Octopus Project|”Queen”
Octopus Project|”Queen”
Wings
Movement and interactive relationship with the body has been the most important element throughout my body of work. However through these works, I also started to explore the mechanical structure as a form. Mechanical structure becomes the most enjoyable form to me as it becomes complex yet remains simple and coherent. The contrast between metal structural form and natural feather, together with the repetitive and whimsical movements of fragile wings, provokes the imagination and evolves the intimate relationship between work and viewer/wearer. Although the recent series, segmented wings have been focused on the formal challenge to engineer an intricate movement that simulates bird wings, these works are intended to be a series of poems in which I develope my own formal language, interpret the nature of wings, create various structural forms with movements, and share the metaphor, imagination, humor, with viewer/wearer.
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Rare Nacreous Clouds
Also called polar stratospheric clouds or mother of pearl clouds, nacreous clouds are mostly visible within two hours after sunset or before dawn. They blaze unbelievably bright with vivid, iridescent colors. These clouds are rare and occur in the polar stratosphere at altitudes of 15,000–25,000 meters. They are so bright because at those heights, they are still sunlit.
Although incredibly beautiful, they have a negative impact on our atmosphere. They create ozone holes by supporting chemical reactions that produce active chlorine which catalyzes ozone destruction.
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Why did humans start farming? New scientific research concludes we just like owning stuff.
Read more about the new theory of farming over at NPR’s The Salt blog and check out CNN’s photo blog for more of Alex MacLean’s aerial images of farms across America.
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Yayoi Kusama
‘Infinity Mirror Room’, 2012
installation: plexiglass, mirrors, 150 colored lights
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Texas Monthly (US)Today in creative cover design. Are you hungry for barbecue? Because we are now.
Guys I want so much pulled pork right now.
And corn fritters. Oh my god corn fritters.
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This footage is dizzying. Not for those prone to vertigo.
On Friday the final piece of One World Trade Center was installed making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 1,776 feet and the third tallest building in the world.