Creatively Distracted
Creatively Distracted
What a fabulous idea! “Since we love upcycling and hate seeing anything go to waste,” says RenewPurpose, “we’ve assembled some beautiful examples of what can be done with left over glass bulbs.” Here they are. GOOD (via 5 Creative Uses…
A brilliant architectural ouroboros, No Limits in New York City by Alexandre Arrechea, 2013:
I took this at my desk yesterday and had a strange feeling of separation from the scene, accompanied by a desire to be the person sitting at the desk. The photo makes the office in the picture look like a…
Przemek of Calabarte makes handcrafted lamps from dried gourds. There are quite a number of stunning examples of his work on Flickr.
Not only are these slides of corn sections gorgeous, but there are other beautiful things to be seen in them. Check out Blueridgekitties’ Microscopy set on Flickr for more microscopic marvels.
The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo. This video is of a sort of architecturally mapped animation presented (performed?) during 600 years anniversary of the astronomical tower clock situated at Old Town Square in center of Prague. It’s absolutely…
I really had meant to post something earlier about running the Little Su 50k, so I’m sitting down right now to at least get something up before I forget all the details! First of all, I have to say that…
So lately there’s been a lot of hype about Google’s upcoming product, Wave. I won’t deny that the features in the demo seem very productive/handy/slick, but its the name I can’t get over. Surely I can’t be the only person…
Ok, I know the still above is the classic “zoom in on talent” shot, but I’ve put off mentioning my favorite fitness blog for way too long. Today I got a little chuckle as the author, Zuzana, took a moment…
What an amazing mechanism to interact with information. I really like the math, language and storytelling concepts. More on the project on the Siftables web site.
If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching Sita Sings the Blues, then I recommend it highly. It is animated as beautifully as 10,000 lotuses. More importantly, it is being made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license by…
Scientific American has a wonderfully intriguing interview with autistic savant, Daniel Tammet available on their site. I’m so fascinated by his descriptions of his own mental processes that I can’t wait to read his books – starting with Born on…
Eric Nitsche is posting (Flickr) the graphically stunning design work done for General Dynamics’ ads and annual reports. Power for Peace advertisement
Two visual cartographers, David Sibbet and Kevin Richards sketched the TED presenters and their ideas as they were delivered. This work was compiled into a book available for download as a PDF. You can also view a video about the…
Nicholas Felton has designed the Feltron, an annual report to summarize his personal experiences in 2007. Brilliant and beautiful. [via pica+pixel]
I’m a big fan of the TED Talks, brief snippets of visionary inspiration, and what better time to catch up on them than while I’m typesetting course guides for work. Perfect. Mind-numbing leading and alignment tasks are now tolerable. What…
In today’s world of increasingly open systems and online community participation it seems only natural to find the Open Architecture Network. Announced at this year’s TED conference, this online community endeavors to improve the living standards of five billion people…
I normally don’t pay too much attention to the gratuitous eye candy of Flash web sites. But when atmosphere is part of what you’re selling to your audience it can really work when its done just right – as it…