Category Archives: CULTURE
BBC Nature: ‘Brinicle’ ice finger of death
With timelapse cameras, specialists recorded salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking. The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it. Where the so-called “brinicle” met the sea bed, a web of ice formed that froze everything it touched, including sea urchins and starfis.
Kid Cudi + Dot Da Genius: WZRD
The Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle from Kevin Parry on Vimeo.
An Arctic inhabitant is fascinated by the sudden appearance of a mysterious box.
Music by Ihor Dawidiuk ihordawidiuk.com
Supreme Fall/Winter 2011 Collection Feat. Yosuke Kubozuka
COOL TRANS magazine have compiled another great editorial, this time highlighting the Supreme Fall/Winter 2011 Collection with renowned actors Yosuke Kubozuka and Shota Sometani modelling the line.
Be@rbrick World Wide Tour 2
Showcasing a total of 70 customized Be@rbricks, the Be@rbrick World Wide Tour 2 is an exhibition that will run from 3-12 December in Tokyo. Here are some of the designs, including Tokidoki, Stussyand BAPE.
Retrosuperfuture Fall/Winter ’11 Collection
Mountain Hill Cabin by Fantastic Norway
Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway have designed a mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over. The triangular timber cabin will be located in the mountainous district of Ål, where it will provide a private retreat that can only be reached on skis during the winter. The house will contain two bedrooms beside the ground floor living rooms and a third bedroom on a floor above. The project is due to complete in summer 2012.
Art Directors Club: John C Jay of Wieden + Kennedy Tribute
Excerpt from the ADC Hall of Fame gala presentation, celebrating the incomparable laureate John C Jay.
GARDEN SHED BY VILLE HARA AND LINDA BERGROTH
This project is a collaboration between Helsinki architect Ville Hara of Avanto Architects (I previously blogged about them here), and designer Linda Bergroth of Hel Yes!. The pair launched their greenhouse and garden shed kit for the gardening market in 2010. Linda customised one of the prototypes to create her own summer house studio located on a distant island in eastern Finland, the photos of which you are seeing here. She added timber floors, solar panels for lighting, and entry steps and a footpath made out of reclaimed bricks.
NASA’s Curiosity en route to Mars
An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday morning, shuttling NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover on a one-way trip to the red planet. The nuclear-powered vehicle weighs one-ton and is the largest rover sent to Mars – it is packed with instruments that will sample the Martian soil to search for signs of life, past and present.
Conference of Cool.
Jorian Ponomareff Drift
What Ken Block does in his car, stunt rider Jorian Ponomareff demonstrates on a motorcycle. Check out his latest video, Drift, to see his incredible skills on the two wheels.
Culo by Mazzucco
Beautiful backside (of for example Nicole Scherzinger, Pamela Anderson, Lady Gaga, Fergie) photos by Raphael Mazzucco for his art-book “Culo”.
Yelawolf: Pop The Drunk
Regular Show: Rap It Up (featuring Tyler, the Creator, Childish Gambino & MC Lyte)
The latest episode of Cartoon Network’s animated series Regular Show had some great surprises in store as it featured the voices of none other than Tyler, the Creator, Childish Gambino, MC Lyte and supposedly, even KiD CuDi. The cartoon, which follows the lives of two 23-year-old deadbeat friends – a blue jay named ‘Mordecai’ and a raccoon named ‘Rigby’.