Photography
August 11, 2014

Mysterious Swirling Light Patterns Streak Across Beautiful Landscapes

Photographer Martin Kimbell uses long exposures and special lighting techniques to create spectacular light trails set against lovely landscapes. To capture each gorgeous spectacle, the England-based photographer attaches LED lights to a hoop and then tosses it up in the air to document the movement. Dramatic streaks of light swirl across the night sky, creating an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere against a dark, natural background.

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Photography
August 10, 2014

Hilarious Images of Rockstars Whose Guitars Have Been Replaced with Giant Slugs

Slug Solos is everything we never knew we wanted: a Tumblr blog that uses Photoshop magic to replace the guitars of musicians with giant slugs as they rock out in the middle of their solos. Curated by Glasgow-based writer Michael M (@michaelmphysics), the self-described “esoteric blog” has proven a hit with its bizarre, humorous images of guitarists holding slugs mid-riff.

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Design
August 5, 2014

Wind Reactive Ink Alters Clothing Color Based on Contact with the Air

The air is made up of many different components that are products of our environment, including pollution, moisture, and more. London-based artist Lauren Bowker and her material exploration studio THE UNSEEN have developed a form of ink that's reactive to the different fluctuations in the wind as well as our own body. It's demonstrated in a couture capsule collection entitled Air, which was designed for Swarovski and presented during London's Fashion Week 2014.

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Photography
July 26, 2014

Long Exposures Capture WiFi Signals as Eerie Patterns of Color

Digital Etheral is a multi-media project in which designer Luis Hernan explores human interactions with electromagnetic signals like WiFi, and attempts to create a visible representation of this wireless technology that surrounds us every day. As part of the project, the artist developed The Kirlian Device mobile, an app that translates WiFi signals into a five-color heatmap scheme where red means stronger signals and blue means weaker signals.

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