Rorschmap Turns Google Maps Into Rorschach Test-Inspired Designs

 

 

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Rorschmap Turns Google Maps Into Rorschach Test-Inspired Designs

via Laughing Squid by EDW Lynch on 7/29/11

Rorschmap by James Bridle is a simple site that lets users manipulate Google Maps images into beautifully abstract designs reminiscent of the famed Rorschach inkblot test. The the above image: San Francisco, or a flying squirrel being stretched on a medieval torture rack.

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Morrissey: Fast Food Industry More Murderous Than Norway Terrorist

 

 

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Morrissey: Fast Food Industry More Murderous Than Norway Terrorist

via Towleroad News #gay by Andy Towle on 7/28/11

Morrissey and his mouth are causing controversy again. The UK Mirror reports that his remarks about the Norway massacre weren't received very well at a concert over the weekend:

The controversial singer, 52, made his remark while on stage at a gig in Warsaw on Sunday night. Before launching into his hit Meat is Murder, the outspoken vegetarian made reference to the horrific events last Friday.

Referring to the death toll as thought at the time he said: "We all live in a murderous world, as the events in Norway have shown, with 97 dead. Though that is nothing compared to what happens in McDonald's and Kentucky Fried S*** every day."

Said the singer's spokesman: "Morrissey has decided not to comment any further as he believes his statement speaks for itself."

 

 

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The PAS House, A Concept House Designed For Skateboarding

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The PAS House, A Concept House Designed For Skateboarding

via Laughing Squid by EDW Lynch on 7/27/11

The PAS House is a home in which nearly every surface can be used for skateboarding, from the walls to the bed. The house is a collaboration between architect Francois Perrin, designer Gil Le Bon Delapointe, and Pierre André Senizergues, a former pro skateboarder and owner of several sportswear brands. The house is still in the planning stages, though a full-scale skateable living room mockup is on display at the "Public Domaine" exhibition in Paris through August 7.

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Jim Henson’s Fantastic World, A Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit

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Jim Henson’s Fantastic World, A Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit

via Laughing Squid by Rusty Blazenhoff on 7/23/11

Jim Henson's Fantastic World is a comprehensive celebration of the artistry and life of visionary and legendary puppet-master Jim Henson. With the new Muppets movie due out this November, this Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit, is sure to draw big crowds at its latest stop at the Museum of the Moving Images in Astoria, New York.

Fifteen iconic puppets, including Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, and Bert and Ernie, are on view, along with photographs of Henson and his collaborators at work and excerpts from his early projects and experimental films. The exhibition spans Henson's entire career, with drawings, cartoons, and posters produced during his college years in the late 1950s and objects related to the inspired imaginary world of his popular 1982 fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. The exhibition features artifacts from Henson's best-known projects, The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie and its sequels, Fraggle Rock, and Sesame Street, in addition to materials from Sam and Friends, an early show he created in the 1950s, and his pioneering television commercial work in the 1960s.

The show opened July 16, 2011 and will run until January 16, 2012 at the Museum of Moving Images.

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images via Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

 

 

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Bear Sculpture Made Using 20,000 Zip Ties

 

 

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Bear Sculpture Made Using 20,000 Zip Ties

via Laughing Squid by EDW Lynch on 7/22/11

"Zip Tie Massimal" is a full-scale bear sculpture made of 20,000 plastic zip ties. Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin created the sculpture for the 2011 Beaux Arts Ball in Lexington, Kentucky.

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CNC + Sharpie = fine-art Spirograph

 

 

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CNC + Sharpie = fine-art Spirograph

via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 7/19/11

Matt W. More and aarn teamed up to create these "numerically controlled" posters made by fitting a Sharpie to a 3D CNC machine that then executed spirograpesque patterns. They come signed and numbered, with the Sharpie used to generate them.

Numerically Controlled : Poster Series. (via This is Colossal)

 

 

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Wedding Dress Made From WWII Parachute That Saved Husband’s Life

 

 

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Wedding Dress Made From WWII Parachute That Saved Husband’s Life

via Laughing Squid by Rusty Blazenhoff on 7/14/11

The year was 1944 and WWII pilot Maj. Claude Hensinger narrowly escaped death when he jumped out of an enflamed B-29 bomber plane. He used his parachute as a pillow and to keep warm while he was waiting to be rescued. Just a few years later in 1947, Hensinger proposed to girlfriend Ruth and offered up the life-saving parachute keepsake as the fabric to create her wedding gown. Inspired by the costume dresses from Gone With the Wind, Ruth and a local seamstress created this striking wedding gown that has now earned a spot in the prestigious Smithsonian National Museum of American History collection.

photo by Smithsonian National Museum of American History

 

 

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