HUNGRY ? // 17th June 2013
Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor and his company Systems & Materials Research Corporation have just received the “go for it” – plus a $125,000 grant – from NASA to conceive a “universal food synthesizer” for 3-D-printed food. And your pizza will only be some clicks away… for real… Well almost as it would only be layers … Read more
DANCE THE NOODLE DANCE // 10th June 2013
Almost every country has its own special dance. Take Brazil and Samba. Or Argentina and Tango. Well, as you might – or might not – know in China, they have among many ways to shake it on the dancefloor their typical Noodle Dance. A dance that anyone can experience at any restaurant of the Chinese … Read more
SO OLD // 3rd June 2013
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Unearthed near the Chinese town of Fukang in 2000, the Fukang meteorite is believed to be 4.5 billion years old. Which is as ancient as Earth itself. This very special and very old meteorite is called a pallasite. Its specificity: it’s a translucent golden crystals of a mineral called olivine embedded in a silvery honeycomb … Read more
UP IN AIR // 20th May 2013
The Sky Whale is a very special hot-air balloon, commissioned for the centenary of canberra and conceived by s Sierra Leonean artist Patricia Piccinini. Instead of wings, the artist has imagined huge udders that might contain the gas of the giant flying sculpture, as well as a huge bulbous body. The project started with a … Read more
TIE THE KNOT // 13th May 2013
Summer is almost here and with it art installation in public spaces. This is the case in New York with “Red, Yellow and Blue” a large-scale installation by the City-based artist Orly Genger. An installation that consists of three wavy walls made from 1.4 million-square-feet of nautical rope. A rope that has been first dyed … Read more
ICE AGE // 6th May 2013
Located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, this ice cave looks surreal. The tunnel measures about one kilometer long and is the result of a hot water spring flowing beneath the ice fields on the flanks of the Mutnovsky volcano. In recent years, the Kamchatka glaciers have been melting. Which has made the roof of … Read more
PLAY SCHOOL // 22nd April 2013
Building a kindergarten is not a simple task. You have to consider many details, such as creating a fun and entertaining environment but also a place where the kids won’t easily hurt themselves while playing. Tokyo and beijing-based practice SAKO architects just opened the ‘LOOP’ in Tianjin, a one of a kind kindergarten that plays … Read more
MORE FUN TO COMPUTE // 15th April 2013
It’s happening in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A facade of a cultural centre has been transformed into a 3000 square meters screen. A screen onto which users can watch and play classic games such as pac-man, tetris and a version of space invaders, all that via iPads. Designed by a group of international digital artists, “play!” … Read more
IN LIVING COLORS // 25th March 2013
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This one place is notoriously known for being hard to reach. But when one gets there, it’s worth the effort. The White Pocket is an isolated patch of sandstone located within the desert expanse of Vermillion Cliffs National Monument near the Arizona/Utah border. Covered with a gray layer, the area looks as if covered with … Read more
TICK TOCK // 4th march 2013
A Million Times consists of an installation that features 288 analog clocks and 576 motors – one for each minute and hour hand. Behind this masterpiece is Stockholm design studio Humans Since 1982, a one of a kind studio that has worked with clocks in the past, giving them new functions, celebrating their physical form … Read more
