“In a little more than 15 minutes, San Francisco artist Roman Weingartner, a.k.a. Romanowski, transformed a pair of white Converse high-tops that retail for $40 into art shoes that’ll resell for $100.”

Link: SF Gate article about “Romanowski”

When an order is received, robotic drive units retrieve the appropriate pods and bring them to the worker, who picks out the appropriate item and places it in the carton. Completed orders are stored on separate pods, ready to get up and move to the loading dock when the truck arrives.

Link: Kiva Systems’ website

Robert Triboli is a Sacramento photographer. His documentary work of Mexico and Italy is worth a close look.

Link: Robert Triboli’s website

Artist Mary Beier etches designs into metal and then applies paint to each picture to create the illusion of depth.

Link: MetalWorks Art online

French investigators recovered two Picasso paintings and a drawing that were stolen from the home of the artist’s granddaughter in an overnight heist in February.

The estimated value of the two paintings — one of Pablo Picasso’s daughter Maya, the other of his second wife Jacqueline — are worth nearly $66 million.

Link: CNN article about $66 million Picasso works