Wild Prayer by Nicholas Gottlund
Posted: June 14, 2009 // Photography

This is a remnant from my photo kick yesterday… Nicholas Gottlund is a Philadelphia based photographer who’s releasing a newsprint format of his photos called Wild Prayer. Many of the photos come from his ongoing series White, which explores “the bleaching effects of light over time.” In his own words:

Wild Prayer uses this effect to relate to the experience of visual distortion and what happens to the senses when one rapidly accelerates or loses consciousness. Such a ‘whiteout’ effect is also used as a device to communicate the memory of a past event or place.

Really stunning images and I’m personally a big fan of printing on newsprint. There’s something so very tactile about the material, and it works so well with the effect he’s trying to get across.
You can pre-order if for $8 + shipping by clicking here.

Found through Reference Library

Bobby

Hug Chair by Ana Kraš
Posted: June 14, 2009 // Design + Furniture

My dining room chairs are horribly ugly. I have those kind of chairs that you see at a yard sale that totally look like they came from K-Mart in the early 90’s. Now seeing this beautiful Hug Chair, I realize how much I’m missing out. These chairs, designed by Ana Kraš, are two layers of birch and beech plywood mixed into one stunning shape. The combination of different colors and materials that you could create gives this chair such amazing possibilities.

I just wish these were for sale (and not for $1000 a piece, thanks).

Bobby

Otokoyama Sake
Posted: June 14, 2009 // Design + Food & Drinks

University College Falmouth grafuate Jamie Conkleton created this beautiful set of sake above that I’m totally in love with. Created with a westen audience in mind, the bottles were meant ti simplify the process of picking a type of sake. This is most clearly illustrated through the bottle itself, as the pure sake gets an opaque bottle, the refined sake in a hazy bottle, and the ultra-refined in a completely clear one. Such a simple and great way to get a message across, and at the same time quite beautiful.

Found through The Dieline

Bobby

Festo Bionic Creations
Posted: June 14, 2009 // Design + Technology

It’s amazing to think that one day humans may be overrun by killer robotic… penguins? The video above is a display video by the technology company Festo, who are creating some absolutely amazing technology. Basing their research around the penguin, they’ve created completely robotic penguins that can swim just like they’re bird counterparts, but that’s not all. They’ve also created dirigible like penguins that can fly around autonomously, as in they don’t need help and they won’t crash into each other.

The first part of the video is pretty much all you need to see, but there’s also a great part about an interactive wall that is pretty exciting as well.

Bobby

The Photographic Dictionary
Posted: June 13, 2009 // Photography

As I was stumbling around the web I came across The Photographic Dictionary. Taken directly from their About section, “The Photographic Dictionary is dedicated to defining words through the literal, figurative, and personal meanings found in each photograph.” So you’re presented with an alphabet, and in each alphabet are a list of words, and under each word is a photo and the definition of the word. A lot of the time I was surprised what the photo would be under each word, which is what makes the site so great. I definitely got lost in this site, and I’ll be checking in again in about a month to see what’s new.

I of course chose ‘Fox’ as my example photo, which was taken by Andrea Penisto, an Italian photographer.

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