STORY TIME! Try to guess where in the world Lumen Sandiego is, and learn about some RE-DONK-U-LOUS-LY cool lighting art at the same time! Some years ago, I travelled to an "Art Island," which hosts work by some very spectacular artists, including Claude Monet, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Tadao Ando, Yves Klein, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and most importantly [...]
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Back in my undergrad days, I used to front a band… Oh, it was glorious, we had a blast, and the guys are all pro musicians now. Another crazy picture of me with hair: We had so much fun!!! I used to wear those crazy shirts at gigs at the bars in town that were [...]
Read More Disco Ball Helmet, instructables, mirror ball, mirrors, Natalie Walsh, reflectionYou might have been to Chicago, and you might have seen Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate. But you've never seen Cloud Gate in Chicago like this before… Luftwerk is the firm who designed and coordinated this work — a husband/wife team of Sean Gallero and Petra Bachmaier. From Frame Mag's website: Luminous Field comprises of 10 video [...]
Read More Chicago, Cloud Gate, Illinois, Luftwerk, Petra Bachmaier, projection, Sean GalleroGood Morning, World! To all that will stumble upon this page in "error," I wasn't referring to THAT kind of swinging! We can thank Lab212 for something absolutely awesome – Starfield. This equation seems to have it nailed down: 1 kinect + 1 swing + var stars + 1 projector = full speed great. Check [...]
Read More Chapelier Fou, interactive, Lab212, projection, projector, Starfield, starry skyWhat an amazingly beautiful video. Believe me, the 3:28 it takes to watch this will change your life. There is more beauty in this video than most people have in their entire month. Check it – you can thank Esteban Diácono for this: From the video site on Vimeo: Please watch my new video for Ólafur [...]
Read More amazing, art, beautiful, Ljósið, love, sand art, VideoAlright, so Fox posted about this yesterday, but I had to know more. I mean, this is Rick Hutton crazy laser sh*t here! Remember this? Alright, now check THIS out! That, my friends, is Yvette Mattern's installation, Global Rainbow, that is on display in the night time sky until March 4 in the UK. Yvette [...]
Read More awesome, Global Rainbow, laser art, laser WIN, lasers, Light Art, Yvette MatternLET THE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS CONTINUE!!! Ok, so first, read this: According to quantum mechanics we have forty conscious moments per second, and our brains connect this sequence of nows to create the illusion of the flow of time. So, what would things look like if that itermittence was made visible? This body of work explores that hiccup, [...]
Read More artists, Isabel M. Martinez, optical illusions, quantum blinkI love optical illusions. Whenever I see a cool optical illusion image, I always grab it. This set is no exception – check out the work of Oleg Shuplyak, a Russian painter doing some pretty works that have a secondary image! This is really just a smidgen, the rest of the works are over at [...]
Read More artists, illusions, Oleg Shuplyak, optical illusions, paintersHave you seen these amazing lamps?! A designer that has her stuff on Etsy, Allison Patrick of the 3R's Blog (Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate – 30 projects in 30 weeks) has created some pretty cool pendant shades that are pretty representative of the beautiful shape of the artichoke. But – the shade is made of recycled [...]
Read More Allison Patrick, Designers, DIY, Fixtures, lamps, Luminaire Design, pendant, recycle, shadesLiam Hopkins' Manchester design/maker lab Lazerian has put out a very cool series of paper-folded, laser cut beauties based on the stars in the Summer Triangle – Altair, Deneb, and Vega. You might know Vega from that crazy movie with Jody Foster and Matthew McConaughey where the guy built the second secret space satellite sender-thing. Yeah. [...]
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