World’s Biggest Yacht “Eclipse” Berthed in New York City
The Eclipse, reported to be the largest private yacht in the world, is viewed docked at a pier in New York on February 19, 2013 in New York City. The boat, which measures 557ft in length and is estimated to cost 1.5 billion US dollars, is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and arrived into New York on Wednesday. Photos by Spencer Platt.
Eclipse is a luxury motor yacht constructed by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg, Germany. Its exterior and interior were designed by Terence Disdale Design and its naval architect was Francis Design. The yacht was delivered to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich on 9 December 2010. At 163.5 metres (536 ft) long, Eclipse is the world’s largest private yacht, 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) longer than the Dubai, which belongs to Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai. The yacht’s cost has been estimated at €340 million (approx. US$475M as of September 2011), but a September 2009 report indicated that final costs could approach €800 million (US$1.12B). Continue reading »
Crysis 3 Nanosuit
Dancing on Ice judge and ex Pussycat Doll, Ashley Roberts is painted to look like she’s wearing a Nanosuit like Phophet, the hero of the Crysis franchise, to help promote the launch of new video game Crysis 3, out from February 22 on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. (Lou Denim/MMP/PA)
Photo of the Day: The Emperor Penguins
Paul Nicklen of Canada won 1st Prize in the Nature Stories category for his photographs of Emperor Penguins. Scientists discover that Emperor Penguins are capable of tripling their swimming speed by releasing millions of bubbles from their feathers. These bubbles reduce the friction between their feathers and the icy seawater, allowing them to accelerate in the water. (Paul Nicklen/ National Geographic Magazine)
Chaotic Notes
Brothers Smiles studio published their latest project which explores the relation between chaos and beauty of creative process, which happens in every composers mind. Continue reading »
In Russia – Meteorites, at PIXERS – Whole UNIVERSE!
Fantastic “Space Odyssey” collection of wall murals from PIXERS. Continue reading »
Unseen Photos of the 1965 Rolling Stones
An exhibition at Los Angeles’ Dilettante gallery showcased 23 rare photographs capturing candid moments of the Rolling Stones on their 1965 American tour. The photos that make up ‘Found: Photographs of the Rolling Stones’ were only recently discovered in an unmarked box at a Southern California estate sale. The exhibit marks the first time these images have been shown to the public.
Shot in Savannah, Ga., and Clearwater, Fla., in the spring of 1965, the pictures show the now legendary rock group in their youth, relaxing as the British Invasion of rock swept the States. The collection shows the carefree innocence of the Stones, along with their founding member and road manager Ian Stewart, just when they were on the verge of superstardom. Continue reading »
Go Outside Magazine – Jailhouses
Print campaign for Go Outside Magazine. Art direction by Felipe Luchi. Continue reading »
Motivating Posters for Your Startup
Motivating posters for your startup by StartupVitamins. It is your dose of motivation – inspirational quotes on posters – to motivate your startup and stay focused on what’s important. Continue reading »
“Bloco da Lama” (‘Mud Block’) Carnival in Brazil
Revelers participate in the traditional Bloco da Lama (Mud block) carnival in Parati, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on February 9, 2013. The event, which was begun by two men in a playful manner in 1986, has now become a traditional carnival in which participants disguised as primitives with rags, lianas or skulls and bones, dive in the mud. (Photos by Victor Moriyama/AFP Photo) Continue reading »
Nikopicto
Nikopicto is a Hong Kong based company with a French touch. They’re specialized in 3D print, 3D animation and design. Continue reading »
Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: Seedling sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years
David Latimer first planted his bottle garden in 1960 and last watered it in 1972 before tightly sealing it shut ‘as an experiment’. The hardy spiderworts plant inside has grown to fill the 10-gallon container by surviving entirely on recycled air, nutrients and water.
For the last 40 years it has been completely sealed from the outside world. But the indoor variety of spiderworts (or Tradescantia, to give the plant species its scientific Latin name) within has thrived, filling its globular bottle home with healthy foliage. Yesterday Mr Latimer, 80, said: ‘It’s 6ft from a window so gets a bit of sunlight. It grows towards the light so it gets turned round every so often so it grows evenly. ‘Otherwise, it’s the definition of low-maintenance. I’ve never pruned it, it just seems to have grown to the limits of the bottle.’
The bottle garden has created its own miniature ecosystem. Despite being cut off from the outside world, because it is still absorbing light it can photosynthesise, the process by which plants convert sunlight into the energy they need to grow. Continue reading »
Street Art by RADYA
100% guerilla street art and installations by RADYA, anonymous street raider from Ekaterinburg, Russia. Continue reading »
‘Speed Painter’ Takes Stage in ‘Anderson’s Viewers Got Talent’
Master speed-painter D. Westry shows off his creative skills during the “Anderson’s Viewers Got Talent” competition.
Floodwater Art
These undated images provided by the artist Coke Wisdom O’Neal were created when floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy oxidzed photographs into psychedelic pictures in his basement studio in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. O’Neal will include the pieces in a solo exhibition at a Chelsea gallery in Manhattan in March. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: An Elephant Meets a Sea Lion
In this heartwarming photo we see Chendra, an Asian elephant, meeting Gus, a sea lion at the Oregon Zoo. Chendra met Gus while she was on one of her morning walks around the zoo. Photograph by Michael Durham. Posting by laphmore on Reddit.
Roll It: Experimental House
Students from University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Christian Zwick and Konstantin Jerabek have designed this unique experimental revolving house called Roll It, based on the concept of “mobile and space-efficient construction”. The design offers flexible housing in a minimum space.
The cylindrical house features a very unique interior setting which changes its functions depending on the orientation. The workspace in one position becomes bedroom when rolled 180 degrees and the kitchen becomes bathroom. The center of the structure can be used both for sports activities as well as for lighting control. Continue reading »
The Centrifuge Brain Project
The “Centrifuge Brain Project” gives an insight on scientific experiments with amusement park rides.
Boat Roofed Shed in Wales
Boat Roofed shed is Owned by sheddie: Alex Holland. The roof is an upturned boat! It is located at an altitude of 750ft above sea level in the Cambrian Mountain range near Machynlleth in mid Wales. It is full of nautical nonsense befitting a boat turned upside down up a mountain! It has a 20w solar panel trickle feeding a leisure battery which powers 3 pairs of ultra-brite L.E.D. lights and a 12v sound system. There is a 12v/gas refrigerator and a bottled gas cooker with 2 burners, a grill, and an oven.
Also has a small ‘Belfast sink’ plumbed in. It is heated by a 19th century French enamel wood burning stove. The chimney is an old king pole from a circus big top that used to house elephants know as ‘The elephant shed’! The shed is made completely from recycled materials except for the 12v system. 3 sets of chimes from inside mantelpiece clocks have been screwed into the centre board of the boat and you can play them with a big nail. Continue reading »
Micro Unit House by Julya Grundberg
Interior designer Julya Grundberg shows off a fully furnished 325-square-foot studio apartment during an exhibit displaying a transformable “micro-unit” at the Museum of the City of New York during the opening of a new exhibition, “Making Room: New Housing for New Yorkers”. New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled New York City’s first ‘Micro-Unit’ building will have apartments as small as 250 square feet. (AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY) Continue reading »
Canned Fresh Air
China’s capital Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Now it’s the first city where you can buy canned fresh air. And it’s not a souvenir or something like this. It’s a can of the real fresh air that you can use if you feel dizzy and have headaches. Continue reading »
Concept Ice Vehicle by Lotus
We can forget all about the price of gas when we get news like this. Sure, we’ll probably never ride in the Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV), but just knowing that folks at Lotus are working on things like this while we sleep… well, it’s like finding out that there is a Santa Claus. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: The Element
Large swell forms after severe storm in Sydney (Cameron Spencer / Getty Images News)
SHORT CUT by Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset
With a piece in which a white car towing a trailer emerges from a long imaginary journey to the center of the earth out of the floor of the central octagon in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset make a unique incursion into the daily life of Milan and its history, reinterpreting one of the city’s iconic landmarks.
A metaphor for global tourism, but also a symbol for the precarious nature of today’s world, the installation Short Cut (2003) describes a universe in movement that travels along endless, unpredictable paths towards fanciful destinations. For their first public project in Italy, the two artists also chose to tackle local stereotypes: the car is a run-of-the-mill white Fiat Uno with Naples plates, and on the dash one can see a map of Rimini.
Mixed media, Fiat Uno, camper trailer, about 250 x 850 x 300 cm
Commissioned and produced by Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Photo Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
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Bestiarium Mobile
A beautiful mobile based on the animal depictions and stories from medieval bestiaries. The mobile is for home decoration: It hangs in the biologist’s library, turns a graphic designer’s office into a happier place, decorates grandma’s knitting corner and inspires the cat’s imagination. It is not suitable for babies or toddlers. Project by Laura Kra. Continue reading »
VOLTIO
Unity is strength, and through this idea cames Voltio, an illustration and lettering specialized studio based in Valencia, Spain.
Formed by three old friends and influenced by graffiti, comics, punk-rock music and freak culture, it has worked, with just 2 years old, for national and international clients, from places like Canada, New York or South America.
The amount of different styles and skills, enables the studio to develop a wide variety of graphic and artistic projects, including poster design, branding and editorial design. Continue reading »
