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Todos sabem que as cores e as formas são elementos capazes de provocar na gente os mais diversos tipos de sensações e lembranças. Aquele vermelho que te lembra um dia de verão, ou aquele círculo azul que te lembra os olhos de alguma pessoa, por exemplo. Não é atoa que a teoria da cor e da forma é uma das primeiras cadeiras em qualquer curso de design.

Há pessoas como Louis T., designer e fotógrafo da Malasia, que conseguem abstrair e utilizar dos elementos citados anteriormente em um nível de excelência capaz de representar personagens animados através de poucos traços. Seu projeto intitulado “Colorful Characters” ilustra bem o que eu quero dizer.

Você consegue listar todos os personagens?

Confira o artigo original publicado pelo Choco La Design: Representando personagens através de formas simples

Há alguns dias, a gente mostrou por aqui mais uma coleção reunida por Federico Mauro, que ao longo do ano mostrou como alguns objetos famosos podem criar uma identificação imediata no público. Mas nem só de óculos, guitarras e chapéus se vive, como comprova o arquiteto e ilustrados italiano Federico Babina, criador da série de pôsteres Archicine.

Nesta coleção, os filmes são representados pela arquitetura de seu principal cenário, como por exemplo, o inconfundível prédio de Janela Indiscreta, a casa de Os Incríveis ou ainda a singular construção de Star Wars.

Se a gente parar para pensar, ainda tem muitas outras casas e prédios que merecem entrar para esta série – as casas de Tony Stark e Sherlock Holmes são dois bons exemplos.

De qualquer maneira, vale dar uma olhada no portfolio de Babina, que tem outros projetos bem interessantes.

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Um artista de verdade consegue fazer arte com o que for que seja, e muitos fotógrafos são verdadeiros artistas, sempre nos surpreendendo com suas obras.

O fotógrafo e artista Carl Warner utiliza uma técnica diferente da usual para retratar belas paisagens. Ele mesmo as cria, da forma como vem a cabeça, utilizando apenas um material. Comida! Sejam doces, vegetais, ou até mesmo biscoitos.

Nesse caso a comida cria vida e realmente parece que algo estava acontecendo ali enquanto Carl registrava tal momento. É de cair o queixo e dar água na boca.

Ele consegue de forma fascinante criar cenários dignos de serem admirados por várias e várias vezes. A cada minuto olhando suas obras, é algo novo que você perceberá.

Confira abaixo:

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A cold lager is refreshing on a summer afternoon, while a hearty porter or stout will warm you up faster than cuddling by a fire on winter’s coldest nights. But beer, a crowd pleaser for all tastes and all seasons, also brings unexpected benefits.

While there are many health benefits of beer, who among us hasn’t rounded down when doctors or nutritionists ask how much we imbibe? The health-conscious avoid the malty beverage due to the high calorie content. Calorie counts range from approximately 100 calories in light beers, while an Olde English High Gravity malt-style beer weighs in at 220 calories per serving. A couple of those a day will quickly lead to a beer belly, but don’t take a vow of sobriety just yet! Here are 10 nutritious reasons to raise a glass or bottle to your good health:

1. Portion control

Beer is conveniently packaged in a portion-control bottle. It’s easy to limit it to one—or at least keep track of how many you’ve had.

2. It’s rich in B vitamins

Beer is full of B vitamins from the yeast. Unfiltered beer is especially high in B3, B6 and folic acid (B9). B3 aids in cell repair and B6 eases PMS. Folic acid aids in colon cancer prevention.

3. It’s high in fiber

Beer contains fiber, which acts as a natural laxative. It also slows the rate at which food leaves your stomach, which means it suppresses appetite. So indulge in a beer, and know you’re preventing overeating.

4. Stress reduction

A beer a day keeps stress and heart attacks away. Moderate alcohol consumption can reduce stress and anxiety, known contributors of heart disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, alcohol reduces risk of dying of a heart attack and possibly reduces risk of strokes. “Moderate” is defined as up to 12 ounces per day for women and 24 ounces per day for men. Drink to that.

5. Beer drinkers are at lower risk of type-2 diabetes

Multiple studies have shown that beer drinkers had an approximately 30 percent lower risk of type-2 diabetes than test subjects who abstained.

6. Beer drinkers have a lower risk of developing gallstones

Beer drinking is associated with a reduced risk for gallstones, according to the Mayo Clinic. Gallstones are made up of cholesterol, bile and other things that cause pain in the stomach. No one wants to deal with that.

7. It has anti-microbial properties

Hops, the bitter flowers used in brewing, are known to be antimicrobial, which could fight disease.

8. It’s good for your muscles

Muscles benefit from a substance in hops that keeps muscle from deteriorating.

9. It’s high in silicon

Two brewskis a day could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2007 study at the University of Alcala in Spain. The research suggests a high intake of silicon limits aluminum absorption in the brain, which in turn could aid in the prevention of Alzheimer’s.

10. Moderate beer consumption is good for bone density

Beer could keep bones strong. Researchers at Tufts University found a positive link between beer or wine consumption and hip-bone density. Heavy drinking, however, led to bone loss, according to the same study, so be conservative.

11. It can reduce the risk of heart disease

Red wine is often touted as the healthiest alcohol choice, but a Kaiser Permanente study says not so fast. Incidences of heart disease for beer drinkers were lower than for wine or whiskey drinkers.

12. It’s a social lubricant

A brew also has social benefits. A beer can loosen you up a bit for a first date, a family gathering or a networking event. Alcohol can boost courage and chattiness, according to a University of Washington study. However, some people continue to drink because of the perceived expectation that if one is good, a lot is even better. We all know more beer doesn’t make us more charming and attractive. Everyone knows how that story ends.

So, take that teetotalers! Ales and lagers are actually good for you (in moderation). Cheers!

Here ‘s a list of some of the amazing benefits of ginger that you may not aware of. 11 Benefits of Ginger That You Didn’t Know About

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If you don’t want to cry today, we suggest you skip this one. That being said, for the love of all that is holy, please don’t skip this one! The tears are more than worth it when you hear the story behind these touching and at times heart-wrenching daddy/daughter photos.

This story begins with wife, mother and schoolteacher Ali Nunery and her husband Ben, who got married in 2009 and decided to take their wedding photos in the empty Cincinnati house they had just closed on. The photos are a beautiful, filled with all of that newlywed hope and joy that you can’t help but smile at.

But those smiles were far too short-lived. In 2011, Ben and their then 1-year-old daughter Olivia were forced to say goodbye to Ali, who was tragically taken from them by a rare form of Lung cancer.

We can only imagine how difficult the next two years, which Ben describes as “a rollercoaster of emotion,” have been for everyone that Ali left behind. But this November, the duo decided that they were ready to move out of the home they had shared with her, there was just one thing left to do.

The house had been, in a sense, christened by the wedding photos that Ben and Ali took there; it only seemed appropriate that they honor Ali’s memory by saying goodbye to the house in the same fashion, with now 3-year-old Olivia taking her mother’s place.

The resulting father/daughter photos — which were taken by Ali’s sister, photographer Melanie Pace — are equal parts touching and tear jerking. That same sense of hope and joy is captured beautifully in the photos, many of which are staged to look similar to the photos that Ben took with Ali.

Have a look, but get the tissue box ready… you’re gonna need it. Photos graciously provided by Melanie Pace:

Melanie, who shot the photos with help from her husband and partner Adam, describes the experience of shooting her brother-in-law and niece on her website — an experience both difficult and incredibly rewarding:

One of the things that hurts the most, is when I watch Olivia do things that Ali fantasized about before becoming a mom. She would talk about taking her future daughters to ballet and watching them spin till they giggled and fell down. Which is pretty much what happened…

It’s so hard to let go of the anger I constantly face because she’s missing these things. But I know she’s with her still watching and likely whispering in O’s ear, “Olivia, don’t forget to spot! Oliviaaa! You’re going to fall! You’re spinning too fast! Oliiiviaaa!”

Speaking with TODAY, she continued on to say that, “It’s almost like she was nudging me along as I was shooting, telling me which places to go and what to use as props. It was a very overwhelming feeling to have her so close even if she was not physically there.”

It’s impossible for us to do justice to this story in words, so we’ll stop trying now. You’ll find a selection of the daddy/daughter photos above, but if you’d like to see all of them in higher resolution, browse through all of Ben and Ali’s wedding shots, or just see more of Melanie Pace’s photography, be sure to head over to her website by clicking here.

And if you’d like to learn more about this family’s touching story, be sure to visit the website RockPink4Ali.

(via TODAY)

Image credits: Photographs by Melanie Pace and used with permission.