Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
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CREEPY CG VIDEO OF SPIDER EATING MOTH
CREDITS: Directors: Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay Technical director: Fabian Pross Production company: Filmakademie BW Producer: Regina Welker Sound: Joel Corelitz / waveplant Artists:Felix Mertikat, Jin-Ho Jeon, Roman Kälin, Tom Weber, Christian Hertwig, Silke Finger, Jacob Frey, Leszek Plichta, Georg Schneider, Anja Wacker, Andreas ‘Felix’ Gebhardt, Falko Paeper, Sarah Eim 5.1 Mix: David Axelbaum / Airstream Audio A moth being caught in a spiders web. ...
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WARPED WOOD PICNIC BENCHES
Versatile furniture almost always elicits a deep WHOA, and this bent timber bench-cum-picnic table designed by Tomasz Chmielewski is no exception. Depending on how it is displayed, this curvy piece is a two benches facing away from each other, or a picnic table with built-in seating when flipped upside down (or right-side up, depending). Either way, this piece is both superbly stylish and fabulously versatile.
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BENT BAMBOO BICYCLE
This bicycle is made from sustainable bamboo material and was designed by Alexander Vittouris, a design student at Australia’s Monash University. The young designer envisions a bicycle that isn’t built, but rather “grown” – the bend stalks are formed into the smooth curves gradually while the bamboo stalk grows (a concept that is inspired by ‘arborsculpture’ – the process in which tree branches are fixed into ...
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WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR POWERED YACHT
What is the goal of the PlanetSolar team? To be the first to circumnavigate the globe in a “solar” boat, i.e. one driven by a silent, pollution-free electrical engine powered exclusively by solar energy. With this project, the PlanetSolar team has two objectives. Firstly, to show that current technologies aimed at improving energy efficiency are reliable and effective, and secondly to advance scientific research in the ...
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CREEPY BUGS UNDER ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
Caterpillar by Oliver Meckes Hydrothermal Worm by Philippe Craqssous Spider Head by Oliver Meckes Mosquito Larva with Parasite by Nicole Ottawa Parasitic Mite on Mosquito Larva by Nicole Ottawa Water Mite by Nicole Ottawa Worm Polychaete by Philippe Crassous Electron microscopes help bring nanoscience to life, providing a level of detail to scientists that was simply not available mere decades ago. The FEI Company is a ...
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ELECTRICITY GENERATING WORKOUT BIKE
Byoung-see Choi and Jun-kyeong Kim have designed the OneBike – an electric bicycle that is powered by kinetic energy. When the bicycle is set into it’s cradle, it functions as a stationary fitness machine, and every pedal rotation harnesses energy from your motion and converts it to electric power that is used to operate some of the digital readings the bike provides (user’s heart rate, total ...
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HOUSEHOLD RAINBOW PROJECTOR
This toy is sure to bring a smile to your smile (or your 6 year old daughter’s face) when you flip the switch and admire the colourful rainbow that is projected on the nearest flat surface. This rainbow light projector sits on any surface and sends a colourful ribbon of colours through your room by casting light onto a mirror underneath the plastic arch that bounces ...
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AMAZING SWORD UMBRELLAS
This collection of umbrellas is sure to turn heads while it’s retail title is sure to elicit chuckles. The “UMBRELLA FOR THE CIVIL BUT DISCONTENT MAN” was designed by Materious in 2008 and is manufactured by Kikkerland. Finally, a reason to look forward to a rainy day!
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WHOA PAINTED ANIMAL HANDS
Behold the amazing Hand Paintings by Guido Daniele – Italian artist who started working as hyper-realistic illustrator in 1972 in co-operation with major editing and advertising companies. Daniele experiments with different painting techniques, and in 1990 he started using the “body painting” technique to create interesting forms of art as seen in this series of realistic animal paintings. The beauty of Daniele’s work is that he ...
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CRAZY BIRD FOOD SHOES
The ‘For the Birds’ shoes are just classic flats covered with birdseed that bring man and nature a little bit closer. Designed by Arnold van Bezooyen for an intercultural exhibition where traditional Korean shoes were conceptually redesigned to create a new look and meaning, these shoes address the materiality and function of the shoe instead of its form. Bird seed shoes are pretty intersting, but have ...
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AMAZING SAND SCULPTURES
It’s hard to believe that with nothing more than the sand on a beach, such intricate works of art can be made. To see more amazing sculptural works of art, check out the Underwater Sculptures from THIS POST.
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THE MILKY-WAY LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT
Alex Cherney, an Australian astronomer, spent 18 months photographing the night sky with an ordinary digital camera. He took advantage of the lack of light pollution from a remote peninsula on the south coast of Australia to record the dazzling scenes, showing how the sky changes at night. The pictures show planets, shooting stars, the Milky Way, the Moon, satellites and planes as well as rolling ...
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AMAZING UNDERWATER SCULPTURE ART
Jason deCaires Taylor is a man of many identities whose work resonates with the influences of his eclectic life. During his teenage years, work as a graffiti artist fired his interest in the relationship between art and the environment, fostering an ambition to produce art in public spaces and directing the focus of his formal art training. Later, experience in Canterbury Cathedral taught him traditional stone ...
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SAVED HUMPBACK WHALE PUTS ON SHOW
It’s really hard not to anthropmorphize this situation: last February a boatload of people freed a humpback whale trapped in a net, and the whale put on a display that looks for all the world like a joyful “thank you” (this starts at 6:30). Whatever it means, it’s really lovely. Found by: Sylvain Duford Source: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com Like water mammals? Check out the amazing photography of Underwater ...
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ANIMALS IN THE WOMB
These amazing embryonic animal photographs of dolphins, sharks, dogs, penguins, cats and elephants are from a new National Geographic Documentary called “Extraordinary Animals in the Womb”. The show’s producer, Peter Chinn, used a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, computer graphics and tiny cameras to capture the process from conception to birth. They are the most detailed embryonic animal pictures ever seen. Want to see some more ...
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EMPTY SPRAY PAINT CAN CHAIR
Originating from an explicit manifestation, ‘empty spray paint cans armchair’ by Italian designer Luigi Semeraro blends creative writing with the contemporary art scene. Focusing on the proper instruments used by street artists, the up-cycled chair and pouf utilize left over spray cans which remain non-recyclable. Characterized by creativity and detailed planning, the contemporary object is constructed by bonding over 200 empty cans together and securing the ...
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CREEPY CROOKED FOREST
Located in north west Poland (not far from Szczecin) is a pine forest that looks like it came right out of a Hans Christian Andersen story. Around four hundred trees in the forest have been formed with a 90° horizontal bend in it’s trunk before rising vertically again. The trees are believed to be about eighty years old and although there is no explanation for this ...
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CRAZY UNDERWATER CREATURES
This set of amazing underwater photography were taken by Alexander Semenov at the White Sea Biological Station. I am always amazed by the colorful underwater scene and unusual creatures living there. Not surprisingly, but still shocking, the White Sea photos from Alexander depict another world with it’s own aliens, some of which are really amazing creatures. Want to see more awesome nature photos? Check out pics ...
