who knew plankton could be so cool? check out these great photos and audio slideshow with richard kirby. the photos will feature in an upcoming book and are on display at ZSL.
A Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, carrying coconuts in Indonesia. New and controversial 'tool use' by a cephalopod. Tool use or not, it makes a good video!
pretty impressive shadow art by Niloy J. Mitra and Mark Pauly. The film produced "Silhouettes of Jazz" was one of the three nominees for the Best in Show Award of the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival.
Renovation of the zoological park in Vincennes, France. The zoo’s landscapes are designed by TN PLUS Landscape Architects, its buildings by Parisian architects, Beckmann N’Thepe. Gorgeous!
On Sept. 17 the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea will open its first exhibition of National Geographic pictures — 150 vintage prints from a dozen photographers.
Hollister, left, and Porter Hovey, sisters with an appetite for late 19th-century relics have truly stunning collections. Great slideshow and article from the NYtimes on the New Antiquarians,
"War Horse" is a London production of impressive puppetry using 'horses' made of cane. The play is adapted by Nick Stafford from a novel by Michael Morpurgo and at the New London Theatre.
I spotted one of Luke Jerram's 30 pianos, but was too shy to play. Pianos occur across London as part of an interactive art project to challenge people to come out of their urban insularity and also to provide some summertime music.
Eric W. Sanderson's Mannahatta Project, an exhaustive study and recreation of the Manhattan ecosystem circa 1609 (the year of Henry Hudson's arrival in Mannahatta), as an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
Melbourne's Recital Centre featured previously as #22565, but this gorgeous piece from Ashton Raggatt McDougal (ARM) architects deserves a second look.
More than 17,000 would-be plinthers are lining up for an hour long stint up on the empty fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square in London. A bizarre installation? from Antony Gormley.
Banksy's show in Bristol opens tomorrow. According to the artist: 'This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.'
pretty wild subway animation as seen from the q train. hard to capture in a still, but well worth checking out. Update: identified as Bill Brand's Masstransiscope from 1980!
for his exhibition in the british pavilion, steve mcqueen presents a new film entitled
'giardini' (gardens), referring to the area of venice where the pavilion is situated.
The Metropolitan Museum’s newly reopened American galleries look fantastic and include 20 period rooms, a glass court and full-fledged sculpture garden.
totally awesome new exhibit called Extreme Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History. and incredible coverage by the new york times! check out the interactive!
la mosca (previously featured as #14064) do some gorgeous infographics . their recent feature on designboom brought them back to mind and they merit another mention!
