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Tech NewsSploidThe beautiful city paintings of Jeremy Mann
The always excellent Colossal puts the focus on Jeremy Mann and his new wonderful cityscapes, large format masterworks of light and color that contrast with his gritty brushstrokes and markings. I really love his work. Above, New York’s Time Square. Below, Union Square and many others. I love his figure paintings too: Jeremy Mann is … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidPhotographer reveals the secret of the Windows XP desktop image
Charles O’Rear is the photographer who took Bliss, the image that became the desktop of every single Windows XP computer in the world. Billions saw it and probably think the photo is so perfect and colorful that it is computer generated—or at least Photoshopped. O’Rear reveals the origin of the photo in this video. So … Continued
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Tech NewsAngkor Wat Might Be the Prettiest Street View Yet
Fresh outta Cambodia, Angkor Wat is the latest addition to Google Maps’ already considerable portfolio of beautiful places you can explore using Street View. It’s one of the most stunning places on the entire planet, and Google stepped up its game accordingly. It’s got digital rendering of over 100 temples, and more than 90,000 new … Continued
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Most Beautiful Items: March 21 – 28, 2014
From churches-turned-libraries, to new uses for old CDs, we have plenty of lovely and awe-inspiring things for you to peep this time around. Check them out in this edition of the most beautiful items of the week. This time lapse of fireflies is art in motion If you’ve been stressing out or if you’re getting … Continued
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The fantastic worlds and alien cities of Christian Lorenz Scheurer
These are the fantastic worlds and cities of Christian Lorenz Scheurer, an artist whose latest work include Thor 2 and Man of Steel. His work is beautiful, his architecture very organic and evocative. But without further ado, please feast your eyes upon his art. Asgard Athens and Xerxes’ palace Krypton Sculpture work Futuristic cities Mansion … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis time lapse of fireflies is art in motion
If you’ve been stressing out or if you’re getting swamped at work or if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed, here’s how you fix it: by watching this lovely time lapse of fireflies by Vincent Brady. Just put it on full screen, zone out and watch fireflies (or lightning bugs if that’s what you call them) … Continued
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I want this floating house in the forest so badly
Kelsey spotted this beautifully simple house that is suspended on a minimum concrete structure on the edge of the Brecon National Park in Wales, United Kingdom. It’s so minimal and beautiful. I want it. Badly. I don’t like how the interior is decorated, but the space is wonderful too. SPLOID is a new blog about … Continued
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Most Beautiful Items: March 14 – 21, 2014
Guys, you guys! It’s finally spring! Or at least it is, technically speaking. You might still be sitting under a massive crap clump of snow, but there’s plenty to ease your mind. A walking city that looks like it came out of the movie Up? Sure. Massive mist cannons in the bowels of NYC keeping … Continued
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The awesome spaceship and vehicle concepts of Scott Robertson
Scott Robertson is one of my favorite concept designers of all time, a true master (both figuratively and literally). Anyone who loves science fiction and space and cars and mechs and any kind of awesome vehicle should own at least Blast and Drive. Here’s a tiny sample of his extraordinary work. Scott Robertson is a … Continued
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Can you imagine the day when this is a common scene around Earth?
“The Patrol cutter Hercules and two rescue boats over Nu Sera,” reads the caption by concept designer Isaac Hannaford. I really like Isaac’s work because the design and the finish is not only beautiful—it feels solid. I see the above image and it seems as real as NASA photo of the space solid. In fact, … Continued
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I want to drive all these fantastic vehicles through a hundred worlds
I’m a huge fan of the work of Daniel Simon, the design wizard behind the spectacular vehicle design in Tron Legacy, Oblivion, the Lotus C-01 motorbike, and countless other machines—like his outstanding Cosmic Motors series. Whenever I look at that his Cosmic Motors book I can’t stop myself from imagining driving his creations in alien … Continued
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Tech NewsMost Beautiful Items: March 7 – 14, 2014
A beautiful 1960s New York guidebook, crazy scans of amazing insects, and so much more. Welcome, and let us wow you with some of our favorite finds from the worlds of art, architecture, and design from the past week: The 1960s NYC Guidebook That the Czech Secret Police Almost Destroyed Back in 1963, two Czech … Continued
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Photo wizard warps reality, invokes interdimensional wormholes on Earth
What would it look like to travel through a wormhole? Maybe a little bit like this new photo series from Randy Scott Slavin. “Alternate Perspectives Two” challenges the very definition of panorama, turning simple landscapes into 360-degree spheres of beauty. You almost want to fall right into the photos, just to see where in the … Continued
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Why our planet is fucked up in one single picture
National Geographic’s Your Shot member John Goodmantook this beautiful—and terrible—image north of Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles, California: “A lone surfer returns from the sea, bathed in the sodium light of an onshore industrial site.” Two ways to understand Earth clashing in one perfect image. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us … Continued
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I want to buy all these amazing retro-futuristic movie posters
Laurent Durieux is one of my favorite illustrators and designers ever. His re-imagined movie posters—recreated in an exquisite retro-futuristic style—are simply a true pleasure. I love to get lost in the fine detail and admire his perfect command of color and shading. You can buy his amazing artwork here. Laurent Durieux has been working two … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatching complete strangers kiss for the first time is really beautiful
Um, wow. I don’t know if it’s the song selection or because it’s in black and white or the fact that everybody in this video is so attractive, but what started out as incredibly awkward—seeing two strangers meet each other and kiss—turned into something pretty damn beautiful. The premise of the video, called First Kiss … Continued
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These beautiful underwater monsters will haunt your dreams tonight
These worms were collected byAlexander Semenov on various research expeditions, in locations like the Great Barrier Reef. I wonder how different—or similar—life could be under the oceans of Jupiter’s moon Europa. If there’s any life down there, that is. The organisms are various species of marine worms, collected then photographed alive in a lab. Catching … Continued
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These unbelievable monsters with seven legs are actually real frogs
Brandon Ballengée made these beautiful prints of “terminally deformed frogs found in nature” using a clearing and staining process. He then scanned the bodies with a high resolution scanner. The results are fascinating. Bellengée’s concept is fascinating too: These reliquaries are created by chemically “clearing and staining” terminally deformed frogs found in nature. This process … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThe gates of hell open in this time-lapse video
I just came across this cool old time-lapse video made by scientists from the US Geological Survey: The collapse of the crater floor of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō, one of the cones of the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii. The video, filmed on March 5, 2011, “starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor … Continued
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