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Senna, A Documentary About the Rise & Tragic End of a F1 Racing Star
Senna is a new documentary by Asif Kapadia about Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna, an extraordinarily gifted Formula One driver and three time world…
The Book of Ice, Art Book Imagines People’s Republic of Antarctica
The Book of Ice by Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) is an art book about Antarctica. Containing essays, artwork, and photographs, the book imagines…
Radioactive Orchestra, Make Your Own Music With Radiation
Radioactive Orchestra is a collaborative project between Swedish nuclear scientists and musicians to demystify radioactive isotopes by turning them into music. Nuclear scientist Bo Cederwall,…
Luxury Dog Mansions
German company, Best Friend’s HOME, has produced a line of luxury Hundehäuser, the german word for ‘dog houses’. These canine mini mansions come in four…
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Portraits of People Created By Repeating Words In Very Small Type
Genius, 2011 20″ x 24″ This is my favorite piece that I’ve done so far. I really wanted to do something different with lots of…
The Adventures Of A Cardboard Box
From illlustrator and filmmaker Temujin Doran, of the Studiocanoe project, comes The Adventures of a Cardboard Box a touching film short about a young boy’s…
Running Water Faucet Tablet & Smartphone Stands
Because running water and expensive electronic goods go hand in hand, a new wacky product that looks like a faucet that just won’t turn off…
Ghost in the Wires, Kevin Mitnick’s Memoir as Most Wanted Hacker
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker is a memoir by Kevin Mitnick, a former computer hacker who, at the…
Space Classics, Sci-Fi Film Themed Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Ads
These print ads for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s concert series Space Classics rather brilliantly reference Star Wars, Star Trek, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The…