Transportation
Zagato. A name that makes you think of performance or elegance. But
this little gem? Nope. Not at all. Dang cute e‑v though.
Tom Swift is best known around here for lending his name to a vile
word game. But he rode some nifty equipment as well. At least
according to this book cover.
From Australia. A twin cafe racer by Deus ex Machina. When you’re done
ogling the beauty hover over “select a gallery” to find more goodies.
NB Reader’s wives isn’t what you expect. SFW
First it was the pocket pyrometer, then the helmet cam. Now the pocket
radar. Coming to CES this spring.
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Design
The iconic silhouette of the coca-cola bottle is instantly
recognizable. Except that there wasn’t just one shape. A history of
the container. Which one is ‑the- coke bottle for you?
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Science (?)
NASA has blogs and pages and interactive portals to everything. But
nothing quite as wry as this blog from Maksim Suraev who’s currently
residing on the ISS. This demonstration of the latest interstellar
space weaponry… (Translated from the original Russian.)
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Art, Images, Illustration
Side note:
I’m beginning to have serious doubts about the usefulness of the web
for displaying an overview of an artist’s work. I find something
interesting on an aggregator site (like MyModernMet, Designlenta, et
al.), go to artist’s site, and then ending up linking back to the
referring source because they have chosen the best of the artist’s
work and are displaying it at a viewable size. Giving you all the best
chance to decide if you’d like to click through and navigate the
hazards of the artist’s site to look at more.
Ripo does 10 days of BBC headlines. More sign painter than graffiti
artist, at least here.
Urban sketchers in pastels this morning. The High Line park in NYC.
Love the crowd.
More art coming from graffiti and stencil work. This is a nice montage
of Eyeone’s work. Click through for more.
Everyone knows that Annie Leibovitz is one of my favorite
photographers. For the December issue of Vogue (US) she’s done Hansel
and Gretel. I loved her Alice in Wonderland. I hate this. You?
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Video
Fluorescent Hill did video for NASA (not the space people, the music
project) Toms Waits, Kool Keith, animation, and an interview with the
creators. Wowza.
“Tarboy, created by James Lee and Hania, is a sterling example of
flash animation. A brisk, epic short film, it is a perfectly packaged
capsule of awesome. A fantastic robot flavored, afternoon pick-me-up.”
Because I could not begin to describe this any better… (Coilhouse)