20-year-old cardboard artist and Taiwanese student Kai-Xiang Xhong recreated Tony Stark’s famous Iron Man suit using only corrugated cardboard. In a video interview with the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, Xhong says the cardboard Iron Man suit took him nearly a year to complete as the full-time student only has time to work…
At Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this professor has a policy with cell phones: if it rings in class you have to answer it on speakerphone. The students respect the policy but decided to have a little fun with in on April Fools’. The teacher’s reaction is genuine and commendable. He seems like…
Broken Mirror/Evening Sky is the newest series from New York based artist Bing Wright. This new body of work marks Wright’s first return to color photography in almost a decade. Bing recently completed a solo exhibition at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York City; he is also represented by the James Harris Gallery…
Using six GoPro cameras in a 3D printed mount, artist/photographer/filmmaker/journalist Jonas Ginter made this fantastic 360 degree spherical panorama video. While people have been making spherical panorama photos (commonly referred to as Tiny Planets) for years, this is the I’ve seen in video form. You can learn more about the project and the mount…
CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN KYOTO Photograph by T. KIYA on Flickr For three weeks starting from the vernal equinox (around March 20), cherry blossoms in Kyoto (known as sakura in Japan) begin to bloom. The annual event is wildly popular in Japan as people flock to popular blooming locations all over the country.…
Photograph via Barrett Pharmacy In the small town of Watford City, North Dakota (population 1,744), the local pharmacy has a cure for kids that are afraid of the dark. Barret Pharmacy and Variety, 145 North Main St., Watford City, ND The pharmacy prescribes children one bottle of ‘Monster Spray’ with the directions:…
Everyone is quick to laugh at this dog and yell, “FAIL”. I see it differently. This little guy went for it. Sure he didn’t make it, but that didn’t stop him from getting right back up, trying again and succeeding! Nanakorobi yaoki is a Japanese proverb that translates to: Fall seven times and stand…
Photograph by BNPS via Daily Mail The Daily Mail has a fascinating feature on David Latimer and his soon to be 54-year-old bottle garden that he started on Easter Sunday back in 1960. Using a ten gallon carboy, Latimer poured in some compost, a quarter pint of water and carefully lowered in a spiderwort…
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THE ANCIENT WINDMILLS OF KINDERDIJK Photograph by DAVID KNOPFLER Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. The village is situated in a polder (a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes), at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To…