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Annie Atkins, Lead Graphic Designer for the Wes Anderson Film ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
photo by Annie Atkins Dublin-based graphic designer Annie Atkins has found a unique niche for her talents–she specializes in graphic design for filmmaking. Perhaps her…
More Delightful Animated GIFs of Street Art by ABVH
Serbian artist ABVH (previously) has transformed street art by four artists into delightful animated GIFs. The original works are by Whoam Irony, Deih, Levalet, and…
A 1974 Satellite Composite Shows the First Image of the Contiguous United States Taken From Space
In 1974, photos taken by NASA’s Earth Resources Technology Satellite were composited together to create the first-ever image of the contiguous United States taken from…
‘Sesame Street’ Animations Featuring the Iconic Art of Keith Haring
Animator Bill Davis created a series of short animations for Sesame Street that featured the iconic art of Keith Haring after the artist’s death in 1990.…
A Fairy Tale Urban Treehouse Hidden in the Woods in Atlanta, Georgia
Peter Bahouth, an Atlanta-based environmental activist, built a fantastic fairy tale treehouse that is not in a vast forest, but in the city of Atlanta,…
Dancer Fik-Shun Moves Like a Glitchy Dance Robot
Hip-hop dancer Du-Shaunt Stegall, aka Fik-Shun, pops and locks like a glitchy dance robot in an astonishing performance at a World of Dance event in…
Astute Barbary Macaque Monkey Cleverly Unzips Man’s Duffel Bag, Steals Sandwich and Runs Off to Eat It
An astute Barbary macaque (an old world monkey) in Gilbraltar cleverly unzipped a young man’s duffel bag which contained a wrapped sandwich that the monkey…
Lighting Expert Creates a Spooky Skull Wall Sconce From Recycled ‘Crystal Head Vodka’ Bottles
Rob Lewbel, the Los Angeles-based movie lighting expert who created the glowing briefcase for the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, has found an ingenious way to…
VolcanoBot, A Volcano-Exploring Robot Built by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Go Places Humans Cannot
The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory robot VolcanoBot is being used to explore volcanoes and could help explain eruptions and other aspects of a volcano’s geology.…
A Marvelous A Capella Cover of the Theme Song for ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ by The Warp Zone
The Warp Zone performed a marvelous A Cappella cover of the theme song for X-Men: The Animated Series.