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Mystical Indoor Rain Room Where Visitors Don't Get Wet. This interactive artwork by Random International allows visitors to experience the rain whenever they feel like it.

Mystical Indoor Rain Room Where Visitors Don't Get Wet

Based in London, Random International studio creates all kinds of installations that explore behavior and interaction, often using light and movement as the foundation for their artworks. The Rain Room, an exhibition supported by the Arts Council England and made possible by the generous support of the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, is located at the Curve in the Barbican Centre in London. It's a free installation that runs from October 4 until March 3, 2013. Clever Ads Billboard. Here is a series of brilliant billboard ads dedicated to promoting science in Vancouver, by Science World Museum in collaboration with Rethink Canada… World museum – Rethink Canada.

Clever Ads Billboard

Notfunnyagain.jpg (JPEG Image, 858x1743 pixels) - Scaled (37%) Create A Free Website/Blog. Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect. 10 Notable Staircases. Staircases can be so much more than just a means of getting to the next floor. A staircase can be a work of art, a conversation piece, a place to meditate, or a historical marker.

Floating on a Wall This floating staircase above by designer Jordi Vayreda looks dangerous, but the steps are made of steel welded to a thick beam inside the wall. The top of the wall can be used as a handrail for the upper half of the staircase. See more pictures and an explanation here . Hanging Spirals This design makes sweeping under the stairs easy! Bookshelf Stairs Levitate Architects of London designed this bookshelf staircase to combine storage space with access to a loft bedroom. Staircase Drawers Another way to use stairs for extra storage is to put drawers in the risers. Alternating Stairs Gabriella Gustafson and Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF designed this unusual staircase for a private residence in Stockholm, Sweden.

Step Up, Slide Down. Lost Batman Show Concept Art. Lost Batman Show Concept Art Writer and artist duo Jeff and Celeste have posted on their blog images and a story synopsis from an animated series based around the teenage lives of Bruce Wayne and the others who make up the Bat-universe.

Lost Batman Show Concept Art

We all go through incredible changes as teenagers: growth spurts, bad skin, a sudden insatiable need to uphold justice and avenge your murdered parents…. Well, that is if you’re Bruce Wayne. As if being a freshman at Gotham High wasn’t tough enough, Bruce’s insomnia and technological fascinations are taking their toll. Instead of spending his time studying, he has begun to obsess over an emerging personality trait: Batman.

Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011. Download the PDF of these ideas : Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011 (2mb) [ New American Public Art ]

Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011

Circuit board table. 17 More Images That Can’t Be Unseen. Hacker gets $60,000 from Google for finding flaw in Chrome  IFP A hacker was rewarded with a $60,000 prize and a new computer for finding a flaw in Google Chrome.

Hacker gets $60,000 from Google for finding flaw in Chrome 

A hacker who found a flaw in Google’s Chrome browser was able to make some serious cash from the security breach — paid for by Google itself. The anonymous teen techie, who goes by the name Pinkie Pie, cracked a problem in Chrome and won a $60,000 prize from Google during a hacker conference Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur. This is the second successful hack for Pinkie Pie this year, after he took home his first $60,000 prize in March. “Congrats to Pinkie Pie, returning to the fray with another beautiful piece of work!” Google Chrome engineer Jason Kersey wrote on the company’s official blog on Wednesday, adding the team is “delighted at the success” of the hacker conference and looks forward to improving the browser based on the new knowledge uncovered during the event. Mark Lennihan/ASSOCIATED PRESS. Real Life Version of Up. Une belle initiative par la chaîne National Geographic avec ce concept de reconstitution de la maison du film Up (La Haut) des studios Pixar.

Real Life Version of Up

Un lancement effectué depuis un terrain de Los Angeles, avec plus de 300 ballons à l’hélium et une maison grandeur nature. Historically Hardcore. October 18th, 2011.

Historically Hardcore

Both comments and pings are currently closed. You may have seen a version of these floating around which looked to be promotions for The Smithsonian Museum. They are in fact a series of self promotional work from the team at An Erratic Perspective. The Smithsonian Museum reference was initially included to make the posters more authentic, but removed to avoid confusion after the posters viral popularity on the internet. In any event, the series deserves a mention. What do you think? PLEASE NOTE: To prevent spam, your first comment will be moderated so there may be a short delay before it appears.

8 Secrets From the Wonderful World of Disney. 1. There Are Human Remains in the Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is one of the scariest places in the park, but not for the reasons you’d expect.