"Livio De Marchi navigates the canals of Venice in his floating, powered, carved wood Ferrari F50. He has created a number of other floating works of art as well, from other cars to origami sculpture like hats and swans rendered in wood. " [ via craftsmanship museum ]
More Ultra Monster illustrations by Toshio Okazaki from 'The Return of Ultraman' sonosheet book (Volume 1) published by Elm in 1971. [ via pinktentacle ]
"One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Answering in his infectious, culturally omnivorous style, using his fluency in fields from neurobiology to popular culture, Johnson provides the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of how we generate the ideas that push our careers, our lives, our society, and our culture forward.Beginning with Charles Darwin's first encounter with the teeming ecosystem of the coral reef and drawing connections to the intellectual hyperproductivity of modern megacities and to the instant success of YouTube, Johnson shows us that the question we need to ask is, What kind of environment fosters the development of good ideas? His answers are never less than revelatory, convincing, and inspiring as Johnson identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of such ideas, and traces them across time and disciplines.Most exhilarating is Johnson's conclusion that with today's tools and environment, radical innovation is extraordinarily accessible to those who know how to cultivate it. Where Good Ideas Come From is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how to come up with tomorrow's great ideas." [ via brainpickings ]
This is a very inspired animation, you can really "see" the music. It is created by Michel Gagne, Check it out below.
Sensology is a short animated film that visualizes in abstract form, an improvised musical session by two leaders of the avant-guarde jazz movement, Paul Plimley (piano) and Barry Guy (bass).The music was recorded on November 9th, 1995, at the Western Front in Vancouver, Canada. Read more...
Do you remember there is a "Taste Visualization animation" in Pixar's Ratatouille movie? That is also Michel's work. This is the clips from Michel.
Like the simplicity and the graphic arrangement of the ingredients. Actually this are photos for the new baking book called “Hembakat är Bäst” (Homemade is Best) by IKEA. Carl Kleiner was asked to shoot the recipes. [ via today and tomorrow ]
"Pete is a nice and clumsy salesman. But he's also a deadly super secret agent with a microprocessor implanted into his brain by some mad scientists from the government ! He has to secretly stop a bunch of badguys who stole a magic stone that can change anything into seafood!"
This is Fantastic!!! This should be the smallest stop animation in the world. 史上最微形定格動畫! It was shoot with a Nokia N8 cellscope (a 50x magnifier for smartphone) created by Sumo Science from UK Aardman. You must check the making-of-movie below to see how amazing it is.
These awesome, full-scale, anatomically correct human figures art created by Jeremy Mayer! Jeremy disassemble typewriters and then reassemble them into figures. He doesn't solder, weld, or glue these assemblages together- the process is entirely cold assembly.