Photo of the Day: Grimsvotn Volcano Erupts in Iceland
Erupting steam and ash interact with clouds above Grímsvötn volcano. Photographer Jóhann Ingi Jónsson traveled within 1 kilometer of the eruption site on the evening of May 22, 2011, to get these photos. Click to zoom.
Iceland’s most active volcano, Grímsvötn, erupted on Saturday for the first time since 2004, hurling a plume of steam and ash nearly 20 kilometers (12 miles) into the sky. People living next to the glacier where the Grímsvötn volcano burst into life were most severely affected, with ash blocking out the daylight and smothering buildings and vehicles. Iceland also closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights on Sunday, and aviation officials will be closely monitoring European airspace for the next few days. (Source: theAtlantic)
How One Japanese Village Defied the Tsunami
The man on the picture is Kotaku Wamura, who died in 1997 at age 88.
Until March 11, 2011, – he did not live, but it turned out to show the big tsunami a big “fuck”: being from 1945 to 1987 the mayor of the Fudai town, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, he has invested more than $ 30 million in building a protective wall height of 16 meters, which saved the lives of more than 3000 people. Nearby villages have decided that 10 meters is enough, and were washed away into the ocean. Continue reading »
Alarm-shreder
Alarm-clock which destroys money. Good reason to wakes up in the morning. You can fill alarm-clock as you wish (depends on importance of the day), and the way you can afford it. Money as esthetic add-on and uses as removable panel. Continue reading »
Reality Check
Created for: http://slashthree.com
Created by Vladimir Tomin: http://space-jump.com
Music by: http://myspace.com/blindone
Photo of the Day: Living on Thin Ice
Beyond Cape Royds, Antarctica, home to the southernmost colony of penguins in the world, lies the Ross Sea, an extension of the Pacific Ocean that harbors more than one-third of the world’s Adélie penguin population and a quarter of all emperor penguins, and which may be the last remaining intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Credit: Andy Isaacson for The New York Times.
45°C – Modern Slaves of Dubai
“Higher, greater, more luxurious. If it was after Sheik Muhammad bin Rashid al Maktoum – and it is – Dubai will become the world metropolis of architectural wonders and records. This is only possible to achieve with the sweat of a gigantic labour army from abroad. Hundredthousands of these foreign workers labour on the constructionsites for very low vages, live pent-up in tiny barracks and seperate from their families for many years.”
This is a photographic documentary, made by photographer Florian Büttner, is about the everyday-life of the men with the unity-coloured overalls. The men outside the lap of luxury, who exist in the shadows of the skyscrapers.
“They have been the cheapest on the market and the ones most driven to abandon their rights to make a living. Circumstances made them to what they are in my eyes. Modern slaves. Not taken by force like in the old days, but forced by their lives in the arms of the highest bidder for human resources. From roughly 1 million people living in Dubai, around 800.000 are or were foreign workers. This is a new dimension in the history of foreign labours and shows one aspect of globalisation.”
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The workers are waiting for the bus to bring them back to the camp after a hard day of work in the heat of Dubai. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Peregrine banding at University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Game Commission officer Doug Dunkerley, left, uses a small broom as a shield to deter the female peregrine falcon as fellow officer Beth Fife, not seen, retrieves young chicks from the falcons nest on the ledge of the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning on Thursday, May 19, 2011. The peregrine falcon is listed on Pennsylvania endangered species, and the program monitoring the birds nesting has been in effect since since 2002. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Soccer Parental Control
Ogilvy & Mather Sao Paulo created a Firefox App: a “Soccer Parental Control” to help fathers to protected their beloved sons from teams that they hate ;)
“The Ad Agency Bloodline” Infographic
A closer look at the agencies and internet milestones that have shaped our digital landscape of today. By Vitamin T.
Warning Kites
“Every kite stuck in electric cables is a sign of danger. / High-voltage electricity can kill. Keep your children away.”
This is a ambient intervention created to spread an awareness message about the danger of flying kites near high-voltage cables. Click to zoom.
Credits:
Advertised brand: Canto Cidadão
Advert title(s): Warning Kites
Advertising Agency: Mohallem/Artplan, São Paulo, Brazil
Agency website: http://www.mohallemartplan.com.br
Creative Director: Eugênio Mohallem / Head of Art: Marcus Kawamura
Art Director: André Batista, Marcus Kawamura e Marcelo Mandaji
Copywriter: Rodrigo Resende
Illustrator: André Batista e Elysson Lifante
Photographer: Caio Miranda
Published: February/2011
Photo of the Day: Mississippi Floodwaters Roll South
A levee protects a home surrounded by floodwater from the Yazoo River on May 18, 2011 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The flooded Mississippi River is forcing the Yazoo River to top its banks where the two meet near Vicksburg causing towns and farms upstream on the Yazoo to flood. (Scott Olson/Getty Images). Click to zoom.
Inside the Secret Colombian Drug Submarine
A narco submarine is a type of custom-made ocean-going self-propelled semi-submersible vessel built by drug traffickers to smuggle drugs. They are especially known to be used by Colombian drug cartel members to export cocaine from Colombia to Mexico, which is often then transported overland to the United States.
In photographs of “Popular Mechanics” magazine. Continue reading »
Man Cave With a View
Alexandre de Betak’s (a French fashion and furniture designer) house in Majorca was built with indigenous materials by local artisans, but the results, like the terra cotta R2-D2 ashtray, are out of this world. Photographs by Jason Schmidt. Continue reading »
Skeletons and The Department Of Transportation
The Barbarian Group recently concepted and executed the skeletal warnings signs you may have seen on ny roads. The signs are part of the department of transportation’s ‘that’s why it’s 30’ campaign, an ongoing effort to reduce pedestrian deaths in New York. Continue reading »
Elmer Duyvis
Very small, but attractive portfolio of Elmer Duyvis, graphic craftsman from Netherlands. Click images to zoom! Continue reading »
F5 2011 RE:PLAY Film Festival. Inductance.
“Happy” was the theme we were given by the organizers for this year’s F5 Re:Play Fest, held in April in NYC, to create this edition’s pieces, probably the hardest thing to convey in any artistic expression. After a good deal of introspection, and teaming up with awesome motion graphics artist Gerardo del Hierro, we decided that happy wasn’t happy for Physalia unless pliers, microchips and a bit of soldering were involved, and with this idea we resolved to create the happiest machine Physalia has built to date.
Credits:
Direction: Physalia (http://physaliastudio.com) & Gerardo del Hierro (http://grrddh.com)
Music: Fernando Dominguez
MVRDV Architecture Bureau for the China Comic and Animation Museum
Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, China. MVRDV won with a design referring to the speech balloon: a series of eight speech balloon shaped volumes create an internally complex museum experience of in total 32.000m2. Part of the project is also a series of parks on islands, a public plaza and a 13.000m2 expo centre. Construction start is envisioned for 2012, the total budget is 92 million Euro. Continue reading »
Victoria`s Secret Bombshell Summer 2011
Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel & Erin Heatherton in Bombshell Summer 2011 sexy collection. Continue reading »
“DAILYMENU” Plates
Original plates collection for daily use, designed by 5.5 designers. The photographer Thomas Mailaender makes seven portraits to show the DAILYMENU collection. Continue reading »
ECHOGRAPHY OF CHANGE – LADY GAGA and JULIE ANDREWS
The artist Saul Zanolari presents on the website www.saulzanolari.com his brand new portrait “Echography of Change” before the 2011′ scheduled shows in NYC and Rome.
The subjects of this artworks are Lady Gaga and Julie Andrews. The artist plays on the oximoron between tradition and transgression represented by these two icons. This portrait has a Disney background but on the lower side the reading key becomes surgical and medical with an echography of a new Gaga’s creature. This artwork is full of hidden meanings, details and symbols. This is a new evolving step in the artistic growth of Saul Zanolari.
The original artwork is 79’x70′ (200×180 cm), digital painting and acrylic on canvas. Soon available a 100 limited edition print on paper 20’x18′ (50×45 cm) on http://www.wollipeye.com.
