Each year, Thailand’s mangrove forests are flooded by swarms of fireflies. Artists Robin Meier and André Gwerder took advantage of the insects’ ephemeral lighting to combine nature and technology in a stunning show. Their resulting film, entitled Synchronicity (Thailand) , shows the bioluminescent flashing of the fireflies in synch with timed LED lights.
I have fond memories from a mid-summer overnight ferry trip from Stockholm to Helsinki. With the midnight sun—and duty-free treats—everyone stayed up all night talking, singing, and whatever. Now the Hyperloop One company wants to spoil all that fun with plans for a 300 mile-long hyperloop transport system linking the capital cities and cutting travel time to just 28 minutes. The proposed $21 billion project would include both land-based segments and trenches on the Baltic Sea floor. Just another techie pipe-dream ?
Dutch designer Maarten Baas has created a huge suspended clock for Amsterdam’s Schiphol International Airport Lounge Two. Part of an ongoing series of clocks that Baas calls “Real Time”, this amazing clock shows a video performance that takes 12 hours to watch in its entirety. The clock project honors the faceless workers in blue overalls who keep Schiphol clean and safe.
Tom Gauld does it again.
The Los Angeles Metro system has released a gruesome series of public safety videos that should have come with a PG-13 rating. Using stick figures and a stark yellow and black palette, the safety shorts emphasize the importance of basic safety precautions for staying intact while using mass transit.
Each of the PSAs has an attention grabbing title, such as “Heads Up or Headless”, or “Dismount or Dismembered”, and my favorite, “Careful or Crushed”.
I’m a huge Game of Thrones fan, but sometimes I forget exactly how the characters are related. And although I’ve read every book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, the Houses and their relationships can be confusing. HBO recently released this very helpful infographic to help us keep it all straight.
The folks at My Poetic Side blog did some historical research on the deaths of 239 poets. Then they compiled the forensic data in this neat infographic.
H/t to Gerard Vlemmings for the link to filmmaker Pengcheng He’s beautifully shot and edited tilt-shift, time-lapse trip through Amsterdam, Delft and Rotterdam.
You can see much more from the brilliant cartoonist Grant Snider and purchase books, posters, and more on his website.
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