An inventive diver vacationing in Noli—by Finale Ligure, was inspired to construct underwater green-houses that fulfil all the requirements of their terrestrial counterparts. These installations, called Nemo’s Garden and were part of last year’s Milanese design expo, are balloons anchored to the sea floor with a bubble of air, forming a protective cavity that can range from the size of a single plant up to rows and fields I suppose, which are pretty self-sustaining—with fresh water filtered through osmosis from the surrounding aquatic environment and temperatures and luminosity remain almost constant.
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
octopus’ garden in the shade
quill and feather
A design student is exploring the limits of textiles and wearable technology in with prototype apparel that can be calibrated to respond like the skin’s involuntary, galvanic reflexes (blushing and goosebumps) or even respond to the temperament of the beholder.
While I agree that in vulnerable situations sometimes we could benefit from thicker, second-skin and armour, taking cues from the animal kingdom, it would strike me as really bizarre if a woman’s hemline suddenly dropped to conform with the disapproving glance of an on-looker—or even more extreme, having one’s little black-dress shape-shift into a cocooning burqa or simply what another wants to see. I hope that this technology evolves in useful ways and does not make us all into fashion-victims, instead of well look what she was wearing—that’s begging for it rather subject to the sensibilities of others. What do you think?
6x6
op-art: 8-bit watercolours of classical masterpieces
annual: the year in pictures as captured by the official White House photographer
waschbรคr: little raccoon wets a piece of cotton candy only to have it dissolve
perfect for beaufort cheese: Alpine village is being powered by left-over whey
expatriate: one American candidacy is becoming awful diplomacy abroad
umschlag: author and illustrator Edward Gorey’s whimsically decorated correspondence
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
post-production or the great oz has spoken
This intriguing and detail oriented edition of the iconic classic The Wizard of Oz had been circulating for a few days, but I wasn’t really curious enough (to my loss) to watch this wonder until I got more of the backstory about the creator, who is a dyed in the wool fan-fiction, expanded universe—probably best known for his continuance of the original Star Trek series with pitch-perfect staging—artist plus a bit of a primer about what exactly is going on from this brilliant interview from Dangerous Minds. Scene for scene, the dissecting and reassembly (with even the dialogue alphabetised) really helped the master dissembler to appreciate details that would not otherwise materialise.
