Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Architectural Yacht Interiors
Hard to believe this is a yacht.
A 90-meter superyacht, Jazz, designed by Zaha Hadid with German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss, part of Hadid's Unique Circle Yachts.
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Space Photography: 2013 Was An Amazing Year
Between NASA, Hubble Heritage and the European Space Agency, 2013 has seen some amazing space photography.
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Matchstick Art by Stanislav Aristov
Russian artist Stanislav Aristov in his series “Спички” (Russian for “matchsticks”). He contorts the sticks as they burn, and then shoots the flame and smoke with a macro lens. He finishes the images in photoshop.
Aristov:
“I was playing with a pack of matches while I was deciding what to photograph for a competition. It was while I was watching the match that I began to think of how it represents life. There is the burnt part representing the past, the smoke of memories left and the untouched part of the match the future.”
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Seen from the Height of a Kite
Gerco de Ruijter attaches a camera to a kite to get these close-up aerial shots.
See also Kite Aerial Photography - Intimate and Amazing Shots from Above »
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Aktsaal der Wiener Akademie (1787, Martin Ferdinand Quadal)
Decollage of Artworks in New Contexts
An amazing collection of decollage, with wit and skill from Parisian Nicolas Monterrat at Un léger décalage.
See also Renaissance & Pop Art Mashed Together by Marco Battaglini »
Infrared Landscapes from David Keochkerian
French photographer David Keochkerian creates these other worldly landscapes with Infrared filtering.
via MashKulture
Gorgeously Graphic Gifs from David Dope
David Dope is a creative director who makes these stunningly hypnotic GIFs in his spare time.
Book Hive - Interactive Book Installation
By Rusty Squid:
Book Hive is an interactive sculpture created to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of Bristol Libraries, and it will ultimately feature 400 animatronic books. Large wooden structures awash with honey light will engulf visitors in an immersive and atmospheric environment, where life-like animated books, inhabiting the cells will physically engage visitors, reacting to their movements in the space. Book Hive is a three month project, where the public gets the opportunity to influence its development. Rusty Squid will observe the public’s behaviour, and with the assistance of the Book Hive Keepers (exhibition stewards), collect feedback, in order to transform the shape of the hive and the way that the books respond. This evolution will take place over two months, between December and February, with the full 400 books installed by 7th February 2014.
Miniature Foodscapes by photographers Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida
Photographers Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida have found a fun and funny visual language in MINIMIAM, a wordplay combining 'miniature' and “yummy” (miam in French).
Ida says:
“We’re both food photographer in our daily work, and we’re both quite crazy about cooking, eating and everything about food. So when we started this small people series, naturally we created the stories related to the food.”
Follow Me To - A Photographer Continues to Follow His Lovely Girlfriend Around the Globe
Russia photographer Murad Osmann follows his beautiful girlfriend all around the globe in creating this fun, sexy and stylish a series he aptly titled “Follow Me To.”
Osmann:
“For me photography is about capturing things other people might miss. It’s a way to communicate.”
Shanghai Seen from High Crane
Wei Gensheng is working on the second highest building in the world – the Shanghai Tower. His stunning photos from 2,000 ft up won him the second prize in Shanghai City Photography Competition.
Frozen Forest in FInland Photographer by Terry Gibbins
Hyper-realistic Drawings Beside The Tools That Drew Them
Karla Mialynne’s work created using Prismacolor pencils, Pantone Tria markers and occasionally, acrylic paint.
Super Hero Glyphs
Josh Lane created his Hero-Glyphics series, placing comic book characters (the X-men, Spiderman, the Avengers) and sci-fi (Star Trek) heroes in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Stunning Hobo Nickels from Barcelona-based artist Paolo Curio
Barcelona-based artist Paolo Curio makes these awesome coin carvings known as ‘Hobo Nickels’.
Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation
From the University of Tokyo and the Nagoya Institute of Technology, three engineers revealed a machine using sound waves to move objects through space in a controlled way, using four speakers to create intersecting soundwaves.
Year in Review
So many good things. What a good year it's been. Thank you so much for coming along with me.
I hope you have a great 2014, and would, as always, love to hear from you!
Ryan
Starkly Beautiful House in the Netherlands
Paul de Ruiter Architects designed ‘Villa Kogelhofan’ in Kamperland, The Netherlands. Underground volume there is an entrance, storage space (one of my big first questions) parking, and a workspace with a view of the pond.
A glass box floating above ground holds on open plan divvied up into living room, the kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom and a patio.
Experimental Pottery Animation
Commissioned by the Crafts Council in collaboration with animator Jim Le Fevre, film maker Mike Paterson, and Roops and Al Johnstone of RAMP Ceramics.
