It’s not a jellyfish or a mushroom cloud or some time-delayed warp-gate undulating in midair—or maybe it’s some extra-dimensional combination of all three—it’s a sculpture by artist Janet Echelman, who uses colorful nets to create beautiful and hypnotic topological shapes for public spaces. [Sploid
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George Zisiadis – one of the designers behind the sweet mistletoe drone – shares with us one of his latest concepts: a public art installation on the facade of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History filled with large pinwheels. Visitors will be able to make the pinwheels move by blowing into horns located around the installation.
George said that there will be about a dozen oversize pinwheels in total, with the largest one about 10ft. in diameter. But visitors won’t need to blow as hard as they can into the horns, because the pinwheels are actually powered by electric motors. Microphones will be hidden in the horns to detect when someone is blowing into them.
To encourage interaction, George will make it so that blowing into one horn triggers only some of the pinwheels. Therefore visitors will have to man all the horns at once to make all the pinwheels move simultaneously. Here’s George testing his prototype:
If the museum picks George’s concept, visitors may be able to play with the pinwheels this summer. Good luck, George!
[via George Zisiadis]
You know the saying: you can’t judge a book by its cover. With magazines, it’s pretty much the opposite. The cover of a magazine is the unified identity for a whole host of ideas, authors, and designers who have created the eclectic array of stories and articles and materials within each issue. And, some would argue, this identity extends to the reader as well.So if, say, you’re seen with an issue of Vogue, you’re don’t just own that copy–you become a Vogue reader.
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Check it out: This print features the notable profiles of some of the world’s most recognizable museums. There’s a key, but quick, without peeking—how many can you name by sight alone?
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All buildings eventually die: Sometimes sooner, sometimes later. But artist Calvin Seibert’s work lasts no longer than a turn of the Earth. Seibert spends his free time sculpting incredible models on the beach—and they’re unlike any sand castles I’ve ever seen.
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Construction workers scramble through scaffolding that surrounds a massive urn-shaped glass atrium, which will eventually house meetings of the Council of the European Union. The building—which was supposed to be finished by 2012—is more than $100 million over budget. [AP Photo/Virginia Mayo]
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If you use a myriad of gadgets in various positions, then you might find the Right Arm useful. It’s a tablet stand that can hold various devices in place while you stand, sit, slouch, or lie in bed. It can even hold your tablet in place while you watch an episode of your favorite TV show while you’re in the bath tub.
The Right Arm is a flexible 2 foot-long pole that you can manipulate this way and that into your desired position. It has a tablet-sized residue-free polyurethane gel adhesive pad on the end, which can hold up to 4.5 lbs. vertically or 15 lbs. horizontally. That makes it just right for most tablets and lightweight laptops. It’ll even hold books or cameras.
The Right Arm is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $109 will get you one of your very own.
[via C|NET]
Have you ever wondered why your mouse cursor rests ever so slightly to the left? Chances are, that little arrow on an incline is so ubiquitous that you’ve never even thought twice about its 45-degree angle. As it turns out, there’s a very good reason for it. Or was, anyway, back in a more pixelated age.
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The design of disco supergroup Abba’s stagewear was not just influenced by the sequined needs of being a dancing queen; the design of their clothes was also a form of tax evasion.
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Last week, we wrote about a project in London that sounds straight up apocalyptic: A massive underground farm
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