After two and a half decades of working in the corporate world of toy design prototypes and bringing robots to life in the animatronics field, Thomas Kuebler opted to explore his full creative potential as a freelance artist. Armed with the tools of his trade, a very supportive and patient wife, and the odd inhabitants of his own personal fiction, he set forth on a new mission to bring the world inside his head to life. His highly detailed life-size characters range in venue from museums to private homes to the offices of DC Comics and have been featured in publications such as Spectrum and Rue Morgue. Kuebler and his wife currently reside in North Carolina.

8 large eggs mirror 30 meters in diameter and ten egg yolk with a diameter of 7.5 to 2.3 meters form a work of 14000 square meters at Wilhelminaplein / Zaailand in Leeuwarden. Art Eggcident Leeuwarden by Henk Hofstra.

Sandi Calistro was born in New Britain, Connecticut where her love for painting and art has been with her since childhood. After graduating in 1997 in Naples, Maine she made her way mid-west to Denver, Colorado. She adores being a custom tattoo artist at Kaze Gallery where she can exercise her talent beyond painting on trusting individuals. As an avid animal lover Sandi incorporates them into her paintings on occasion. Women have always been the focus of most of her paintings. The beauty, flow and character of women have intrigued her for as long as she can remember.

This mug is perfect for indulging on the sofa! The concave base will allow you to balance it easily on your lap while leaving your hands free, genius! Made of Earthenware it measure 11.5 x 12.5 centimetres and is dishwasher and microwave safe. Designed in UK. Buy here.

Kyoko Okubo’s small, gentle figures are meticulous crafted from washi, the traditional paper of Japan. Her diminutive, symbolic self-portraits resonate with intensity and challenge the imagination.

Michael Casker was born in Pittsburgh, attended Brooks Institute of Photography and now lives and works in New York City.

The Toast It is a bread shaped cork trivet/coaster set that adds humor to the table. Click here for the link.

‘ Spanish photographer Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes documents the abandoned ghost towns in Namibia that over time have been taken over by the Namib desert. With a post-apocalyptic feel, the desert appears to be swallowing the houses. ‘

Hiroshi Watanabe was born in Sapporo, Japan. He graduated from Department of Photography, College of Art, at Nihon University in 1975. He moved to Los Angeles after graduation and became involved in the production of TV commercials, eventually working as a producer. He later established his own production company and produced numerous commercials. He received an MBA degree from UCLA Business School in 1993. In 1995 his passion for photography rekindled, and since then he has traveled worldwide extensively, photographing what he finds intriguing at that moment and place. In 2000 he closed the production company in order to devote himself entirely to the art and became a full time photographer. His work has been published around the world, and has been exhibited in many galleries across the United States and Japan.

Japanese designer Chikara Ohno of Sinato has created the ROLLS installation at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Minato-ku, Tokyo. (via Contemporist)