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Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree – BBC News
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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Tagged Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, comparison, Culture, Life, Politics, South America
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Footage of Over 30 Hummingbirds Splashing in a Birdbath | Colossal
Youtuber WildWingsLA has a special birdbath setup specifically for hummingbirds outside their Beverly Hills home. Known for being territorial, it’s rare to see so many birds at once, but at times the frame fills with dozens of them. Fun fact: … Continue reading
Elegant Flameworked Glass Sculptures by Eunsuh Choi | Colossal
Like a house of cards or a precariously stacked pile of pick-up sticks, it’s a marvel to stare at Eunsuh Choi’s glass sculptures and wonder how each object doesn’t collapse under its own weight. One of the central themes of … Continue reading
New Edible ‘Amezaiku’ Animal Lollipop Designs by Shinri Tezuka | Colossal
Based out of a Tokyo candy shop called Ameshin, candy artisan Shinri Tezuka (previously) crafts some of the most unusual lollipops you’re ever likely to eat from wiggling goldfish to statuesque lions or prickly hedgehogs. The translucent candy seems to … Continue reading
MIT Developed a Fabric That Can Fold Into Origami-Like Shapes When Inflated | Colossal
MIT Media Lab’s Tangible Media Group has created a system to fold materials into various origami shapes when inflated, turning specifically designed paper, plastic, and fabric into representations of swans, helixes, or other 3D figures with minimal human interaction. The project, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, creatives, Culture, design, infrastructure, Life, Technology
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Visual Sounds of the Amazon: Digital Lifeforms that Respond to Audio Recorded in the Amazon Rainforest | Colossal
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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Tagged animation, Art, Australian, comparison, creatives, Culture, Life, nature, rhythm, South America
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Hundreds gather to help save beached whale in Brazil
Biologists at the scene said the whale was young, measured 45 feet and was believed to weigh between 10 to 15 tons. via Hundreds gather to help save beached whale in Brazil —
How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m rail bridge – The i newspaper online iNews
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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Tagged Art, comparison, Economics, England, Life, Manchester, Network Rail, Politics, Salford, Technology, travel, Urban
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Giant Dabs of Thick Oil Paint Captured as Hyperrealist Colored Pencil Drawings | Colossal
Australian artist Cj Hendry (previously) tricks the eye with her hyper-realistic drawings, works that recreate the appearance of thick swabs of brightly colored paint. To achieve the dimensionality and sheen of fresh oil paint she layers dry pigment atop colored … Continue reading
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A bit of Afoxé at Manchester Day
We spent a couple of months constructing the costumes and rebuilding the float for our part in this year’s annual celebration of the culture of Manchester and you can get a flavour of the wonderful sunny day it was from the … Continue reading
CJ Hendry’s work in a photo by George Bryne
Somewhere Big Red is just chilling… This is a photo by @george_byrne, I don’t know what it is about this guy maybe it’s the composition or it could be the simple bold colours but every time I see his photos … Continue reading →