Tag Archives: comparison

Separated by a Common Language: optional commas

Posted on September 15, 2017 by agogo22

I was tweet-talking with Lane Greene this morning about whether Americans’ love for/Britons’ indifference to optional commas can be quantified. And so I did a little experiment. And so I’m going to tell you about it. For this I’m comparing … Continue reading →

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Manga Illustrations by Ilustrata Design

Posted on September 13, 2017 by agogo22

Hand illustrations combining retro Japanese culture and modern technology by Brazil-based design studio Ilustrata Design. Source: Manga Illustrations by Ilustrata Design

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Food Art by Tatiana Shkondina

Posted on September 12, 2017 by agogo22

Recreations of well-known paintings using food by Moscow-based photographer and food stylist Tatiana Shkondina. Source: Food Art by Tatiana Shkondina

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15 Best Small Dogs for Families with Kids

Posted on September 11, 2017 by agogo22

So you want a small dog that will be great with the kids right? We’ve listed a few that we think will fit right in with your family Source: 15 Best Small Dogs for Families with Kids

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The Hummingbird Whisperer: A UCLA Researcher Cultivates a Community of 200 Hummingbirds Outside Her Window | Colossal

Posted on September 8, 2017 by agogo22

Photographer Melanie Barboni is an assistant researcher at UCLA’s Earth, Planetary and Space Science Program where she installed a hummingbird feeder outside her office window in hopes of seeing the elusive birds and maybe snapping a photo. Two years and … Continue reading →

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Surreal Photos by Erik Johansson

Posted on September 4, 2017 by agogo22

Multiple award-winning surreal photographer and retouch artist Erik Johansson from Sweden takes an engineering approach to his images. Source: Surreal Photos by Erik Johansson

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Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree – BBC News

Posted on August 31, 2017 by agogo22

The order prevents the government from exploiting a protected area bigger than Denmark. Source: Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree – BBC News

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Towering Charcoal Portraits of Women by Clio Newton | Colossal

Posted on August 31, 2017 by agogo22

Swiss artist Clio Newton has been hard at work on a series of larger-than-life portraits of women portrayed entirely with compressed charcoal. The towering drawings can reach nearly 8 feet tall and capture near photographic detail of her subject’s faces, … Continue reading →

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Visual Sounds of the Amazon: Digital Lifeforms that Respond to Audio Recorded in the Amazon Rainforest | Colossal

Posted on August 26, 2017 by agogo22

Australian artist Andy Thomas (previously here and here) presents his first installment of Visual Sounds of the Amazon, a responsive artwork that alters its visual shape based on audio Thomas collected from the Amazon rainforest. The animation sequence is one that … Continue reading →

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A Secret Work Studio Suspended Below a Highway Overpass by Fernando Abellanas | Colossal

Posted on August 21, 2017 by agogo22

Spanish furniture designer Fernando Abellanas has carved out a new creative home in a section of Valencia that isn’t the typical artist neighborhood: he’s built a studio affixed to a highway underpass. The workspace is complete with a desk and chair, as … Continue reading →

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Islands Digitally Composed From Images of Abandoned Sites by Fabio Araujo | Colossal

Posted on August 17, 2017 by agogo22

Brazilian designer Fabio Araujo digitally composes images of abandoned sites to create undesirable islands, small patches of earth ripped up from long neglected corners of civilization. The series, Abandoned Places, exists both as image and video as Araujo animates discrete … Continue reading →

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How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m rail bridge – The i newspaper online iNews

Posted on August 17, 2017 by agogo22

It began with a series of simple, hand-drawn sketches on a piece of A4 paper and became an £85m rail bridge. These rough pencil drawings were an architect’ Source: How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m … Continue reading →

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