While museum visits aren't everyone's favourite pastime, engaging with the arts has intrinsic value. The Google Art & Culture app is getting people to view art differently however, by finding people's art doppelgängers using the humble selfie, while also showcasing tech's growing role in evolving the arts.

Meitu started off as a photo-editing app to create the perfect selfie, but has since evolved to let users to make themselves (and others) look wackily, disarmingly adorable. With social media fuelling an obsession for aesthetic perfection, what’s got people altering their appearance to the extreme?

Millions of people share photos of themselves on social media every day, but the kind of pictures they post on Instagram rarely match those on Snapchat. Canvas8 spoke to marketing professors Alexa Fox and Pom Nakhata to understand how people use selfies and what it means for brands.

As people project more of their day-to-day lives on social media, and some employers continue to base employment on appearance, the need to look good remains in China. With people wanting to present their vest selves online, young people in China are increasingly going under the knife.