer Scott Jarvie will make you think so. Calling the project Void Rug, the unconventional decor is relatively simple in design—consisting of just two colors—yet very visually effective. They’re convincing enough to make you think there’s a bottomless crater in the middle of your home.

Enjoying the illusion of Void Rug is all about standing at the right angle. Both floor coverings are best enjoyed when you’ve got some distance from them; it makes the sliver of gray look as though it’s really the edge of a deep black hole. If you’re standing on top of the rug, it loses the fantastical effect, but the abstract shapes still add some visual excitement to your space.

The contemporary rugs come in two sizes— there is a circular version that’s designed for large spaces as well as a long rectangle that’s meant as a runner for narrow areas like hallways.

Scott Jarvie has created optical illusion rugs that, from the right angle, look like a giant crater has opened up in your home.

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Germany-based paper engineer Peter Dahmen takes the art of pop-up cards to the next level. In a new video showcasing his extensive portfolio—entitled Most Satisfying Video of Pop-Up Cards designed by Peter Dahmen—his intricate hand-crafted objects are revealed, unfolding from pages and boxes to the music of Johann Strauss’s Blue Danube.

In a short film by Christopher Helkey, Dahmen explains that he first started making paper pop-up cards during his third semester studying graphic design in college. He was asked to create a 3D object entirely out of paper, and while he enjoyed the challenge, he faced the problem of transporting it on the train ride home. To avoid damaging his paper creation, he decided to design it in a way that allowed it to collapse into a flat pop-up book. Since then, 3D paper art has been his focus.

For Dahmen, the most interesting thing about pop-up cards is the movement they create. He describes opening the cards as a “magical moment.” This is clearly evident in his portfolio video. The intricate paper masterpieces range from large-scale architectural structures that erect themselves between white card, colorful ornamental flowers that seem to bloom before the viewer’s eyes, and a perforated peacock’s tail that fans out as the card is opened.

Dahmen’s work may look complicated, but is fully accessible to try yourself thanks to free online tutorials on his website.

Paper engineer Peter Dahmen creates impressive sculptural pop-up cards.

Watch how Peter Dahmen’s impressive paper pop-up portfolio unfolds.

Peter Dahmen: Website | Instagram
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Images and video via Peter Dahmen.

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Design studio Nervous System is known for their twist on convention. Last year, they introduced the world to the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle, which is a space-inspired, shape-shifting jigsaw with no beginning or end. They’re now back with another “fiendishly difficult” puzzle that boasts a similarly organic shape to its predecessor. This one, however, focuses on the beautiful bounty of Earth. Called Geode, it’s a series of jigsaw puzzles that are modeled after agate, a colorful banded stone.

Nothing about the Geode is cookie cutter. “Each puzzle is unique,” Nervous System explains, “emerging from a computer simulation that creates natural variations in the shape, pieces, and image.” The result is hundreds of plywood pieces that form a “slice” of rock and a maze-like puzzle.

While the Geode resembles a piece of agate, the conceptual basis for how each puzzle is created is also akin to how the real thing is made; agate typically forms by bubbles of gas that leave pockets in volcanic stone. As it begins to crystallize from the outside in, concentric layers of minerals produce the colorful bands for which the crystal is known.

“Our computer generated agates emerge from a similar process. First, we grow a chamber (this will be the shape of the puzzle). Then we progressively grow the edge inward, perpendicular to the boundary, until the chamber is filled.” The color is determined from a “pool of photographs” that the studio takes as they travel—everything from coral reefs to the New England coast.

Nervous System has created two varieties of the Geode puzzles. One iteration, bearing the same name, is approximately 180 pieces, while Orbicular is larger at 370 pieces. Both are now available in their online shop.

Design studio Nervous System makes some of the best jigsaw puzzles.

Their latest puzzle is modeled after agate stone.

Each puzzle is computer generated and completely unique.

Learn more about the jigsaw puzzles in the video below:

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In 1980, Anita Corbin trekked around London capturing revealing street photography along the way. Venturing into the city’s pubs and clubs, she captured portraits of 56 women from different local subcultures. Her searching culminated into a project called Visible Girls, which documents the various attitudes and attire of groups like the mods, punks, rockabillies, rastas, and others who defied mainstream sensibilities. The women appear confident and proud as they pose in groups of two outside of bathroom stalls and darkened street corners.

Visible Girls was a touring exhibition in the 1980s and 1990s, but eventually, Corbin lost touch with the women in her photos. Thanks to the power of social media, however, some of the women eventually started to resurface in Corbin’s life; BuzzFeed had published a collection of the images in 2014, and it was the catalyst for their reunion—many of “lost girls” were now found.

Finding the subjects was something that Corbin had always hoped for. “It was a bit of a dream that I had,” Corbin explained. “I did try to do it in 1991 but I couldn’t find any of them. All the numbers had changed or they’d moved away, so I let it go dormant for about 25 years.”

Since making contact, Corbin has interviewed and rephotographed many of the women as they are now—and even facilitated gatherings between friends who have lost touch. “So they’re now reconnected through the Visible Girls project, which in a way is what it’s all about,” Corbin reports. “You know, rekindling those old friendships, those strong bonds of young women, that idea of ‘me and her against the world.’”

With the fantastic development in Visible Girls, Corbin is about to launch an exhibition that marks its progress. Called Visible Girls: Revisited, it features then and now photos of the women along with recordings and interviews from both 1981 and the present. It will be on view at the Phoenix Gallery in Exter from Friday, November 17 to Thursday, December 21, 2017.

As of now, not all the women from the project have been found. If you’re one of them, Corbin invites you to contact her to help complete Visible Girls: Revisited.

In 1980, Anita Corbin trekked around London documenting the women of different subcultures through street photography.

Called Visible Girls, she eventually lost touch with the women in the project.

But thanks to the power of social media, Corbin has been reunited with some of the subjects from long ago.

She’s snapping their portraits again for then and now photos called Visible Girls: Revisited.

Corbin is still looking for more of the women in her project.

Visible Girls: Revisited is now an exhibition. It will be at the Phoenix Gallery in Exter, England starting November 17, 2017.

Visible Girls Revisited: Website |  Instagram

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Meet Augie (aka @babyandthebody), the 18-month-old who’s following in the fashion footsteps of his male model uncle, Aristotle Polites. Look at how this cute toddler recreates his uncle’s photoshoots in an adorable Insta-photo series.

The fun photo project started one day, when Augie’s mother, Katina, was struggling to dress the wriggly toddler. Her brother told her the scene reminded him of one of his own photoshoots, so she snapped a picture and later matched the uncanny pose with that of her brother’s, modeling knitwear around his neck.

Since then, Katina and Augie have been treating their Instagram followers to a new snap every Monday. Katina has said she has “a great younger brother/older sister relationship [with] lots of poking fun!,” and this series certainly proves it. Augie’s recreations have compared Calvin Klein’s to diapers, six-packs to tiny tummies, and pearly white smiles to toothless grins.

You can keep up to date on Augie’s toddler modeling career via Instagram.

18-month-old Augie impersonates his male model uncle in a series of adorable photos.

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