Archive for the ‘Artsy Fartsy’Category

Your Neurons Are Lookin’ Good…

Artist/Neuroscientist Greg Dunn takes extreme close-ups of brains and gives neurons their time in the spotlight with these oddly-beautiful prints:


-via Geeks Are Sexy

13

10 2011

Salt Never Looked So Geeky

Artist Bashir Sultani uses colored salt to create some spectacular art pieces – this Mario creation is obviously my favorite:

-via Bit Rebels

19

09 2011

Kinda Cool Art Exhibit: Vitra Furniture Lamps

Artist Paola Pivi created these globe lamps made up of 80 individual miniature Vitra furniture designs.  Once the lamps are illuminated, the tiny furniture creates some unique and interesting shadows on the wall.  The lamps are currently on display at the Museo del Novecento in Milan.  Molto Bene…


-via Design Boom

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09 2011

Hot Wheels, Hot Art.

If you’ve never seen what 1100 matchbox cars zooming around an infinitely looping endless track looks like, now’s your chance. Check out Chris Burden’s kinetic sculpture, “Metropolis II”:


-via Dooby Brain

Does anyone else just want to stare at this thing all day long, or is it just me?

05

09 2011

My Exposure Is Longer Than Yours.

The Yurikamome Rail Transit connects the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Odaiba.  Photographer AppuruPai created these stunning images of the railway by using loooooooong exposure shots.  Wow.


-via Today and Tomorrow

Check out more of AppuruPai’s beautiful photos here.

01

09 2011

The NYC Sky Deserves Your Attention

100 Seconds. 100 Years of Style.

I feel like the Hammer Pants of the 90s were glossed over…but this was made in East London, so maybe they skipped those fashion milestones on that side of the Atlantic.  Can’t touch this:


-via Buzzfeed

31

08 2011

Irene + West Village = Spooky Alternative Universe

28

08 2011

Shape-Shifting Across Melbourne

A simple stop-motion video for your Tuesday afternoon…


-via Curiosity Counts

23

08 2011

“Friday the 13th” Kills – For The Sick OCD In All Of Us.

Just in case you wanted an insanely detailed chart showing every single murder that Jason Vorhees committed in the “Friday the 13th” franchise…here you go – (you’re twisted, by the way.)

- click to enlarge -


-via Geekologie

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08 2011
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