Watch the entirety of the 2-minute-long flight from the island of Westray to the island of Papa Westray in the Orkney Isles by Scottish airline Loginair.
5 - A Stop-motion shot a frame a day for 5 years
With so many everday projects after Noah Kilina's it is astounding to be so surprised by the vision and creativity of this one.
Chill.com Curator of the Week
The folks over at Chill.com were kind enough to invite me to answer some question and then get to reign as CURATOR OF THE WEEK for, well, a week. Thanks so much!!
1 - Long Exposure Shots of Fireworks
Stunning and gorgeous, these long exposures of fireworks make so evident the comparisons to flowers and sea creatures. David Johnson explains his technique over at Colossal:
The technique I used was a simple refocus during the long exposure. Each shot was about a second long, sometimes two. I’d start out of focus, and when I heard the explosion I would quickly refocus, so the little stems on these deep sea creature lookalikes would grow into a fine point. The shapes are quite bizarre, some of them I was pleasantly surprised with.
2 - Greenland's Icy Beauty
German photography OLAF OTTO BECKER surely was putting his life on the line to get these incredible shots of Greenland's ice.
3 - A Timelapse Love Letter to Los Angeles
4 - Red Bull's Sports in Sequence
Yeah, these multiple exposures showing the motion are pretty cool.
5 - Nemo 33 - The World's Deepest Swimming Pool
Two and a half million gallons of filtered water fill this enormously deep swimming pool in Belgium called Nemo33.
my Pick - 5 things to buy the Aspiring Surfer in your life - Ashton Goggans
Surfing has such a place in our national imagination, and rightly so, if you ask me. It is addictive and simple. It is relaxing and exciting. It is showy and low-key.
With that in mind, we've asked our surfer-cum-writer friend, Ashton Goggans to pick 5 things to get anyone aspiring to a wet life.
Read More1 - Timelapse of Hand-drawn Manhattan
2 - Handmade Wooden Surfer Handplanes
3 - An Attentive Eye on Madrid's Las Ventas
My first real exposure to the ancient practice of Bull Fighting was at Las Ventas.
4 - Femto-photography - Time Super Hi-Res
This TED talk on Femto-photography (1 trillion frames per second) is a real mind-bender. I love having my mind bent.
5 - Book Art: Beautiful Evidence
Wry little diorama like photos, these pieces from a show called "Beautiful Evidence" (no doubt inspired by one of favorite Tufte books: Beautiful Evidence
1 - Bill Murray
2 - Wildly Imaginative Public Schools
Above: Kindergarten Kekec by Arhitektura Jure Kotnik — Ljubljana, Slovenia
The folks over at Flavorwire have a great piece on some of the most amazing public schools around the world. Here are some of our favorite highlights.
Bailly School Complex by Mikou Design Studio — Saint-Denis, France
Crèche Rue Pierre Budin by ECDM — Paris, France
The Josephine Baker Schools by Dominique Coulon & Associés — La Courneuve, France
Sarreguemines Nursery by Michel Grasso and Paul Le Quernec — Sarreguemines, France
Sra Pou Vocational School by Rudanko + Kankkunen — Sra Pou, Cambodia
Ørestad Gymnasium by 3XN Architects — Copenhagen, Denmark
3 - Animated GIFS are amazing
What a comeback such an old and low-tech thing as animated GIFs are making. Love these from a tumblr called 40licks.
4 - Handmade Bionic Hands
"Sun Jifa, 51, lost both his hands when a bomb he was creating for blast fishing in Guanmashan, Jilin province, northern China, exploded"
"Could not afford hospital's prosthetic arms so made his own"
5 - Love Sport: Stylish, Funny Sports Animations
This animation series from Studio AKA is a gem. I can't quite believe I've never seen it before now.
1 - SPHINX OBSERVATORY IN THE SWISS ALPS
The Sphinx Observatory in Switzerland is beautiful and gorgeous and looks like a steampunk castle to me.