Sunday, 8 May 2011

Neo-Evolution



Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg on 'neo-evolution'.

Reminds me of Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth from Futurama it's uncanny.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

An App For War



News is, the US Army is introducing a smartphone app into their arsenal.

Would love to see that on an Apple ad.

Friday, 8 April 2011

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

PKD



The Man In The High Castle is soon to be televised in a mini-series

by the BBC, Ridley Scott and Howard Brenton.

Please, please be good.

Thursday



I know it's not Thursday but what the hell..

What's weird is how this increasingly relates to most days.

Animation from Matthias Hoegg.

Friday, 25 March 2011

Lie Detective



MotionScan technology in new videogame - L.A. Noire

from Rockstar Games.

Monday, 14 March 2011

Tent Poles



Nice 'tent-pole' system by David Kohn Architects

for the Designs of the Year exhibiton at the Design Museum.

Suspension



Mercedes GP car deconstructed and suspended by artist Paul Veroude

from the Mercedes-Benz World F1 Exhibition.

Wax Works





Nice layers

from JK Keller & Keetra Dean Dixon.

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Martian Map



Complex illustrative chart - The History Of Science Fiction

from Ward Shelley.

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Monday, 7 March 2011

Paperback Writer



Snippet of documentary on book covers

from BBC's The Beauty Of Books: Paperback Writer.

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind



funny type-geek tee

from Robot.

Beeriodic Table



Isn't beer so.. fascinating?

Universe Is Expanding



Love this intro by Woody Allen

from Annie Hall.

Monday, 28 February 2011

Back To The Future







Fun and fascinating 'remakes' of old photographs

from Irina Werning.

Monday, 21 February 2011

Alphabet



from Andrew Flakonskishochki

(check out his illustration work!).

Friday, 18 February 2011

Before



Hypnotic stuff from Scuba

directed by Sam Geer.

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Esperanto





The book of Esperanto, an international language created by Dr. Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof in 1887.

It was issued in different countries in the hope of creating a universal language to decrease nationalism and promote unity. Wikipedia estimates that 10,000 to 2 million people speak Esperanto all over the world.

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Televisionation



Portrait of Hugo Gernsback, one of the forefathers of science fiction.

from legendary Life photographer Alfred Eisenstadt.

Pivot Your Focal Point



Irwin Corey performing aged 94 in 2008.

Gravity's Rainbow



Comic "Professor" Irwin Corey making an acceptance speech, (filling in) as Thomas Pynchon when he won the National Book Award in 1974.

Saturday, 12 February 2011

Golfball-Sized Consciousness



David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation.

Elaborated -> here.

Play!



Tim Brown from IDEO on the importance of play within creative practice and the workplace.

MPC



from AraabMuzik.

Friday, 4 February 2011

Railworks



Love this, nice to see Newcastle on the trailer (although totally inaccurate)

from Rail Simulator.

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Sex And The City





Words used on the covers of Maxim and Cosmopolitan in the last 3 years

from Darren Barefoot.

This sequence demonstrates the content and erm.. variety, seen on Cosmo magazines:

Perpetual



This inner workings of an Ebel Perpetual Calendar Watch.

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Monday, 24 January 2011

Lion



OS X Lion coming soon.

Carts Of Darkness



Documentary about the homeless in North Vancouver that collect empty bottles to make dollars - with shopping carts to get their kicks.

Under The Streets



from Emerica.

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Zero Gravity



Great scene from Inception.

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Thank You For Not Smoking





As the government plan to cover up cigarette packaging,

Icon Magazine asked Build to do a little makeover of the classic packet.

Sunday, 9 January 2011

Friday, 7 January 2011

Monday, 3 January 2011

Dancing Art



I found this amusing video from Four Tet and it got me thinking..

Morris dancing as a martial art. No?

The Brazilians did it..



OK, so they're slightly more acrobatic, but they haven't got sticks or the deceptive upperhand of the ribbon-clad Morris dancer.

Smile Around The Face



from Four Tet.

Sunday, 2 January 2011

London Calling



Pretty impressive display!

(not sure about the music selection though)