Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Finnish Silo Turned into A Modern Take on the Lighthouse
In honor of Helsinki being named the World Design Capital of 2012, Madrid-based design firm Lighting Design Collective (LDC) to created a permanent urban art light piece.
The Director of LDC, Tapio Rosenius:
“At night 1250 white LED’s flicker and sway on the surface of the silo controlled by a bespoke software mimicking swarms of birds in flight – a reference to silo´s seaside location. The prevailing winds, well-known to those living in Helsinki, are used to trigger different light patterns in real time.
‘The enduring fascination of the complex movement of light and the amazing location by the sea will make this a captivating experience for the visitors and the residents of Helsinki.”
via Beautiful Decay
Aerial Photos of Botswana's Wildlife by Zack Seckler
Photographer Zack Seckler flying in an ultra-light just a few hundred feet off the ground takes these awesome photos of the wildlife for his series Botswana.
He explains: "it was like gliding over an enormous painting and being able to create brushstrokes at will. Flying 100 feet over herds of wild animals in a plane with no windows was an unforgettable experience. I was privy to views and perspectives that very few get to see. As a photographer, I was humbled. I’m always thinking about new ways to view the world. This series quite literally changed my view, showing me that simple changes can create profound results."
Stainless: High-resolution images shot from speeding subway trains
Adam Magyar filmed the crowds waiting on the subway platforms in NYC, Tokyo and Berlin at 50 frames per second using a high speed camera. There is a fantastic article about him and his art over on MEDIUM.
via The Fox is Black
Star Wars Models Photographed Realistically by Vesa Lehtimaki
The models Vesa Lehtimaki used for his Star Wars Scale Model Project are old MPC models from his son's toy collection, built in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
via Faith is Torment
Flower and Animal Images Built out of Nude Human Bodies
Cecelia Webber uses images of the human body arranged to create the vision of plants and animals. She photographs nude models (herself included) and then builds the final images through edits, cuts and color.
She explains: “Each image takes many stages to create. I start by researching photos of the creature or plant I’m trying to create and then sketch poses I want to photograph in a notebook…I never warp my models or edit them to change them – it is important to me to portray real natural bodies. Once I have my photos I start laying out my piece and playing with colour and arrangements…Many drastic transformations take place during this stage, so it’s sort of magical, because so many different variations are possible. I feel many possibilities at once but the true form of my subject slowly emerges.”
via Beautiful Decay http://5thin.gs/1dRkO0j
Human Geographies: Illustrations by Ed Fairburn
A freelance artist from the UK, Ed Fairburn uses maps like canvas and makes the tight tangle of rivers, roads and shorelines to heighten the impact of the invisible emotional landscapes the faces stream.
He explains: “I paint, draw and construct using a flexible range of tangible media across a wide range of surfaces and contexts, allowing my practice to exist among various disciplines. The work I produce is largely self-directed, allowing me to explore a wealth of ideas and concepts which need to be released.”
via KoiKoiKoi
Pacific Crest Trail Self-Portrait Timelapse: 1,700 Miles and 90lbs Lost
Kolby Kirk hiked 1,700 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, for 152 days. He lost 90lbs in the process and made this great self-portrait timelapse. There's a nice little surprise at the end of the video.
photo by Francisco Negroni
Gorgeous Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Eruptions by Francisco Negroni
The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in southern Chile is the occasion for these (and more) absolutely stunning photos by Chilean photographer Francisco Negroni. His 500px page is full of them.
An audio visual installation in association with Schwartz Flavour Shots, an innovative new range of herb and spice blends locked in oil. What does flavour look like? How does it sound? These are the questions that inspired herb and spice experts, Schwartz, to create what they describe as a ‘Sonic Flavourscape'. Several tons of black peppercorns, cardamom, turmeric, paprika, cumin seeds, ginger, chilli and coriander were rigged to explode in perfect sync with a bespoke musical composition. Each explosion represents an individual piano note or chord, which when filmed at high speed, creates a surreal three dimensional sound scape. The project bought together an eclectic collective of creative collaborators. DJ/Producer MJ Cole was approached to translate the sensation of taste into a musical composition. Film maker Chris Cairns and pyrotechnic designers, ‘Machine Shop’, then went to work turning this sound into a physical scale.
Spices Exploding In Sync With Music
Sure it's a commercial for Schwartz Flavour Shots, but it is stunning.
Recycled Paper Sculptures from Finnish Artist Janna Syvänoja
Finnish paper artist Janna Syvänoja (http://www.jannasyvanoja.com ) uses printed paper, maps, catalogues and phone books to create her work
Syvänoja: "I can make the rules, but the piece takes the shape of its own. When certain formed components start to follow each other and find their rhythm in my hands, the miracle happens."
via Junk Culture http://5thin.gs/1ev3sIc
Volcano's Iridescent Blue Lava at Kawah Ijen in East Java Indonesia
Kawah Ijen, East Java, Indonesia, is a part of a group of stratovolcanoes, connected to a rich vein of sulfur (a vein mined by painstaking hand) that expresses itself both in a startlingly blue lake and in these bright blue liquid sulfur flames.
Photographer Olivier Grunewald took these amazing photos in 2008. He lost two lenses and a camera in the process. He had to wear a gasmask and had to get rid of all the clothes we wore during the shoot.
via Oddity Central http://5thin.gs/1kslgv7
Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival
The festival in the city of Sapporo on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, the Sapporo Snow Festival has been taking place since the early '80s and attracting millions of visitors.
via Beautiful Decay http://5thin.gs/1d0ljse
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.
via My Modern Met http://5thin.gs/1d0hsvt
Space Photography: 2013 Was An Amazing Year
Between NASA, Hubble Heritage and the European Space Agency, 2013 has seen some amazing space photography.
via Fubiz http://5thin.gs/KyBX7u
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.”
Via Feel Desain http://5thin.gs/1dwAI00
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 »
via Fubiz http://5thin.gs/19XDDRy
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.
