Caroline Stanley

These dramatic superhero silhouettes by Macedonia-based illustrator and graphic designer Marko Manev aren’t just lovely to look at, they also capture the mystery of beloved vigilantes like Batman and Wolverine. Clearly Manev — whose minimalist…

An incredible creative force in experimental cinema who inspired everyone from Warhol to John Waters, Jack Smith is considered a pioneer of America’s post-war underground scene — and yet he was largely unknown outside of the art world in his…

Kelvin Okafor’s drawings are meticulous — so richly detailed that it’s almost impossible to believe that the image that you’re looking at was created by a graphite pencil and some charcoal, and not a camera’s lens. But these drawings were all done…

Spotted by PetaPixel, this series by New York-based photographer and videographer Ben Franke uses flour and dramatic lighting to capture the gravity-defying movements of parkour like you’ve never seen them before. “It’s a challenge for any…

Can we all agree that February is the absolute worst? Not only is the winter weather usually at its most brutal, but we’re also in that awkward lull in the TV schedule, with nothing new and exciting to look forward to until spring. Then there’s…

To celebrate the 55th anniversary of LEGO, Montreal-based creative agency Brad came up with a series of 55 minimalist posters illustrating some of your favorite books, songs, movies, children’s stories, and bands — all in colorful little bricks.…

As most New Yorkers have probably heard already, this weekend marks the 100th anniversary of Grand Central Terminal, which officially opened its doors at midnight on February 2, 1913. Designed by the architectural firms of Reed and Stem and Warren…

[Ed. note: In celebration of the series finale of one of our all-time favorite TV comedies on Thursday night, we’re going to be celebrating 30 Rock all week long on Flavorwire. Look for a new feature each day, and be sure to check out all of our…

As Jennifer Senior recently explained in New York Magazine, we never truly leave high school — it’s a scientific fact. Whether or not you’re still haunted by the thought of your prom portrait or cafeteria politics, there’s one part of adolescence…

How does a well-off but totally disconnected married couple living in Silver Lake spice up their marriage? By taking in an exotic dancer as their nanny, of course. As Jason Bailey mentioned in his Sundance 2013 recap, Jill Soloway’s debut feature,…

This week on Flavorwire, we were a little more obsessed with famous people than we usually are around these parts, examining everything from their fascinating business cards to their final photographs to the evolution of their private jets. We met…

“D is for Don Draper. Old Fashioned-supping alpha and legendary mad man/remover of bras.” Many thanks to A Parliament of Owls for tipping us off to Alphamales , an ongoing design project by Stuart Jackson that pays homage to “the world’s manliest…

There’s no debating that David Pelham’s cover for the Penguin Books UK paperback edition of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange is iconic — that cog-eyed face is impossible to forget. But the British illustrator was far from a one-hit wonder; in…

Everyone is freaking out because Beyoncé lip-synched “The Star-Spangled Banner” at yesterday’s inauguration; you can even compare a clip of her rehearsing with the final version. As Kristin DuBois, a representative for the United States Marine Band,…

The famed Martha Graham once described dance as “a graph of the heart.” In her ongoing series Viv(r)e la Vie!, which we spotted thanks to Feature Shoot, Spanish photographer Ana Galan captures old couples dancing in different countries across the…

Talk about your unexpected eye candy: the pleasing geometric shapes and rich, over-saturated colors in these photos by Los Angeles-based artist Ed Freeman transform abandoned fast food restaurants and gas stations into objects of startling beauty.…

You know what there simply aren’t enough of? Children’s books that lampoon the Cubist movement. As Will Schofield over at 50 Watts explains, “The Cubies’ A B C is a mostly light-hearted jab at the Cubists in the guise of a children’s book. Brancusi,…

Earlier today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the “third pillar” of his social network — a new search tool called Graph Search, which will leverage Facebook’s one billion members’ 240 billion photos and 1 trillion interpersonal connections.…

You might know Anthony Hernandez for his beautiful landscape photography, but back in the ’80s the artist turned his lens on a rarefied subject: the shoppers of Beverly Hills. The resulting images — which mark the first time he had worked in color —…