The incredibly imaginative music video for the excellent Ankur Sabharwal song “Better Man” pays a wonderful tribute to the films of early 20th Century cinema. According to director Mrinal Bahukhandi, both the 1902 film “Le Voyage Dans la Lune” (“A Trip to the Moon”) by Georges Méliès and the work…
A Mural Paying Tribute to Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.) as the ‘King of NY’ in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
At the corner of Bedford Ave and Quincy Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn sits an incredible 38-foot mural created in 2018 that pays eternal tribute to native son Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious B.I.G.. The mural marks the exact location of his legendary freestyle battle with Supreme in…
Iconic Hermès Birkin Bags Made Out of Vegetables
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ben Denzer (@bdenzer) Designer Ben Denzer found inspiration with French luxury goods manufacturer Hermès and decided to remake their iconic bag “The Birkin” out of three different vegetables – asparagus, cabbage, and cucumber. Denzer also attempted a couple of fruit versions…
The Psychological Phenomenon Behind Witnesses Giving Contradictory Accounts of the Same Event
In a mindful Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Sheila Marie Orfano and animated by Jeremiah Dickey and Gerta Xhelo, narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott explains the psychological phenomenon of witnesses giving contradictory accounts to the very same event. This is known as the “Rashomon Effect”. Named after the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film…
Animated Banknotes From Around the World Emerge From the Sand in a Fascinating Stop Motion Animation
“Foreign Exchange” by Corrie Francis Parks is a fascinating stop motion animated short that features 50 different banknotes from around the world that are deconstructed so that their individual designs and markings become animated within their static surroundings. Each bill appears to emerge from grains of sand. The sand has…
The Cool Science Behind Developing Photographic Film
Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day explains the very cool science behind developing rolls of photographic film. This has become a bit of a lost art due to the ubiquity of digital photos. There’s something different about film. It feels different. Like it’s not just the shutter click with…
‘Reclining Liberty’, A Whimsical Reinterpretation of the Statue of Liberty Relaxing in a New York City Park
New York City artist Zaq Landsberg has created “Reclining Liberty”, a wonderfully whimsical reinterpretation of the Statue of Liberty lying upon the grass of Morningside Park in Upper Manhattan. Landsberg’s 25 foot long statue, inspired by the popular image of “Reclining Buddha” throughout Asia, depicts the iconic patina bluish-green lady…
Street Artist JR Reveals the Terrain Hidden Beneath the Eiffel Tower With a Massive Anamorphic Optical Illusion
View this post on Instagram A post shared by JR (@jr) The remarkable Ted Prize-winning French street artist and photographer JR employed his talent for socially relevant large scale installations to create a massive trompe-l’œil piece underneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris. This incredible anamorphic optical illusion appears to reveal…