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  • "The time eating clock"...a creepy insect crawling on gold...awesome!

    • 9 Jun 2011
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    So a weekend or two ago I made a stopover at the Science museum in London, great place to go if you feel like being a 12 year old again...SO much to play with!

    Anyways, one of the most fascinating things, besides the hearing music through my skull by biting a metal pole machine, happened to be this "Time eating clock", designed by inventor John Taylor:

    This particular clock is called "The Midsummer Chronophage" and happens to be one of two clocks in the world to show the experience of relative time. John Taylor's inspiration came from the idea that everyone experiences time differently. Personally, I could've spent an entire day staring at that thing.

    I kinda loved this quote from him, which said:

    'Inventing is hard work. The ideas are easy but turning them into a practical embodiment is the difficulty.' Dr John Taylor

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  • Tales of art from the crypt - pink skull butterfly & neon antlers

    • 16 Dec 2010
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    So yesterday I headed on over to St. Pancras Church by Euston Station, where they had a pretty sweet art exhibition called Crypt-mas

    Beside that awesome flying skull butterfly, the video below shows two of my favourite pieces from the crypt...

     

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  • Architecture & Skateboards - laser engraving tale of awesome

    • 7 Dec 2010
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    I may have expressed my excitement about this before, but these laser engraved skateboards by designer Piotr Woronkowicz  have an even greater story to tell, and it's all to do with Utopia, architecture and skateboards of course!

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    To kick things off, the three decks you see on top there are numbered according to the building and architect they represent:

    (1) Paul Rudolph,

    (2) Mies Van Der Rohe

    (3) Frank Lloyd Wright

    Below is a quick overview of each building as seen on the deck, then I'll explain to you just HOW awesome the etchings actually are...

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    Welcome back, and now that you've taken the time to read the details and tiny writing above, I'll tell you why it's seriously caught my attention...

    You see the numbers on the board? The "1" the "2" the "3"? Well each of the three decks were etched using only the numbers that were assigned to them! See the "2'" in the call out example below:

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    Well, if you're into architecture, art or skating...maybe there's something here that you can appreciate. If you want to find out a little more you could always check out the YouTube video of Piotr chatting about the boards here or read about it on numerous design blogs.

    Hope you enjoyed, and if you didn't, maybe you'll enjoy what the gallery who exhibits the piece does with their dog and a store front window ;)

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  • Toilet paper art

    • 9 Nov 2010
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    So back in Feb 2009 I was amazed by some of the incredible work Brooklyn based artist, Yuken Teruya, put together. The artwork was original and through the most basic of canvas's he managed to bring trees to life!

    Now, I've just stumbled across some new work by Anastassia Elias who made these pretty normal toilet paper rolls...something awesome! 

    What else could people do with toliet paper roles you might ask? Well...you could always create "Pixel art"

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    http://www.buzzfeed.com/zombieianbrooks/toilet-paper-roll-art-1ldk

    http://www.booooooom.com/2009/02/13/yuken-teruya/

    http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/07/eco-art-yuken-teruya-everyday-objects/

    http://www.designswan.com/archives/humble-art-toilet-paper-roll-art.html

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