Wrapping paper for all occasions
Thursday, March 31st, 2011 Posted in Creativity, Smart thinking | No Comments »Fabio Milito and Francesca Guidotti designed this universal wrapping paper which contains a word puzzle: simply circle the message you want to use.
Geography lesson: Countries of the world
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »Reminds me of Tom Lehrer's Elements...
Always look on the bright side of life
Monday, March 28th, 2011 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »This is a nice version of the Monty Python song! Here's the 'original'
Illustrating nuclear fission with mouse traps and pingpong balls
Sunday, March 27th, 2011 Posted in Smart thinking | No Comments »Chemistry students at Horizon Science Academy in Cleveland had to illustrate a nuclear chain reaction and came up with this video.They used 300 mousetraps and 600 ping pong balls:
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Saturday, March 26th, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »This is an 'oldie' (from 2009) but I only recently came across it: Daft Hands: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger The movie is made to Daft Punk's song with the same title. This is all one take; there is no editing except the words ...
The art of the title sequence
Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »The Art Of The Title Sequence website shows title sequences, often with additional info: Here's what they write about the sequence that opens Dutch science program 'Het Klokhuis' (The Apple Core).
Art is present (13)
Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »New Zealand artist Peter Donnelly makes his art on the Christchurch beach. After stretching and repeating his mantra, Peter gets ready to ‘paint’. In the sand. With a simple stick and a rake, he creates amazing works of art that ...
Art is present (12)
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »"The arts are the guardians of the intangible world". Awtar Singh Virdi from India is a 'anamorphic artist'. Quoting Wikipedia: Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to ...
Art is present (11)
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »For his Devour project, Christopher Jonassen took pictures of warn-out pan bottoms against a black backdrop. Which one is the pan and which one is the moon? Tim Noble and Sue Webster make 'shadow art' from junk. Some photos of their ...
The chicken AND the egg
Monday, March 21st, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Kyle Bean (mentioned in an earlier blog post) just made this:
