A History of the Sky, A Yearlong Time-Lapse of the San Francisco Sky Shown in Mosaic of 360 Simultaneous Days
“A History of the Sky” by artist Ken Murphy is a yearlong time-lapse of the sky over San Francisco with an ingenious twist—each day is…
NASA Researchers Release Highest Resolution Map Ever of the Moon
Yesterday the Arizona State University-based research team for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter project released the highest resolution topographic map of the moon yet created. The…
The Occupy Protest Movement as a Game of Pong
Design firm MK12 cleverly illustrates the Occupy protest movement with this animated Pong metaphor. The animation opened this month’s Zero Film Festival in New York…
The Analog Animated Gif Player
The Gif Player by Belgian designer Pieterjan Grandry is a device that plays animated gifs that are printed on special rotary discs. It is based…
Harvey Pekar Library Statue Project
The Harvey Pekar Library Statue is a proposed memorial to Harvey Pekar, the indie graphic novelist (American Splendor) who died in 2010. Created by sculptor…
Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers
Leonard Carson and three coworkers banded together to make themselves custom carbon fiber Star Wars stormtrooper uniforms. They built the uniforms in their free time,…
The Nautilus Aperture Door
“The Nautilus” by Five Ton Crane, a San Francisco Bay Area art collective, is a 25 foot long art car inspired by the submarine from…
Eve’s Wireless, Silent Film About The World’s First Mobile Phone (1922)
“Eve’s Wireless” is a 1922 silent film newsreel demonstrating the world’s first wireless mobile telephone. The boxy telephone required an umbrella to act as an…
Pillow Fight Weapons
Design student Bryan Ku has developed an armory of plush weapons suitable for dominating a pillow fight. Though it remains to be seen if his…
Concentricity, Interactive Light Sculpture Series by Joshua Kirsch
In his “Concentricity” series, artist Joshua Kirsch creates beautiful and intriguing interactive LED light sculptures. Highlights of the series: Concentricity 96, 2011 (video), Concentricity 96,…