When it comes to arts, everything can be reproduced to make it more interesting, meaningful and compelling, depending on one’s creativity. World map is no longer special to anyone, it can be found from the web as easy as tabbing Google Map app on your smartphone or tablet. However some creative artists, designers and photographers decided to give the world map a new look, making them amazingly beautiful, unique, and different from the standard maps we know. Some are digitally designed, painted, carved, and even spilled with coffee.

Here’s a showcase of 36 most amazing and interesting world map artworks that I’ve collected from the web. Don’t forget to save them as a source of inspiration or share with your friends for enjoyment. Personally, I like the carved apple as it caught my attention with its clean map image. How about you? Read more…

Is iPhone the smartest phone in the world? While this question remains to be answered, but what we are so sure is that iPhone has become a benchmark for all other smartphones to compete with. Although there was no iPhone 5 launched in last year, instead Apple rolled out the iPhone 4S. The phone also known as iPhone for Steve as the Apple’s visionary co-founder has passed away the day after iPhone 4S was launched.

This year, Apple will be launching a total revision of the iPhone and the publication reports that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the development of the new iPhone. Most notably, he was overseeing the redesign of the phone right up until his death late last year. Read more…

Paper art can be presented in a number of ways, from paper folding to book craving. The arts of folding, cutting, and shaping of paper were originated about a thousand year ago. They are usually showcased in the museums and exhibitions. Nowadays, paper art is considered to be one of the primary mediums for artistic expression. Instead of using blank A4 paper, many artists develop and improvise their ideas by using some unexpected materials and methods.

In today’s showcase, we would like to present 40 truly amazing and beautiful paper artworks that will make you Wow! These awesome art pieces are all hand-made by 13 talented artists. Enjoy! Read more…

QR Code (Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode that can be read quickly by a cell phone. In the recent years, the system has become very popular in many industries due to its fast readability and large storage capacity compared to standard barcodes. You can see the codes are being used in everywhere, in a magazine advert, a web page, on a billboard, or even on someone’s t-shirt. Once you scan the code by using your smart phone’s QR code reader, it gives you details about that business. It can even show you a link which you can click for a movie trailer or give you a coupon which you can use in a local outlet.

QR code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. However some talented designers have transformed this boring looking code into visually appealing designs. In today’s roundup, we bring you 35 very creative and beautiful QR codes for your enjoyment. You’ll be surprised that some of these colorful QR can be scanned for info too! Read more…

Global warming is a serious issue that all of us can’t afford to ignore. Our earth has been sending us warning messages as early as 19 century, and the signal is getting stronger. In the recent years, we can see increasing temperature in many countries, ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate, rising sea level, and the frequent occurrence of extreme weather conditions. If we continue to disrespect our earth, more dangers and complications will come to us for sure.

We, at Quertime.com, as an advocate of green and sustainability, would like to showcase 35 global warming related artworks. We hope these art pieces can help to increase public awareness about the plight of our mother earth. Read more…

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. It works in the material form of buildings and is often perceived as works of art. This form of art can be seen anywhere in our daily lives, so it’s a popular subject for photographers. In today’s article, we would like to present a showcase of beautiful and stunning architectural photography. These photos are taken from the best angle, with the right timing, settings and effects to achieve the most amazing shot of buildings. We hope these artworks can be your source of inspiration!

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In our previous post, we’ve showcased 40 creative Facebook Timeline designs and received tremendous response from our readers. Many of them shared their Timeline covers in the comments asking us to add them to the collection. To not disappoint our readers, we’ve decided to showcase another roundup of awesome Facebook Timeline covers, including some designs contributed by our readers. We hope you’ll enjoy this creative and inspirational post like the previous one.

Again, please feel free to share your Facebook Timeline design in the comment section below. We’ll definitely add your Timeline to the above collection if it successfully grabs our attention! Read more…

Logos are commonly used for websites, commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals with the intention of promoting public recognition. Generally, logos can be divided into 3 categories which are symbolic, wordmark and combined mark. Regardless which one you choose, there’s no easy answer to the question of what type of logo design is the most effective and impressionable.

To design a memorable logo, you need creativity to make it stands out of the crowd. However that doesn’t mean the logo has to be complex and colorful. Sometimes a simple logo is good enough to impress people and speak a thousand words. Nike’s logo is the best example for this statement. Read more…

Hollywood has given us our share of apocalyptic movies in the past such as 2012, Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact and so on. Many of us may find these movies depressing especially 2012 which talks about Mayan prophecy that the world is going to reach the end of its run on December 21, 2012. In today’s roundup, we want to show you 40 astounding end of the world inspired artworks. These dark and gloomy masterpieces show you massive asteroid impacts, destroyed cities and deadly disasters which will make you worry about tomorrow.

With these doomsday-themed artworks, we hope you’ll live your life with an attitude of gratitude. Now, let us throw you a question: If the world will be ended tomorrow, what would you do today? Read more…

In the past few years, infographic designs have grown as one of the most effective tools to deliver information and statistics in the form of art. They’re easy to understand, interesting and able to quickly engage their viewers on social media. Many infographic designers devote countless hours to coming up with new ways to make their infographics memorable.

In this collection, you’ll find 40 most creative and educational infographic designs we found across the web in all different industries. They are absolutely worth to be saved as the source of your inspiration and knowledge. Read more…

Li Wei is a contemporary artist from Beijing, China. His work often depicts him in apparently dangerous and gravity-defying situations. Wei started off his performance series, Mirroring, and later on took off attention with his “Falls” series which shows the artist with his head and chest embedded into the sidewalks, cars, water, etc. His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and works with the help of props such as mirror, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics.

Here’s a collection of Li Wei’s most impressive and unbelievable photos that are sure to make you look twice! Read more…

How does your workstation look like? Are you happy with it? Workstation is a place where we work, learn and spend most of our time at. It can also be the source of inspiration, so it’s important to ensure that our workstation always looks great. All the machines, devices, books and stationery must be placed where they are easily accessible in order to boost up our productivity.

If you have no idea how to set up your workstation and are curious to see how others look like, here’s the right place. Today we’ve crawled deep into the net and collected 55 most impressive and awesome computer workstations for your reference. In this showcase you can see what cool machines people use, how they’re positioned and how workstations become source of inspiration, creativity and motivation. Read more…

Have you designed your Facebook Timeline cover? Facebook Timeline, a new profile design that was recently introduced by Facebook, providing you a cool way of introducing yourself through graphic other than profile photo. If you’d like to do something awesome with your Timeline, but are lacking some ideas to get it started. Well you’ve come to the right place as we’ve collected 40 really creative Facebook Timeline designs to ignite your creativity!

For those of you who’ve created your own version of Timeline which you’re very proud of, share it with us in the comments below! Who knows that we might add it to this Facebook Timeline collection? Read more…

Latte art is a method of preparing a coffee created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface. It makes the latte looks more appealing, sexy and delicious. The most common latte art design is the Rosetta (or fern) which is done by free pouring. Etching technique on the other hand is accomplished by drawing the design on the latte using a coffee stirrer of some sort after the steamed milk has been poured.

How beautiful and delicious can your latte get? Today we’ve collected 50 very charming photographs of latte art for your inspiration. In this collection, not only you can find those popular art designs like Rosetta and heart, but also other creative art designs such as flowers, cartoons, animals and more. They are just too beautiful to drink! You can even feel the aroma floating from these photographs. Read more…

Have you heard of cinemagraphs? Well they are the animated version of photographs in the format of GIF created by Jamie Beck, the NY Photographer and Kevin Burg, Web designer. Some say cinemagraphs are like a movie inside a photograph. If you are Harry Potter movie fan, you might remember those animated photographs in the magical newspaper. Yeah that’s what cinemagraphs try to achieve, defining itself in between photography and movie, and more importantly bringing the animated GIF to the whole new level.

Today we’re going to showcase 40 amazingly beautiful and impressive cinemagraphic artworks for your inspiration and enjoyment. We hope you will love this interesting photography collection, don’t forget to share it with your loved ones and friends. Read more…