The Death Of The URL
The Death Of The URL by Constant Dullaart. The URL is a real beauty: http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxx_xxxxx-xx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx/
Russia: Roofer’s Point of View
Climbing staggeringly high buildings without any form of safety device – Roofing – shows off the city from an impressive perspective. This new trend was born as a form of escapism among young Russians who are on a quest for 15 seconds of fame on the Internet. The photographers Vadim Mahorov and Vitaliy Yakhnenko are...
50 years of NASA’s Space Food Packaging Documented
NASA‘s Space Food Packaging is now documented. The food has been designed for more than 50 years by the Space Food Systems Laboratory, whose mission is to combine technological inovations to create food and packaging not only nutritious, easily transportable and storable, but also enjoyable to eat in order to participate actively to psychological support...
Harbin International Ice festival
These frozen wonders are part of a display at the 29th annual Harbin Ice festival held in Harbin, near the Russian border in northeast China. The impressive palaces and sculptures shown on these images are all made from hollow blocks of ice and lit up using LED lights creating a multicoloured glow-in-the-dark skyline on the...
Red Dust Storm Sweeps Over Western Australia
Mother Nature put on a spectacular display off the coast of Onslow, Western Australia, on the 9th of January, where a deadly looking red dust storm was captured on camera by the tug boat worker Brett Martin. Brett Martin and his colleagues were working west of False Island when the thunderstorm, which had gathered red...
Rescue dogs learn how to drive cars
Now, here is a trick I would love to teach my dog… That is, if I had one. Most of us who have, or have ever had a dog, probably know that dogs can learn new tricks pretty easy if you train them right. The animal shelter SPCA Auckland in New Zealand has taken that fact...
Kidult hits Maison Martin Margiela in Brussels
Kidult hits Maison Martin Margiela in Brussels, Belgium. In the wake of its highly anticipated collaborative collection with Swedish retailer H&M, luxury couture label Maison Martin Margiela becomes the latest victim to Parisian graffiti artist Kidult‘s vandalism. Featured in the tag is a heart along with the word “Love” scrawled over it. To the right side,...
“Antistress for free” by fra.biancoshock
“Antistress for free” by concept and street artist fra.biancoshock – The artist that does not exist? Biancoshock is a different concept from being an artist. And further still, from being a street artist. My “experiences” are not showcases to promote my activities, they do not require any description: they are simply opportunities to communicate and...
Pantone Tarts by Emilie de Griottes
Over at Designboom we came across these inspirational Pantone Tarts made by the french food designer Emilie de Griottes. For a special feature in french culinary magazine Fricote, Emilie de Griottes developed dessert tarts that recreate pantone colour swatches. berries, carrots, lemon, candies, and other foods are arranged upon a tart base, whose bottom is iced...
Wind Map – A live data visualisation of Storm Sandy
Sitting in Copenhagen, Denmark, our thoughts are with all those suffering the devastating effects of Storm Sandy in the US and elsewhere. For those anxious to track its chaos, this fascinating live data visualisation created by Fernanda Vegas and Martin Wattenberg on HINT.FM represents the destructive force of nature in all its complexity. The Wind...
Underground Worlds by Steve Duncan
Urban historian, explorer, and photographer Steve Duncan has been investigating the underground world of sewers, tunnels, and subways for years. Traveling beneath international cities including New York, Los Angeles, London, and Paris, he has great knowledge of many subterranean worlds. He has hosted the Discovery Channel show Urban Explorers and has also appeared on the...
GUM ELECTION 2012 – Who sucks the most?
The election is coming up and Americans are voting for their 45th President Of The United States. This is your chance to express your opinion by voting with your gum. Watch the video below, download the poster here and vote with your gum… We love the concept!
