Photography
June 28, 2012

Colored Salt Dances with Sound Waves

Just recently, we were very impressed with Fabian Oefner's brilliant watercolor mosaics, and today, we focus on another one of his remarkably inspiring scientific experiments. Dancing Colors is a project where Oefner turns sound waves into visible sculptures and he says, “The idea of the series is to build a bridge between the acoustical and the visual world.

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Photography
June 24, 2012

High-Speed Photos Capture the Moment Water Balloons Explode

London-based photographer Edward Horsford has mastered the technique of timing in these photographs that feature split-second water balloon explosions. He's well-known for this exciting series, saying, “I started these as a way to challenge myself technically and creatively.” He's had great success with this self-initiated challenge! Horsford's goal in photography is to capture high speed moments that are rarely seen.

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Art
June 22, 2012

Magnificently Moving Lamps Inspired by Flowers and Bees

If you were at this year's Luminale, an architecture and design festival held in Frankfurt, Germany, you may have witnessed, first-hand, some of the most beautiful lighting fixtures we've ever seen. Studio Drift's exhibition was the first time they showed three major lighting concepts together – Flylight, Shylight and Fragile Future. You'll have to watch the video, below, to really appreciate how they've combined nature and technology to create something almost otherworldly.

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Design
June 21, 2012

LEGO’s First Official Haunted House

While artist Mike Doyle's spooky Victorian LEGO house will go down in the books as one of the coolest LEGO creations we've ever seen, we're pretty sure we'd never be able to make something even remotely close. Well, now we don't have to. Enter the first official LEGO Haunted House! This September, LEGO will release this highly detailed set. Costing $179.

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