We’re not sure who those naysayers are, but if somehow there remains anyone on the planet who denies the absolute awesomeness of animals, this video will set them straight. Created by YouTuber Humansare2011, — known for the Humans Are Awesome viral videos — this video highlights the beautiful and splendid creatures of the animal kingdom. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
A Beautiful Lowrider Plywood Bike That Can Be Easily Assembled By Hand
A Beautiful Lowrider Plywood Bike That Can Be Easily Assembled By Hand Netherlands-based sculptor and designer, Jurgen Kuipers has designed a new type of bicycle—one that you can create and construct on your own. The name of the bicycle is “Sawyer”, and it is a bicycle with a lowrider geometry. It has a … Continue reading
World’s First Armani Café
World’s First Armani Café Italian fashion brand Giorgio Armani will be opening a pop-up restaurant, according to British VOGUE. The first of its kind, the ‘Armani/Caffé’ will have an interior fitted out with Armani/Casa furniture, and it will serve Armani-branded food and drink. With a space of 180-square-meters, the pop-up café would be … Continue reading
Anti-Drug Ads Are Consumed By Live Mealworms Over Time
To show the harmful effects of cocaine on a drug addict, Brazilian advertising agency Talent created ‘living’ poster ads that are consumed by live mealworms over time. Printed on dough, the ads initially show the faces of drug addicts. However, as time passes, the mealworms slowly eat away at the posters, causing holes to form … Continue reading
Gorilla Wants To Be A Panda, So That It’s Cute Enough To Be Saved
According to ad agency Ogilvy & Mather Chicago, wildlife organizations have jumped on the bandwagon in recent years to ‘save the pandas’—forgetting that there are other endangered animals in the world. As such, Ogilvy Chicago created an ad for APES (A Project of the Conservation Trust) to highlight the ‘favoritism’ some animals receive, and the … Continue reading
THE WHEEL HOUSE / ACROJOU CIRCUS THEATRE
THE WHEEL HOUSE / ACROJOU CIRCUS THEATRE The Wheel House is a live performance in which two acrobatic performers entertain audiences with the slow-paced rolling travel of their mobile home. The interior space of the circular home is designed to look just like a normal house, with doors, windows, curtains, pots and pans, … Continue reading
Google Glass allows you to take pictures, but makes you look like a wierdo doing it
With its efficient picture-taking capabilities, Google Glass could revolutionize photography — but not necessarily for the better, as one video shows. The nearly two-minute video follows a Google Glass photographer taking pictures that would be routine when using DSLR or point-and-shoot cameras. When using the high-tech specs, however, things get awkward and a little creepy. … Continue reading
Artist Uses Found DNA Data to Generate Photo-realistic Portraits
Artist Uses Found DNA Data to Generate Photo-realistic Portraits Just as RAW photo files contain all the information you need to put together a photograph, DNA contains all the information needed for a human being. Information artist and PhD student Heather Dewey-Hagborg has a fascinating portrait project that explores this idea. Dewey-Hagborg finds … Continue reading
Eerie carcass resembling a ‘sea monster’ has been identified
Eerie carcass resembling a ‘sea monster’ has been identified A mysterious carcass washed ashore in New Zealand last week, fueling speculation about sea monsters and dinosaurs. The rotting animal was discovered by a group on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in Bay of Plenty. According to a story in New Zealand’s Sun Live … Continue reading
Eidos, Two Headsets That Grant Enhanced Sight and Hearing
Eidos, Two Headsets That Grant Enhanced Sight and Hearing Students Tim Bouckley, Millie Clive-Smith, Mi Eun Kim and Yuta Sugawara at the Royal College of Art in London have created Eidos, a system of sensory augmentation equipment that allows users to enhance their senses of sight and sound. The Eidos headset records video, … Continue reading