Olafur Elisasson (born 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish-Icelandic artist. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research.
Living two years in Italy I was always fascinated by the beautiful cappuccino designs that the baristas would create in only a second...
Visualization by British astronomer Scott Manley.
I'm amazed by Kodak's first digital camera from 1975. Instead of saving the data on a card it used a standard cassette. It took 23 seconds to record the digitized image to the cassette. The design is beautiful too, only engineers can design this way.
Via todayandtomorrow.
Bob Hoover, a pilot legend, flies with his engines off, lands on one wheel and pours tea upside-down. How that works is explained here.
Like this book. Pig 05049 was an actual pig, raised and slaughtered on a commercial farm in the Netherlands. Rotterdam's Christien Meindertsma was shocked to discover that she could document 185 products contributed to by the animal. Design was done in collaboration with Swiss designer Julie Joliat.
To be honest, normally we don't really like to work for Swiss clients. But there are exceptions – like Chocolats Halba – a Swiss chocolate factory which is determined to produce a high quality chocolate, sustainable and fair. In collaboration with yatah we will develop a strategy to establish Halba as global leader in their segment. There are interesting clients in Switzerland, good to know.
A visualization of water flow by the Center for Computational Engineering Science in Aachen.
Lausanne based graphic designer Demian Conrad did this lovely identity for Gabbani, an old Italian deli in South Switzerland.
Very beautifully shot documentary, it's 1:30 hours long, but worth it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
This time, it’s 140 most influential Twitter users, their #name #handle #category #influence #activity, when they first started and what they first said. ww.informationarchitects.jp/c140/
Hello World, by qubibi, is finally a screen saver that suits my taste... Even though the price of $15 is ridiculous.