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Surreal Moments Composed with Familiar Objects by Photographer Elspeth Diederix
Photographer Elspeth Diederix captures everyday objects and moments in a surreal light. Her photographs are simply presented yet arduously composed, with most images taking days of preparation and design to achieve the right appearance. Although Diederix is inspired by familiar … Continue reading
Two Biologists Explore the Remote Rainforests of the Ecuadorian Andes to Document Fungi
Biologists estimate that 3.2 million species of fungi may exist on Earth, and of that only around 120,000 are known to science which leaves potentially millions organisms of left to discover, photograph, and document before it’s too late. Source: Two … Continue reading
If Australian animals don’t poison you or eat you, they’ll BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE
Birds have figured out how to light fires to scare their prey into the open Source: If Australian animals don’t poison you or eat you, they’ll BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE
Grande Rio 2018 – ensaio de rua para o Carnaval 2018
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Tagged Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Choreography, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, rhythm, Rio de Janeiro
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The Dripping and Undulating Ceramic Sculptures of Toru Kurokawa
Japanese artist Toru Kurokawa sculpts improbable liquid and biological shapes from a variety of ceramic materials. What begins life as a mere lump of clay, the artist molds and carves into artworks that appear like arrays of honeycomb, undulating coral, or dripping … Continue reading
Young, gifted and giving back
Award-winning cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, donates thousands to old secondary school. Source: Young, gifted and giving back
Louvre Copyists, a Lasting Traditional from the French Revolution
Photojournalist Ivan Guilbert photographed Louvre copyists as they work in the galleries. It’s a tradition that began just after the French Revolution. Source: Louvre Copyists, a Lasting Traditional from the French Revolution
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Tagged Art, comparison, construction, creatives, Culture, infrastructure, self-impovement, skill
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Linking extreme weather to climate change could help curb carbon emissions – Anthropocene
For eastern and central North America, 2018 brought the coldest New Year’s weather in several decades, with temperatures as much as 50 degrees Farenheit below normal in some areas. The cold snap elicited predictable nyuk-nyuks from climate-change denialists. But scientists have pointed … Continue reading
The Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper – Anthropocene
New, mass-timber engineering could transform the twenty-first-century city from a carbon source into a carbon sink Source: The Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper
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Tagged construction, creatives, Culture, Environment, nature, science, Urban
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Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Located in downtown Hiroshima, this house by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has an optical facade consisting of 6,000 pure-glass blocks. As the house is located on a street with many passing cars and trams, the blocks effectively shuts out the noise enabling … Continue reading
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