Glitch Wizard Photo Editing App

Turn crisp images into dynamic, noise-ridden pieces of art

There’s just something so appealing about glitch art in our world of ever-improving technology. While in the years past we’ve been intrigued with image-altering apps such as Decim8 and DScan, we’re currently nerding out on Glitch Wizard. The simple iOS app lets users turn ordinary images (taken inside the app or imported) into noise-heavy images ripe with rainbows and extreme pixelation of the likes one …

Chen Tianzhuo’s Picnic

Stoned astronauts, neon lights and religious iconography combine in this artist's striking works, on display now in Shanghai

An indolent psychonaut walks onto a stage in a brightly colored outfit and loads his bong with the ritual gestures of a tea master. He puts on a helmet—complete with a weed leaf-shaped halo—and as the bowl burns, a cloud of thick smoke fills the headgear. He sits between two flags, between two philosophical mantras: the Latin motto, “Ordo ab chao” (meaning order from chaos) …

Cool Hunting Video: 27 Robots

Josue Maldonaldo sculpts cars by day and creates imaginative musical creatures by night

Not unlike the laboratory of a mad scientist, Josue Maldonaldo’s gadget-filled studio on the outskirts of Detroit is full of odd and fascinating creations. By day, Maldonaldo sculpts life-sized model cars for Ford, but by night, he creates his very own artwork as part of a side project he’s titled 27 Robots. Combining found objects and parts molded from his own casts, Maldonaldo’s sculptures are …