Serosity. Des plantes d'aquariums. Seuls, ces petits objets ne sont rien. Mis ensemble, avec un peu de recul, ils forment des portraits. L’artiste américain Michael Mapes est passé maître dans l’art de créer des portraits à partir de petits objets mis bout à bout sur des épingles : des morceaux de platique, de verre, des capsules de gélatine, des paillettes, … et même des cils et des cheveux parfois pour plus de réalisme.
Sa spécialité est de défaire puis de reconstruire des tableaux hollandais célèbres à sa manière, unique, vous en conviendrez. Le procédé est assez déroutant et si l’on est placé trop près on ne voit pas grand chose, c’est le chaos. Avec un peu de recul, l’image prend forme et se dévoile de manière surprenante à celui qui la contemple. Giphoscope. GIPHOSCOPE. 1906 Market Street - With Sound! Зайцы бегут))) 10 Creatively Inspiring Tea Packaging Designs. 40 more maps that explain the world. Maps seemed to be everywhere in 2013, a trend I like to think we encouraged along with August's 40 maps that explain the world.
Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to. You might consider this, then, a collection of maps meant to inspire your inner map nerd. I've searched far and wide for maps that can reveal and surprise and inform in ways that the daily headlines might not, with a careful eye for sourcing and detail.
I've included a link for more information on just about every one. Enjoy. 1. Data source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, World Bank. Those dots represent people: the brighter the dot, the more people. 2. Click to enlarge. Human beings first left Africa about 60,000 years ago in a series of waves that peopled the globe. 3.
(Wikimedia commons) The Mongol conquests are difficult to fathom. 4. Click to enlarge. This map shows the Spanish and Portuguese empires at their height. 5. 6. 7. 8. Day in the life of a Crab net. Elephant Rock, Heimaey, Iceland [OC] [2592 x 3456] Transparent Mystery Fish. Salp. Photos: 50+ years of Japanese concept cars. Here is a selection of concept cars designed by Japanese automakers from 1957-2009.
Toyota Proto, 1957 Toyota Publica Sports, 1962 Nissan Prince Sprint 1900 Prototype, 1963 Toyota Concept, 1966 Mazda RX 87 (Bertone), 1967 Isuzu Bellett MX1600 (Ghia), 1969 Toyota EX-1, 1969 Toyota EX-II, 1969 Toyota EX-III, 1969 Mazda RX-500, 1970 Isuzu MX1600-II Nissan 126X, 1970 Nissan 270X, 1970 Nissan 216X, 1971 Nissan Skyline Concept, 1972 Toyota EX-7, 1972 Toyota RV-2, 1972 Toyota F101, 1973 Nissan AD-1 Concept, 1975 Nissan NX-21, 1983 Nissan CUE-X, 1985 Daihatsu TA-X80, 1987 Mitsubishi HSR II, 1989. The Most Amazing Science Images of 2013. Boston from Above, Two Days After Winter Storm Nemo SExpand I grew up in Tucson, AZ, but moved to Boston in Fall 2011.
The winters have been beautiful, but difficult. This photograph, which was taken from 41,000 feet by an American Airlines pilot in February, just two days after Nemo, shows the Boston/Cambridge area cloaked in 30+ inches of snow. It ignites in me pretty much all of the fiery love/hate feelings I have for New England winters. Vintage everyday.