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The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
[…] Japan’s Shinkansen doesn’t look like your typical train. With its long and pointed nose, it can reach top speeds up to 150–200 miles per hour. It didn’t always look like this. Earlier models were rounder and louder, often suffering … Continue reading
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HOBBY – an Adobe Pocket Film
A short film about the new hobbies we started while locked down over the past year, in a search for fulfillment…and their failures. Commissioned by Adobe for their Pocket Film Series. Shot on iPhone & DJI OM 4, all transitions … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, construction, creatives, film, Life, pandemic, Technology
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Researchers Develop Free Software That Can Create Japanese Wood Joinery | Spoon & Tamago
Japanese wood joinery dates back to the seventh century and is a craftsmanship technique that involves complicated, interlocking wooden joints that form bonds without the use of nails, screws or adhesives. Practical use of these woodworking techniques, known as tsugite, has … Continue reading
Whitest Paint Ever Developed Could Help Slow Global Warming
Professor Xiulin Ruan with a sample of the whitest paint yet developed. (Photo: Jared Pike/Purdue University) “Painting 0.5-1% of the Earth’s surface (roofs, roads, cars, unused land, etc) with our paint will stop the warming trend.” Combatting the rise in … Continue reading
Fabric fantastic: The chemist’s made out of felt | BBC News
After wowing art lovers in the US and China, Lucy Sparrow’s latest felt fantasy is her first UK show in five years. More: Fabric fantastic: The chemist’s made out of felt
Ironic Compositions Juxtapose Outlandish Scenarios in Paco Pomet’s New Paintings
“The Lesson” (2020), oil on canvas, 130 x 170 centimeters. All images © Paco Pomet In Beginnings, Spanish artist Paco Pomet (previously) visualizes a series of jarring and absurd scenarios born out of an equally concerning event. He juxtaposes disparate elements—a … Continue reading
Photographers in Focus: Susan Meiselas
For over four decades, American photographer Susan Meiselas has captured people caught in the seismic upheavals of history—whether documenting Nicaraguans fighting for their lives, or photographing carnival strippers making a living on the fringes of US society. It shows an … Continue reading
Run Forever: A Figure Undergoes Metamorphosis as It Trudges Through Myriad Environments
The team at Universal Everything is back with its latest video artwork, “Run Forever,” that stars a now-familiar nondescript figure as it gradually changes from material to material. While previous projects in the series have focused on structure and texture, … Continue reading
Everyday Objects Are Sliced and Re-Assembled into Distorted Sculptures by Fabian Oefner
“Heisenberg Object VI – Cortez” (2021), leather, foam, and resin, 30 x 18 x 15 centimeters In Heisenberg Objects, Fabian Oefner (previously) translates quantum mechanic’s uncertainty principle into a sculptural series of segmented objects. The Connecticut-based artist uses resin … Continue reading
Lyft – The Sound of Y
An experiment in sound we made for Lyft. Please listen with headphones. Production Co: Avocados and Coconuts Client: Lyft EP: Dalia Burde CD: Amani King Director: Spencer Macdonald DP: David Bourke Edit/Sound Design: Cooper Kenward/Spencer Macdonald/Ian Levine Additional Footage: Michael … Continue reading
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