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by josh berta
Don Draper pitches Facebook Timeline.
Art imitates life imitates art imitating life.
09.27.2011
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by cole baldwin
Polymorphic is a kinetic installation that shape changes as the participant interacts with it by sitting, walking, or even crawling inside. Looks pretty comfy too.
09.27.2011
no.
by armin
EMI flies pig over London’s Battersea Power station (above) to recreate the famous Pink Floyd cover for Animals (below). The excuse is the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon - Immersion Box Set.
09.27.2011
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by josh berta
A fun video where the letters of the alphabet stand for words that dictate how each letter has been visualized.
09.26.2011
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by niki blaker
German art student, Benjamin Harff, undertook the task of hand-illuminating and binding a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion.
09.26.2011
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by diane zerr
Photographers Alfred Palmer and Howard Hollem produced some exceptional Kodachrome transparencies in the early war years. The images are amazing, almost unreal since all we are used to seeing is images in black & white. Now you can view the images and their original captions.
09.26.2011
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by armin
“Art and Sole” by Chris Nixon, captures the spirit of London by capturing its sole/soul on a piece of paper with varnished text. Clever if unsanitary.
09.26.2011
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