29 August 2021

Covert Cashew: The Secret Life of a Nut

It’s difficult to know quite where to start when it comes to the cashew nut.  To many people it is nothing more than an occasional (if moreish) snack. So, let’s begin with a picture of one on the tree – there it is, above.  Not quite what you expected?  It’s a nut with a number of secrets hidden in plain view, not least the way it grows. And before we go any further, let’s get another thing straight: it isn’t a nut either.

The way it grows will only be a surprise to you, of course, if you live outside the regions where it is farmed – and there is one good reason for that too.  Originating in Brazil the cashew was introduced elsewhere in the 1500s and is now grown in countries such as India, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Vietnam. In fact anywhere between the latitudes of 25°N and 25°S, where the tropical evergreen can flourish, it is farmed.  It takes shape like this...
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7 February 2021

How to Make an Apple Swan - A Fruity Hyperlapse


If you have ever wondered how amazing fruit sculptures are made then perhaps this hyperlapse is a good place to start – with an apple swan.  You can see how it is cut, carved and created in less than a minute.

10 December 2011

Funny Fruit

Today we bring you a collection of funny fruit for no better reason than simply to sweeten your day. Some of these compositions must have taken many hours to put together; others took minutes. There are some, even, which seem to be just a case of fruity serendipity. However, they all have one thing in common – they do bring (or perhaps force) a smile to the face. So, take it away, funny fruit!

13 November 2011

Alternative Company Logos

Viktor Hertz is a Swedish freelance graphic designer with something of a sense of humor. Here, he takes some immediately recognizable company logos and twists them just a little to come up with something a little more forthright! You can contact him for freelance work or even have his art made in to a tshirt!

8 October 2011

Steve Jobs - Collective Commemorations The World Over

When Steve Jobs died on 5 October there was, inevitably, huge news coverage of his passing. The great, the good made themselves available to opine about the man. Yet Steve Jobs was a man of the people and did as much to change popular culture and the way it is experienced as any man over the last century. And so the people came out - a global show of respect reserved for so very few of us. The celebration of his life and mourning of his death was marked by many ordinary people by a visit to their local Apple store. There they could join with others to pay tribute collectively and individually to Steve Jobs. Here is a selection of their tributes from around the world.

Alpharetta, Georgia

Soho, New York

London, United Kingdom

Chicago, Illinois

Sydney, Australia

Palo Alto, California

Toronto, Canada


Clarendon, Virginia

Sinagpore


Tokyo, Japan


Honolulu, Hawaii


Hong Kong, China

Bangkok, Thailand

San Francisco, California


Barcelona, Spain

Cupertino, California