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A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at nigh..(Read...)

They are two short films about that moment in New York and Paris when you emerge from the subway and..(Read...)

These clothes hangers make from bro­ken chair back, created by designer Antonello Fus&egrav..(Read...)

Five years ago, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island opened the first all-glass, undersea restaurant...(Read...)

This pencil looks cool!From Moleskine: "Rectangular shape, rounded corners, made of cedar and h..(Read...)

Technically, the Salton Sea is a “saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault predominantly in California’s Imperial Valley,” so says Wikipedia. It’s a haunted place that’s been mostly abandoned since the 60′s but still draws in the curious and the adventurous. Recently, a documentarian named Ransom Riggs made a short film called The Accidental Sea which gives the background on this forgotten place and how it got to it’s current state. He likens the Salton Sea to the way the world will be one day, devoid of people, nothing left but our skeletons littering the land. It’s a beautiful, sad film, but I enjoyed it quite a lot.

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Bobby

With over 8 months of production and 5,000+ individual photos, Kyle Roberts made this stop..(Read...)

This is a video shows mugumogu's cat - Maru for his 3th birthday.  ..(Read...)

Yesterday Kyle and I had the opportunity to see a sneak peak of the upcoming Tim Burton exhibition at the LACMA’s new Resnick Pavilion, which opens to the public on Sunday, May 29. The exhibit is a retrospective of Burton’s career, starting with his early work as a kid growing up in Burbank and how he slowly became the creative genius we know today. The exhibit is filled with a mix of everything like paintings, sculptures, videos, short films, movie props and even a huge, black light installation.

My favorite part was seeing all of the old drawings and sketches he did when he was younger. You can totally tell that he was really bored when he was growing up, and channeled this boredom into art. But so many of these little drawings were the seeds of ideas, which would eventually translate into larger ideas, some even progressing into characters in his films.

There were also a ton of movie related sketches and items such as Jonny Depp’s costume from Edward Scissorhands, 3 Batman mantles and even the eyeballs used for Large Marge from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Another awesome part was The Nightmare Before Christmas section which contained about a dozen maquettes from the movie and about two dozen Jack Skellington heads. I’m a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas so I was totally nerding out in this section.

I really liked the show overall, but Kyle mentioned that the exhibit could have been way more creative overall. Maybe they could have ran it during Halloween? Or maybe they could have made the experience more interactive and less… a standard exhibit. Especially after seeing Art In The Streets so recently, it’s hard not to make a comparison. Nonetheless, if you’re as big of a fan of Tim Burton’s work as I am you’ll still love this show.

Under the cut I’ve posted 71 more photos from the show, so if you don’t live in L.A. or don’t plan on visiting in the next 3 months, you’ll get a good taste of what the show was all about. I hope you guys enjoy it!

Bobby

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First we had slow-motion gelatin, now we have a video profile by Gestalten of the british duo Bompas and Parr, who kicked off their career thanks to gelatin. Sam Bompas and Harry Parr made a splash by creating a gelatinous version of St. Paul’s Cathedral, or at least that’s the first place I had heard of them. They still to this day work with gelatin in interesting ways, but they also focus on food experiences. For example, they turned a giant batch of gin and tonic into vapor, so that a room full of people were literally breathing the stuff. Not sure how drunk they got, but the alcoholic vapor was being inhaled straight into their blood stream. The video is a bit long, coming at 12 minutes, but I assure you that it’s quite fantastic and inspiring. If they can make an entire career out of gelatin, you could easily do the things you’re passionate about.

Bobby

Peg uses a simple clamp mechanism found in a clothespin rather than the traditional twist socket uti..(Read...)

I think I tend to skew minimal concerning architecture, but I love these slices of color on the Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. What could have been a visually appealing but color neutral building they’ve given a burst of color to the eaves of these giant slabs that adorn the facade of the bank. Inside, the same aesthetic is carried over, with bright, pops of color residing around the space in the form of chairs and bright graphics adorning the ceilings and walls. I’m also in love with those giant, glass tubes that literally cuts through the space to allow for natural light to pour through. I’m a huge fan of natural light and I think this is a genius way of making the space not only feel larger but more welcoming, as well.

It’s also interesting to note that this is the third branch they’ve designed. This is the Shimura branch, but they’ve also done the Tokiwadai branch as well as the branch in Niiza. All of the branches feature a similar aesthetic, that of simplicity with pops of color.

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Bobby

Meu post de ontem foi sobre a banda TV On The Radio. De certa forma este de hoje é sobre “radio on tv”… É que a rádio novaiorquina  WNYC possui o Radiolab, programa transmitido também como podcast, e que tem feito alguns videos para divulgar seus conceitos e temas, fazendo-se notar na web. Chamaram a produtora de filmes Everynone, também novaiorquina, que criou um video com o tema Simetrias, uma experiência em estéreo (visual e sonoro) com música minimalista-Steve-Reich do indie Sufjan Stevens. Conselho: assista o video com fone de ouvido, senão perde metade do valor.

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Truckers Delight – Flairs.

Mas os caras da Mobigame foram mais inteligentes e criaram um game mesmo baseado no clip.