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A modern take on U.S. currency
The current design of our currency in America, is not something I dwell upon often. It just is. Yes we got pretty excited when the U.S. Mint started adding color. But the designs have still pretty much stayed the same since 1929. So why doesn’t our money embody the same progress and drive we embody. […]
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Wanna go halfsies on some fireworks?
Seattle-based photographer Andrew Waits’ recent photo series (entitled “Boom City“) gives a very different perspective on the typical July Celebration. Visualizing the pyrotechnic components that date back to the Song Dynasty. On a brooding black, their inner power is laid bare for inspection. america by zac freedom is for the people yet i must stand on my […]
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Smaller than Life Post-Apocalyptic Urban Landscapes
Lori Nix is a somewhat unconventional landscape photographer. Instead of going out and finding scenes to capture, he creates his own miniature worlds. His newest work, entitled the City, is especially fascinating. Nix sets out to answer the question “What would our city look like if humankind were to disappear?” The result is a post apocalyptic […]
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Warring Horses and the best photography of 2013
Every year the Sony corporation holds the World Photography Awards. This year 139,554 photos were submitted from 166 countries. Collectively these make up some of the best photography from last year. The photos below are my personal favorites from the current top submissions. Warring Horses (depicting the two horses fighting) stands out to me as one of […]
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The art of house decoration
A few days ago me and a friend of mine ended up on a tumblr adventure. It quickly degraded into looking at beautiful houses and talking about our dream homes. Below is a small taste of that night. Hopefully you find it as enjoyable as we did.
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Boring astronomical research looks a lot like sci-fi
Mauna Kea is a 13,803-foot high volcano in Hawaii. The location of the mountain makes it ideal for space observation. Mauna Kea is home to a number of observations including the world’s largest optical telescope. Laser are often used to track atmospheric turbulence during nighttime observation. Photographer Sean Goebel captured a beautiful time lapse of the process. […]
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Lake of death breeds unconventional art
Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the harshest environments on planet earth. Temperatures in the lake often reach 140 degrees Fahrenheit and its pH varies between 9 and 10.5. The lake gains its name from one of its main ingredients, a naturally occurring compound made up of mostly sodium carbonate. Animals that become […]
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PUMA City Container Building
This is a a transportable retail and event building built for Puma. Conceived as a mobile space that could be shipped anywhere in the world as standard shipping containers, then reassembled. It is the first container building of its scale to be truly mobile. It has 11,000 square feet of spacious retail space and offices. Overall a very […]
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Urban Future according to AUDI
The ‘Urban Future” exhibit that Audi showed off in 2011 at Design Miami blurs the lines between technology and art. The purpose of the exhibit was to demonstrate a future where the roads are shared between pedestrians and driver-less cars. The LED surface in the exhibit displays how the cars of the future will navigate in real time through evolving […]
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Writing with Shadows
Fred Eerdekens is a true artist. But his art is unlike any other painting, sculpture, or photograph you probably have witnessed. Fred sculpts light and shadow by arranging objects. Sometimes the objects are cereal boxes other times they are cotton balls. The result is beautiful works of shadow art. Enjoy.