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Moon Clock

Posted on 10 May 2010 by admin

An ambitious project to create the world’s first moon clock powered by the tides is currently planned for the edge of the Thames River in London, England. Designed by UK artist Laura Williams while she was in her third year of a study in an Arts & Design course at Central Saint Martins, the completed Aluna Moon Clock, will be larger than Stonehenge and forty metres wide.

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Unusual clock-Pessoa clock

Posted on 24 April 2010 by admin

In an attempt to formalise the ritual of waiting, a clock was devised to leave traces of poems while it was turned on. The clarity of the traces is directly proportional to the amount of time one has to wait. The text engraved in the base is a poem by Pessoa, depicting concepts of time, and the futility of understanding them fully. Cinnamon is slowly dropped by the rolling cylinder, leaving traces on the street. [ 1 ]

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Japanese art in the new reality

Posted on 28 March 2010 by admin

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The tradition of creating small wooden figurines come in modern Japan from the deep past, but, nevertheless, she claimed, and in the current superteh times. If previously made wooden figures of various gods and men, now – robots.

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The art of cut paper

Posted on 24 February 2010 by admin

Archaeological finds trace the tradition of paper cutting back to 6th century China. Works were commonly buried with the dead, burned at the funeral ceremonies or used as sacrificial offerings to the ancestors and gods. Today paper cut art is used primarily for decoration. Modern paper cut artists use either laser cutting equipment or scissors and scalpels to create their works and these can vary from simple silhouettes to incredibly intricate designs.

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Gloomy toys

Posted on 10 February 2010 by admin

Safety Patrol

Sculptor Olivier Pauwels in his provocative work uses the “untouchables” for many moralists thing – baby dolls.

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Eco 7 Folding Bike

Posted on 01 January 2010 by admin

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Eco 7 Folding Bike, a revolutionary concept design by Victor Aleman in Mexico. The Eco 7 is designed to be taken on planes and other transportation where space is a significant problem. The bike is designed in such a way that every part of the bike is collapsible, including the main frame, the handle bars, crank, brakes, wheels and chain.

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Retro look Philco PC

Posted on 22 December 2009 by admin

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Created by design studio SchultzeWORKS this stylish computer was inspired by the 1954 Philco Predicta television. Besides its retro look Philco PC runs on Windows 7 and all its specs are modern. This bright PC is not for everyone and certainly can’t be mass-produced.

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Aquarium

Posted on 15 December 2009 by admin

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This tank fits perfectly in the interior of your apartment, though, it is difficult to call the aquarium.

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Mini and Art

Posted on 27 November 2009 by admin

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Car maker BMW AG and its subsidiary MINI Switzerland submitted a conceptual art project «Wash Me». With modern artists worked over  brand-new Mini Coopers to put their creative ambitions.

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New forms of life

Posted on 15 November 2009 by admin

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I have been occupied creating new forms of life.

Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat.

Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.”

-Theo Jansen

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