February 2012
6 posts
“Without mathematics we cannot penetrate deeply into philosophy.
Without...”
– (via code-collective)
8 tags
Infographic Of The Day: How Men And Women Differ...
Infographic Of The Day: How Men And Women Differ When Making Big Sales
No one believes that men and women are the same. And a fascinating data set reveals how they might approach real estate deals differently.
We all know that men and women approach most everything in life slightly differently—and sometimes, wildly differently. How does this affect the way they each do business?
Rarely do...
9 tags
VIDEO: Party are Lies (Bronques) - aka: EP1_2:...
EP1_2: Mannequin Skywalker from LASTNIGHTSPARTY™ on Vimeo.
submitted via: Bronques (via private email)
Directed & Edited by Bronques FEATURING BLOODY BEETROOTS
Soundtrack: “Shrunken Heads”, Wolfgang Gartner “Turn Around (Rap)”, BXXX “Ich Will”, D.A.F. “New Noise”, Bloody Beetroots/Steve Aoki/Refused “Moob”, Paul Kalkbrenner...
4 tags
PAPER: Lisa Nilsson Constructs Intricate...
Artist Lisa Nilsson uses rolled up pieces of Japanese mulberry paper to create these amazingly intricate anatomical formations that mimic something you might see in a biology textbook. The technique is known as paper filigree or quilling, and Nilsson assembles each piece over the course of several weeks by following the details from a photograph of a cross-section, which helps to make her work...
6 tags
ART: 'brain activity' - Hayward Gallery (London)
‘brain activity’ is a collection of works which dwell upon the notion of human failure as something to be understood as simultaneously unsettling and humorous.
david shrigley: brain activity southbank centre’s hayward gallery, london, UK february 1st to may 13th, 2012 an exhibition entitled ‘brain activity’ by macclesfield-born and glasgow-based artist david...
December 2011
4 posts
6 tags
E-BIKES: M55 Creates Diamond and Gold-Encrusted...
Luxury bicycle manufacturer M55 just tipped the scales of wretched excess by releasing its new Terminus Royal and Terminus Prime line of e-bikes, which can be blinged out with Swarovski crystals, diamonds, and gold. The Royal line comes studded with gems and precious metals, and the ‘no-limit’ Prime line can be decked out with practically anything you can imagine. The company is marketing its...
1 tag
“Beauty without intelligence is a Masterpiece painted on a napkin.”
– unknown
9 tags
GRAPHIC: 10 Posters Showing The Sweep And Grandeur...
Simon C. Page’s designs promoting the International Year of Chemistry are inspired by stories of intrepid researchers.
Did you know that 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry? Probably not—the somewhat cheesy video promoting it has only gotten 50,000 views in the last 11 months. Sometimes if you want to help get the word out about interesting science, you have to do it...
1 tag
MATH: Number Theory
Number theory is a vast and fascinating field of mathematics, sometimes called “higher arithmetic,” consisting of the study of the properties of whole numbers. Primes and prime factorization are especially important in number theory, as are a number of functions such as the divisor function, Riemann zeta function, and totient function. Excellent introductions to number theory may be...
November 2011
5 posts
12 tags
AUTO: Audi E-TRON Spyder
Audi had us in a tizzy yesterday at the LA Auto show with their new E-Tron Spyder concept, a plug-in hybrid diesel muscle car that looks pretty sweet zipping around the hills of Malibu (video after the jump). The four-wheel drive on demand vehicle, which has a 3.0 liter TDI engine in the back and dueling electric motors at the front wheels, was built around its unique hybrid powertrain and...
7 tags
WORDS: 8 Secrets To Creative Thinking (Hint: Steal...
Bob Gill, cofounder of F/F/G, which was later renamed Pentagram, offers tips on finding your creative voice.
In the Fifties, I, together with just about every designer, was preoccupied with aesthetics and fashion. Design was the latest typeface in a modern layout looking like a Mondrian with lots of white space. That’s what I was taught in art school.
I don’t remember when I changed. Whether it...
1 tag
“Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any...”
– Brian Tracy - from looking at a watch description.
DESIGN: A Weed Shop So Classy, You Could Take Your...
Hi/Lo bills itself as a “high-end” (heh) alternative to all the seedy Dutch coffeeshops out there.
Dutch coffeeshops are world famous for offering up endless varieties of pot on which to get spectacularly stoned. They aren’t illegal in the Netherlands—at least, not for some people—but most of them are so seedy that when you patronize them you feel like you’re doing something illegal.
Hi/Lo...
4 tags
BIZARRE: Three-eyed fish caught near nuclear power...
Copyright © infobae/via
Has real life imitated fiction? It seems that Blinky, the three-eyed goldfish from The Simpsons may not be such a far-fetched idea, following a recent discovery in Argentina!
A group of fishermen on a reservoir in the Córdoba province of Argentina landed something a little bit different. The fish they caught had an extra eye.
The reservoir where the three-eyed wolffish...
October 2011
9 posts
4 tags
Lens: When the City Was a House of Horrors →
In the late 1970s and early 1980s New York as a whole resembled a haunted house. The photographer John Conn spent those years documenting the subway system — which is to say, the dungeon in the haunted house’s basement.
2 tags
VIDEO: METACHAOS - by Alessandro Bavari
Alessandro Bavari: Camera Tremula 1, Noise Melange, XYZ Ocula Depth Fulvio Sturniolo: Camera Tremula 2 Jeff Ensign aka Evolution Noise Slave: Sonic Harmonium Format: Pal Widescreen 1050x576 - Progressive Duration: 8:27 mins...
5 tags
PHOTOGRAPHY: 'Nikki' by RJ Shaughnessy - Self...
‘Nikki’ by RJ Shaughnessy, 2010, taken from Self Publish, Be Naughty
source: Wallpaper*
VIDEO: TED Talk - Iain McGilchrist - The Divided...
Iain McGilchrist: RSA Animate - The Divided Brain
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It’s not simply “emotion on the right, reason on the left,” but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.
4 tags
TOOL: iPhone MiniDock Power Adapter
By BlueLounge
The MiniDock’s simple and compact design frees up unsightly, dangling cords, so you can charge your iPhone, iPod or Shuffle in an upright position with ease. Freeing up precious counter and floor space—but also ideal for transportation hubs—it’s a practical way to recharge your trusty Apple products.
$19.00
THE STORY
Founder Dominic Symons firmly believed that designers...
2 tags
PHOTO: Diego Gravinese
Source: Diego Gravinese / this is colossal
2 tags
PHOTO: Untitled
Source: depunk
3 tags
How To: be A Great Dinner Guest (Mr.Porter)
Illustrations by Joe McKendry
Etiquette gets a bad rap these days. However, contrary to popular belief it’s not about keeping people in their place, or creating an exclusive club, it’s about creating a level playing field for social interaction through a set of recognisable guidelines. Take the example of a dinner party, a very personal expression of hospitality and a great...
5 tags
September 2011
13 posts
3 tags
MUSIC: Hurts - Wonderful Life
Find more artists like HURTS at Myspace Music
4 tags
News: Are Online and Traditional Learning...
19 September 2011 By Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson
Discussions of “online” vs. traditional learning often go in either/or terms. Which is better? Will online learning wipe out the traditional classroom, or will it fail? This way of thinking risks missing the point in two ways.
First, the terms in question are far from clear. Online learning can mean everything from showing a movie of someone...
6 tags
VIDEO: All-Electric Tron Lightcycle Hits the...
by Lori Zimmer, 09/24/11Hardcore TRON fans will soon be able to fly around town on an emissions-free Lightcycle, as Parker Brothers Choppers just unveiled a working electric model! Last year, they introduced a gas-powered versionof the futuristic LED Lightcycle, and although the electric bike is still being tested, it will soon be street legal, satisfying eco-nerds everywhere. The Lightcycle is...
12 tags
HOW-TO: DJ at a Party
We’ve all been to that party where the music consists of someone half-heartedly playing Wham! from an iPod. Hey, perhaps it was even you, slightly inebriated, hitting shuffle before the track’s even finished. In future, why not be the saviour of the shindig by taking control of the festivities and commanding the tunes in style.
“I am in no way taking the reins as ambassador of...
5 tags
NEWS: Does Innovation Flow From Cities?
Does Innovation Flow From Cities? By: Cliff Kuang
A fascinating infographic from the website Quirky maps the American states where inventions are flying thick and heavy.
Invention and innovation are huge enough subjects that you rarely get any sense of their grand organization—instead, you have to settle for telling bits and pieces, like a blind man palpating the proverbial elephant. But...
13 tags
NEWS: Infographic Of The Day: When Do Criminals...
By: Cliff Kuang
The time that robberies, shootings, and assaults happen during the day reveals a lot about the mindsets of the perpetrator.
Trulia has produced another wonderful interactive chart, this time showing various types of crime, and what time of day they occur in 25 of America’s largest cities.
Trulia has taken a stab (pun intended) at this data before, in a map showing exactly...
11 tags
GRAPHICS: Information Aesthetics →
mat-fab:
information aesthetics.Where form follows data.
“Who’s talking about breast cancer?” by “socially conscious information visualization firm” Periscopic reveals the currently ongoing discussions on the topic of breast cancer on Twitter.
First, about 1,500 relevant tweets captured within the last 7 hours are collected in a single view that resembles a slowly gravitating space ...
3 tags
HOW-TO: How To Make A Killer Martini Cocktail
While the histories of many of our greatest classic cocktails are shrouded in mystery and legend (presumably due to the fact that seasoned drinkers often forget to write things down), none is quite as famously enigmatic as the origins of the iconic Martini cocktail. There are as many variations of this mixology classic as there are cocktail books to record them, however one of my favourite...
8 tags
DATA REP: Flare →
code-collective:
source: Flare
Flare is an ActionScript library for creating visualizations that run in the Adobe Flash Player. From basic charts and graphs to complex interactive graphics, the toolkit supports data management, visual encoding, animation, and interaction techniques. Even better, flare…
6 tags
DESIGN: Immortalize Yourself as a Paper Doll
New York Fashion Week kicks off today, and to celebrate the occasion, we’re featuring artist Scott Houston McBee’s fabulous, exquisitely detailed Bespoke Paper Dolls. Because the best fashion is made to measure. Originally created for his partner James Andrew, a frequent AHAlife curator and the driving force behind the popular blog What Is James Wearing, these dolls transform you and your...
10 tags
ID: jean prouvé - industrial beauty (madrid)
jean prouvé: industrial beauty ivorypress art + books, madrid official opening september 7th to november 12th, 2011
detachable cabin arch. dep. meurthe-et-moselle, fonds des ateliers © SCE jean prouvé
‘industrial beauty’ is an exhibition which is dedicated to the french engineer, artisan and designer jean prouvé (1901-1984). curated by architect norman foster and professor of...
10 tags
Infographic Of The Day: What’s The Value Of A New...
These handy-dandy equations give you a ballpark estimate of how much to spend on acquiring a new customer. But they don’t tell you how to spend that money — and that’s where things get interesting.
You know and I know that an MBA is a bullshit degree, but nonetheless, you can learn a few things in business school. You can also skip business school, and learn them via a very handy...
6 tags
VIDEO: Back to the Start - Chipotle →
energie-revolution: Makes you think.
Coldplay’s haunting classic ‘The Scientist’ is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled, “Back to the Start.” Download the song now available on iTunes. Label and proceeds benefit The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-scientist-single/id458479961 The film, by...
August 2011
4 posts
4 tags
KNOW-HOW: how to cook a steak
The philosopher Mr Roland Barthes once said: “To eat steak rare… represents both a nature and a morality.” A hearty piece of succulent meat is simultaneously straightforward and indulgent, and equally the most primal and sophisticated way to satisfy one’s appetite. The steak represents every gentleman’s shared culinary history: enjoyed by cavemen, emperors and...
2 tags
WORD: psychosomatic
psy·cho·so·mat·ic
// ]]]]>]]>
// ]]]]>]]> /ˌsaɪkoʊsəˈmætɪk, -soʊ-/ Show Spelled[sahy-koh-suh-mat-ik, -soh-] Show IPA adjective 1. of or pertaining to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors. 2. pertaining to or involving both the mind and the body.
Origin: 1860–65; psycho- + somatic Related forms psy·cho·so·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
4 tags
KNOW-HOW: How to End a Relationship Gracefully -...
The buxom and unstoppably feisty actress Ms Mae West once quipped, “Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution yet.” If after two years you’re not willing to commit in any serious way, you can justifiably call it a day. You and your partner may have had a wonderful time together filled with starlit dinners, adventurous holidays, lingering kisses...
2 tags
WatchNorwegian Prisons - VICE
The Vice Guide to Norwegian Prisons
Aug 2, 2011
Last year, Vice visited Norway to get a firsthand look at the country’s famously progressive prison system. We’d heard stories of lax treatment of hardened criminals, and the most sensational (and entertaining) reports evoked images of wardens and inmates spending their days arm in arm, whistling nursery rhymes while...
July 2011
5 posts
4 tags
KNOW-HOW: HOW TO REMEMBER NAMES
Illustrations by Ms Anje Jager | Words by Jodie Harrison
You know how it goes; you recognise the face as they approach you at a party, your brain scans and searches for context, history, and above all, a name. But, more often than not, it doesn’t come and you are left standing there like a bumbling fool, improvising and sidestepping around the issue, hoping that somehow their name might...
3 tags
Orphiro’s Electric Motorcycle Captivates with its...
We all love the idea of an electric motorcycle — it’s efficient, quiet and an all around a great option for sustainable mobility. That being said, we have to admit to wondering when they would eventually become cool. Thankfully the Dutch outfit, Orphiro, has come up with an answer to that call. Taking inspiration from classic bobber styling, this bike has been dubbed a wide-body cruiser — a...
2 tags
READ: 25 Documents You Need Before You Die
By SAABIRA CHAUDHURI
It isn’t enough simply to sign a bunch of papers establishing an estate plan and other end-of-life instructions. You also have to make your heirs aware of them and leave the documents where they can find them.
Consider: At least 10 states have been investigating whether some of the country’s largest insurers are failing to pay out unclaimed life policies to...
4 tags
3 tags
June 2011
5 posts
3 tags
2 tags
Designing Is About The Decisions You Make Every...
An autobiographical essay on living a designed life, by Stefan Boublil.
I never thought, ever since I expressed my unique childhood wish to become a veterinarian, that design would ever figure on my list of things to do.
Stories are told primarily by the things we surround ourselves with.
Then again, even though I had fallen in love with movies as a teen, I only discovered that filmmaking...
2 tags
