Design
August 3, 2022

Bladesmith Uses Ancient Meteorites to Create Artistic Knives

Bladesmith Tristan Dare is known for his creative knife designs made of unusual materials. And not only are the materials unconventional, but they're also ancient. Dare, who is based in Idaho, often uses meteorites to create his blades, giving new meaning to something that is billions of years old. In his latest design, he has combined a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite and Damascus steel into a blade that he calls Fire in the Sky.

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Inspiring
August 2, 2022

Surgeons Use Virtual Reality To Separate 3-Year-Old Conjoined Twins With Fused Brains

Conjoined twins are quite rare, but it's even rarer that they would be conjoined at the head. Three-year-old twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima from Brazil were born with fused brains, but now they have been successfully separated thanks to a pediatric surgeon in the UK. And not only were they successfully separated, but they were operated on by a team of doctors around the world who worked together in the same “virtual room.

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Installation
August 2, 2022

Spiral Staircase Springs Apart in Surreal Architectural Sculpture

British artist Alex Chinneck is known for his mind-bending architectural sculptures that effortlessly combine the elements of art, design, and architecture. Whether in the form of an unzipped building, a structure turned on its head, or walls sliding down and cracking open to reveal what’s hidden behind them, his inventive sculptures always manage to challenge our perception of the world around us. A feat that always seems to transform the mundane into something remarkable.

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