Crystal City: Float Testing – 2009
Wu Chi-Tsung – Crystal City: Float Testing – 2009
Such a simple concept, yet outrageously captivating. There’s a video for this particular piece here, but don’t pass the chance to check out the other works in his Crystal City series.…
Spark Chamber
Lucy Pullen’s Spark Chamber makes cosmic rays visible by using the ionised path created through a gas medium to bridge a gap between high voltage plate, causing a spark. Find out more about spark chambers here and here.
Pullen also made a cloud chamber, serving a similar purpose but instead condensing a stream of alcohol vapour.…
Splash – Paul Wang
Stumbled into this one last week, and I think it looks genuinely incredible. Paulo Wang, the guy who created it, did so because he wanted to learn the basics of fluid sims. He did pretty fucking well. Watch this space, I may have been inspired to dive back into C4D.…
Sea Slug Antenna Jammers
Usually when sea creatures secrete an ink cloud, it acts as a distraction that allows for a quick exit from an impending predator. Inherently, sea slugs could never make that fast an exit – so the ink was always a mystery.…
Crafting a Formula 1 Car
To kick off our post-a-day month: Some incredible footage of just some of the processes used to craft a Formula One car.…
Cubicle Apartments
‘Cubicle apartments’ – Hong Kong
A photo series published by the Society for Community Organization depicting outrageously small ‘apartments’. (source)(via)
Update 03/04/2020: Here’s a link to a National Geographic slideshow of an extended set of Benny Lam’s photographic study of ‘Coffin Houses’.…
Sometimes We Fly – Jared Ropelato
Sometimes We Fly by Jared Ropelato
This thing is a geyser, called the Fly Geyser, and believe it or not it’s actually only 5ft tall. Also this is by far the best photo out there, follow the link above to see more of Jared’s work.…
Aeroscraft – A Monster Airship
I’m sure I blogged the concept work before, but I can’t find it. Anyway, this is a new take on the airship, the Aeroscraft. The prototype made it’s first flight earlier this month, more on that here. (via)
