15 Pop Culture Mosaics (SUPER GALLERY)

Typically, a mosaic is made up of smaller images or pieces which together form one large image. They date back many centuries where they were crafted from materials like glass and stone.

While these traditional mosaic methods still exist, technology has helped them advance to new levels. On Trend Hunter, we have seen a range of new mosaic styles that speak to the pop cultural of today, from celebrity-themed to inspiration mosaics with a message.

A favourite are the photo mosaics made popular by programs like the Apple MacOSAiX screensaver which automatically creates these mosaics from personal photos stored on the Macs.

Take a look at some of the neatest mosaics featured on Trend Hunter.

Top 100 News Stories in Pictures - TenbyTen.org

If you’re like me, you’re attracted to stories with great photos. If this sounds like you, TenbyTen.org is worth checking out. It features the top 100 current news stories in a photo cube of, you guessed… [More]

Art Made of Medical Vials - “Sunny Day” by Aleksandra Stratimirovic (GALLERY)

Aleksandra Stratimirovic is a creative lighting artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She created the featured installation made of medical vials, which she titled Sunny Day. She created the medical mosaic,… [More]

Push-Pin Art - Eric Daigh’s Portraits (GALLERY)

These push-pin portraits are a modern take on Monet’s dotted paintings; from afar, they look like beautiful, full-colour portraits of people, but close up, their true pixel-like nature is revealed. Eric… [More]

Mosaics with Meaning

Mosaics With a Message - 4,000 Americans Dead

It is becoming a trend using all types of products to create a mosaic.  We have seen examples with used metro tickets, pieces of scrap or what ever inspire people to assemble an artistic object. In this… [More]

32,000 Barbies Represent Real Boob Jobs - Social Commentary by Chris Jordan (GALLERY)

Up close, you can see that these photographs consist of some fascinating detail; the entire design is made of plastic dolls. 32,000 Barbies, to be exact. The images, created by photographer Chris Jordan,… [More]

Face Made of Human Bodies - Who Do You Think You Are Ad

When looked at from afar, it becomes evident that this image of a face actually consists of photographs of hundreds of naked human bodies that, with their combination of unique shapes and colours. The… [More]

Icons & Leaders

Facial Mosaics of 100 Influencers - Time 100 Cover (GALLERY)

How ingenious is this year’s “Time 100” cover? Rather than use the face of the #1 position as usual, the cover depicts one face constructed from thin horizontal image strips of each of the 100 most influential… [More]

Mosaics for Marketing - Steve Jobs Made of Apple Products (GALLERY)

We’ve seen some awesome photo mosaics, some even functioning as more than art and delivering social commentary. While this image of Steve Jobs doesn’t hold any moving messages about society, it could… [More]

Obama Mosaics - Deep Zoom Obama & More (VIDEO)

Obama has a lot of fans making art in his honour, and photographic mosaics seem to be a favourite. Professionals and amateur fans are tinkering around with photo collaging techniques to make mosaics of… [More]

5 Impressive Mosaics - Including Handwritten Script Godfather Poster (GALLERY)

Trend Hunter has featured many image collages created via computer software using numerous images, but how about if I tell you that this Godfather poster is created by handwriting the entire movie script!… [More]

Mosaics Made of Food

Art Made of Jelly Beans - Jelly Belly George Clooney (GALLERY)

I knew George Clooney was eye candy, but I had no idea he could be this sweet! This fantastic portrait of the sexy 460year-old was created out of Jelly Belly jelly beans, forming a sort of candy mosaic.… [More]

Jelly Bean Art 2 - Madonna Hard Candy Cover (GALLERY)

At a promotional party in the UK for Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy, there was a lot of themed merchandise and decor including these jelly bean portraits. The art was creative out of real candies, which… [More]

Architecture

Living in a Shell - The Nautilus House (GALLERY)

As far as unique houses go, this one is pretty up there. The Nautilus House is designed as a snail shell by architects at Senosiain Arquitectos for a Mexico City young couple with two children who, after… [More]

Mosaic-Encrusted Architecture - Watts Towers in LA (VIDEO)

This really unique piece of architecture reminds me of something you’d see in the Myst computer games. The details are really quite remarkable, with trinkets like plates in different colours grouted… [More]

Awesome Architecture in Iran - Incredible Buildings You Never Knew About (GALLERY)

Iran has a lot of fascinating architecture, and many of these unique buildings are overlooked by the rest of the world. Iran has a lot to offer in terms of design, as we pointed out in an earlier article… [More]