Archive for the ‘art’ Category
Animated World Cup 2014 highlight reel
By Ben | art, sportsThis is pretty. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLphIufs8_4] Richard Swarbrick has done all sorts of these types of [&hellip
Creepy 3D gifs
By Ben | artIt's not anywhere near Halloween, but these 3D Jigglegrams are amazing. Check out all of [&hellip
50 Years, 50 Popular Toys
By Ben | art, infographics, pop cultureby Abby Ryan Design, via Neatorama
A Stacked Photo Fantasy
By Ben | art, photographyFrequently, when astrophotographers are creating beautiful images of galaxies, nebulae, and the like, they'll take [&hellip
Fun with Public Statues
By Ben | art, clever, funnySure, many statues are priceless works of art- but why stop that from letting the [&hellip
What happens when you pour molten aluminum into an anthill?
By Ben | animals, art, scienceThe results are amazing and beautiful. They'd fit in beautifully in a sculpture garden. Next [&hellip
The Power of Books
By Ben | art, cleverby Mladen Penev via Postertext Blog
How To Make Rain-Activated Graffiti
By Ben | art, cleverI'm tempted to run out and get some NeverWet. Right. Now. by NathanSharatt via BoingBoing
NYC Basic Tips & Etiquette
By Ben | art, clever, funnySee many, many more over at the NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette facebook page. by [&hellip
Monsters of New York
By Ben | art, clever, photographyI never New York had such a big monster population... (illustrations by Sadi Tekin, whose [&hellip
Pictogram Poster of Beatles' Songs
By Ben | art, music, pop cultureA poster with pictograms depicting several famous Beatles songs. Click on the image to see [&hellip
An Exploration of Jay-Z's 99 Problems
By Ben | art, funny, musicWe all know what isn't a problem for Jay-Z, but what are all those problems that [&hellip
Diversifying the "Anonymous" Guy Fawkes Mask
By Ben | art, politicsAccording to the artist: "Over the past five or so years, global protests have been [&hellip
Disco Lava: Lava poured on ice
By Ben | art, sciencePart volcanology research, part performance art, in 2010 & 2011, the Syracuse Lava Project melted [&hellip
The Periodic Table of the Muppets
By Ben | art, clever, scienceArtist Mike Boon has made perhaps the awesomest twist on the periodic table I've seen [&hellip
Classical sculptures dressed as hipsters
By Ben | art, clever, photographyAs the article notes, having them dressed makes them look contemporary. I'm even pretty sure [&hellip
Visualizing Bach, Beethoven, & Stravinsky
By Ben | art, musicWhilst cruising through posts over at allhomosapienswelcome, I came across this impressive visualization of J.S. [&hellip
Periodic Tables of Star Wars
By Ben | art, film, infographics, pop culture, scienceHey, if you're going to organize the characters from Star Wars into some type of [&hellip
Madonnas of Science
By Ben | art, religionChris Shaw, the artist, describes these works: "As an artist I’m intrigued with the the [&hellip
Buzz Lightyear In Real Life
By Ben | art, film, pop cultureIn which Buzz Lightyear becomes a little more prickly than his CG-self. by `DanLuVisiArt via [&hellip
Don't Let it Become Your White Whale
By Ben | animals, artMoney, that is. by Christoph Niemann from NYTimes Abstract Sunday
An Interactive Representation of Time
By Ben | art, infographics, scienceGetting a sense of how long various lengths of time, especially the really big [&hellip
Things I've Said to My Children
By Ben | art, funny, quotes"This is a collection of posters featuring phrases that have left my mouth only because [&hellip
Discarded Images: A collection of bizarre medieval images
By Ben | art, historyMaybe there's something cultural that's lost in translation, but it turns out the illustrators of [&hellip
Reasonably Dressed Superheroines
By Ben | art, pop cultureThese have been getting some attention (and criticism, it sounds like). As a result the [&hellip
Wikimedia Commons Pictures of the Year: 2012
By Ben | animals, art, nature, photographyOut of the 988 featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons in 2012, the five below were [&hellip
A Skull's Butterfly Eye
By Ben | art, photographyby Marko Popadic, via Neatorama
Yomico Moreno's Impressive Terminator Tattoos
By Ben | artSee more of Yomico Moreno's tattoo art on his Facebook page. via Neatorama
A Child-Eating Sasquatch Explains Dopamine
By Ben | art, scienceFrom the video's description: "A Rutgers Neuroscience graduate student briefly elaborates on dopamine in terms [&hellip