This video shows you how to fold the MIT logo in three easy steps.
One piece of paper. One origami expert. Ten hours. Incredible.
(Hat tip: Maywa)
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Posts Tagged 'art'
Nerd Apparel of the Week
Published March 25, 2008 art , pretty stuff 1 CommentTags: art, pretty stuff
Does That Look Like a Dandelion to You?
Published February 14, 2008 art , brains 1 CommentTags: art, brains
…cause it sure looks like a dandelion to me. It was the cover of Nature Reviews Neuroscience in October 2002. Why? Because they think that pretty weed looks like a brain.
Ummm, sure. I’ll go with Jessica on this one:
…if you know what features to look for, a surprising number of things resemble brains. We are a species that sees faces on the Martian surface and the Moon; we’re very good at pattern recognition, and it’s probably evolutionarily better for our brains to err on the side of “recognizing” something that isn’t there, than vice versa.
I’m working now on a “real” post about the evolution of religion, but in the meantime I thought I’d showcase the latest cuteness in nerd fashion. These t-shirts (and more) are available from Questionable Content for about $20 (including shipping).
Definitely not as cool as the brain bags, though…
this is
annoying.
(Hat tip: Craig)
Google Image Search of the Week: “Snarky”
Published December 10, 2007 Uncategorized 0 CommentsTags: art, funnies
Source: Digital Basement
Ron Mueck, an amazing 49-year-old Australian scupture artist, is good at turning heads.
Mueck started as a photographer, making models and then taking pictures of them for advertisements. According to one biography, he still has lots of these dolls stored at home:
Although some still have, he feels, “a presence on their own,” many were made just to be photographed from a particular angle—”one strip of a face,” for example, with a lot of loose material lurking an inch outside the camera’s frame.
He eventually decided that photography “pretty much destroys the physical presence of the original object.” So he turned instead to fine art, sculpture, and puppeteering.
The photos show “Mask II” (above), and “Boy” (below).
Mueck’s parents were toymakers.
(Hat tip: Megs)
