5 things I learned today

Lost In Peru: Crazy Mountain Bike GoPro POV Video

Ryan Nance — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:12:33 +0000

Ali Goulet, Chris Van Dine and Aaron Chase as they explore a foreign land on an epic trip around Peru with their GoPro.

I need a GoPro.

See also Weekly Episode 7 Season 3

The Animated History of the Tulip

Ryan Nance — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:58:29 +0000

From the Himalayan mountain range through the Turkish Court to the Netherlands, the story of how tulips got to be the Dutch symbol that they are.

See also Tulip Fields in Bloom

via Kuriositas

Danang International Fireworks Competition Timelapse

Ryan Nance — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:06:03 +0000

Photographer Rob Whitworth documents the Danang International Fireworks Competition 2013 in Vietnam.

See more great stuff on the fesitval at Epic Fireworks

via PetaPixel

Watchtower of Morocco

Ryan Nance — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:29:06 +0000

Italian filmmaker, Leonardo Dalessandri shot this stylish and awesome video on the streets of Marrakech, Essaouira, Fes el Bali and Casablanca.

via MashKulture

Song of the Day - Under the Knife by Etta Bond

Ryan Nance — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:08 +0000

Stunning video for this great song from Etta Bond (@EttaBond)

Suspended Sculptures from Damián Ortega

Ryan Nance — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:17 +0000

Political cartoonist turned artist, Damián Ortega has these beautiful suspended sculptures.

via Lost at E Minor

Cityscapes Mirrored from Around the World

Ryan Nance — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:25 +0000

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Bill Dickinson

Photos described as "genuine images taken with a camera."

Seoul, Korea by Saik Kim

Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Jacob Rostermundt

Dresden, Germany by Manuel Irritier

Dokkum, Netherlands by Bas Meelker

WK Cheoh

Groningen Netherlands by Rayon Hoepel

Anna Gett, captured in Amsterdam, Holland.

The Seattle skyline by John G. Cramer

via Design Taxi

Mesmerizing Clones in Animated GIFs by Erdal Inci

Ryan Nance — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:44:37 +0000

Istanbul-based artist Erdal Inci uses the magic of looping animated GIFs and sections of cloned video of himself to create these spectacularly hypnotizing moving image.

via Colossal

You Must Escape: Terrifyingly Simple and Elegant Game

Ryan Nance — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:37 +0000

Walking around in the dark, not sure which way is which, and only your less spatially developed sense (hearing) left to guide you. This game is so simple in its visual presentation, eschewing fancy graphics for sensorial clarity. You Must Escape, second place winner in this year’s Ludlum Dare, has me hooked.

Play the game »

via Animal

Photos Hungry and Rare White Tigers by Birte Person

Ryan Nance — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:22:46 +0000

Australia-based photographer Birte Person took these astounding photos of the very rare big cats during feeding time at the Singapore Zoo

Person explains:

"They sit in anticipation on the rocks waiting for the first morsel to be thrown. Then it is a huge lunge into the water by all of them. It carries on at a frantic pace until they all get some food."

See also Portraits of Captive Animals

via My Modern Met

Cheetahs are So Cool and How the words Cheetah and Poem are Etymologically Related

Ryan Nance — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:25 +0000

My daughter just finished a report on cheetahs for her kindergarten class. This is one of the videos she found in her research.

Her research spurred me to revisit and understand better something I had come across years ago: The idea that the words cheetah and poem come from the same Indo-European root words.

Bradshaw of the Future explains:

cheetah and poem

The Proto-Indo-European root is *kʷei-, "to pile up, build, make". The o-grade form *kʷoi- became Sanskrit काय kāya "body", which combined with चित्र citra "variegated , spotted , speckled" to formचित्रकाय citrakāya "striped-body, tiger or panther". This became Hindi चीता cītā, borrowed into English ascheetah.

The suffixed form *kʷoiw-eyo- became Greek ποιέω poieō "to create" and ποιημα poiēma, borrowed into Latin as poēma, borrowed into English as poem thru French.

Lego Stop-motion Thriller

Ryan Nance — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:26 +0000

Truly outstanding use of LEGO stop-motion.

Awesome Animated Nature GIFs

Ryan Nance — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:15 +0000

28-year-old Marinus from the Netherlands has been making these animated GIFs, I presume to make the point that animated GIFs are not just awesome and funny, but awesome and more awesome.

"I am bored, therefore I make GIFs" -René Descartes (1596-1650)

These are just a small portion of them. Catch them all on his blog: Head Like an Orange

Song of the Day - Fall Over by Banks

Ryan Nance — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:10 +0000

From Banks label's page:

"Effortlessly balancing her gift for honest, poetic perspectives on love and humanity with a voice that gained her overnight attention from the music industry’s most important curators – Banks is poised for massive things in 2013. Drawing from inspirations like Fiona Apple and Miss Lauryn Hill, Banks focuses on the duality of soulful earthly emotion and ethereal atmospheric sounds. The Los Angeles native and self-taught pianist, vocalist, and songwriter will release her debut EP on IAMSOUND in early 2013."

Get the track »

Luminescent Underwater Sea Creatures from Joshua Lambus

Ryan Nance — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:56 +0000

Hawaii-based photographer Joshua Lambus has created this collection entitled Blackwater.

Lambus explains:

"Now being underwater I'm inundated with stories, struggles, triumphs. Seeing our fragile ecosystem inch ever closer to the verge of destruction pushes me to continue my work, not only for artistic value, but for a far greater purpose. I hope to tell a story and ask for help for those without a voice."

Also see Gorgeous Underwater Photos of Vibrant Jellyfish

via My Modern Met

Incredible 3D Latte Foam Art by Kazuki Yamamoto

Ryan Nance — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:05:46 +0000

Kazuki Yamamoto creates these astounding piles of foam to make three dimensional designs.

via Visual News

Life on a Bike by Guillaume Blanchet

Ryan Nance — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:08:22 +0000

From the filmmaker, Guillaume Blanchet:

"I love being on a bike, it helps me feel free. I get it from my dad. After days and days of cycling the streets of Montreal, come cold or sun, or even a little frightened, I dedicate this film to him."

via Lost at E Minor

New Geometric Project Mural from Felice Varini

Ryan Nance — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:25 +0000

Know for his large scale projections of geometric forms onto rooms and exterior spaces, Swiss artist Felice Varini's latest work at the Grand Palais in Paris went up just last month.

via Feel Desain

Gravitational Radius by David Adey

Ryan Nance — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:18:29 +0000

Digital printouts of fashion imagery from various places online, laser-cut and pinned to a foam panel.

via Faith is Torment

Amazing Symmetrical Trees by Oliver Delgado

Ryan Nance — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:15:08 +0000

Oliver Delgado explains that despite seeming unreal, these are genuine photographs not digital montages.

“all images are real. I only adjusted levels in Lightroom”

via Illusion