Archive for Art
October 6, 2008 at 3:35 pm · Filed under Art, Video
Chindogu master Kenji Kawakami demonstrated some of his celebrated “unuseless” inventions on a recent Nihon TV variety show.
Kawakami shows off the following chindogu: shoe umbrellas that keep your toes dry in the rain (but admittedly make it difficult to walk), the Driver-Drier golf club which lets you dry laundry while practicing your golf swing, a portable subway strap consisting of a ring attached to a toilet plunger that sticks to the ceiling of the train, pachinko ball collection shoes that let you inconspicuously pick up as many as 200 stray pachinko balls simply by walking around the parlor, and a comfortable cafe chair and table on wheels for coffee drinkers on the go.
[Video link]
Original post by Edo
October 5, 2008 at 4:40 pm · Filed under Art, Relic, Marketing
These stylish matchbox ads for Japanese bars, cafes and restaurants date from the 1920s to 1940s. See the complete Flickr photoset (uploaded by maraid) for much more.
Shimbashi - Dai-san Otako (Izakaya?)
Ichifuji Shokudo (Restaurant) // Cafe Takimichi
Bar Romance
Fujiya Shokudo
Kissakeishoku Eho (Cafe Eho) // Cafe Eiraku
Asahi Tea Room
Shimbashi Mahjong Club
Ogawa Cafe // Ultra Service
Honten Morishita no Fuji to Seiyu
[Related: Matchbox madness]
Original post by Edo
October 2, 2008 at 8:35 am · Filed under Art, gallery, exhibit, braggs
JohnKit posted a photo:
These are my photos that are part of the ‘Mysterious: simultaneously arousing wonder and inquisitiveness’ exhibit at Bragg’s Pie Building art gallery on Grand Ave in Phoenix.
Opening night is Friday October 3rd from 6pm to 10pm. The exhibit will have 3 more receptions on Friday October 17th, Friday November 7th and a closing reception Friday November 21st. Everyone (and I do mean everyone) is invited to experience the art.
Directions to Bragg’s Pie Building: tinyurl.com/4ffl9p
Original post by JohnKit
October 2, 2008 at 8:35 am · Filed under Art, gallery, exhibit, braggs
JohnKit posted a photo:
These are my photos that are part of the ‘Mysterious: simultaneously arousing wonder and inquisitiveness’ exhibit at Bragg’s Pie Building art gallery on Grand Ave in Phoenix.
Opening night is Friday October 3rd from 6pm to 10pm. The exhibit will have 3 more receptions on Friday October 17th, Friday November 7th and a closing reception Friday November 21st. Everyone (and I do mean everyone) is invited to experience the art.
Directions to Bragg’s Pie Building: tinyurl.com/4ffl9p
Original post by JohnKit
October 2, 2008 at 8:35 am · Filed under Art, gallery, exhibit, braggs
JohnKit posted a photo:
These are my photos that are part of the ‘Mysterious: simultaneously arousing wonder and inquisitiveness’ exhibit at Bragg’s Pie Building art gallery on Grand Ave in Phoenix.
Opening night is Friday October 3rd from 6pm to 10pm. The exhibit will have 3 more receptions on Friday October 17th, Friday November 7th and a closing reception Friday November 21st. Everyone (and I do mean everyone) is invited to experience the art.
Directions to Bragg’s Pie Building: tinyurl.com/4ffl9p
Original post by JohnKit
October 1, 2008 at 6:55 pm · Filed under Art
Cataract 3, Bridget Riley, 1967.
In the 1960s, the British artist Bridget Riley began to develop a distinctive style characterised by simple and repetitive geometric patterns which create vivid illusions of movement and sometimes colour and often have a disorientating effect usually described by observers as “shimmering” or “flickering”. With her explorations of the dynamic nature of optical phenomena, Riley became one of the most prominent exponents of what came to be known as Op Art.
Many optical illusions are generated by the brain, and studying them has provided us with a better understanding of the workings of the visual system. For example, the illusions known as hybrid images, which consist of visual stimuli that can be interpreted in more than one way, are thought to occur because the large-scale and fine-grained features of an image are processed at different speeds through parallel streams.
The physiological basis of how […]
Original post by Mo none@example.com
October 1, 2008 at 6:53 pm · Filed under Art
A reconstruction of Megalosaurus from Life in the Primeval World.
Dinosaurs were in ample supply when I was a kid. There were enough documentaries, cartoons, books, trading cards, and misshapen plastic toys to keep me occupied for all my days. They were the ultimate brand; freely available to be printed on anything by anyone, and they most certainly were. (Why eat just any cereal when you can eat dinosaur-shaped cereal?) This prehistoric popularity is so widespread that it is not unusual for children to go through a “dinosaur phase,” in which they master Greek & Latin terminology and admonish their parents that no one really uses the name “Brontosaurus” anymore.
Although it is generally said that most children grow out of their affection for dinosaurs, the ancient creatures pervade our culture. They are instantly recognizable animals, and while childhood fixation on mastering the pronunciation of Pachycephalosaurus might be somewhat embarrassing to some, […]
Original post by Brian Switek none@example.com
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