Topological Structures

The crazy, fantastic world of Russian mathematician Anatoly Fomenko, better known for his revisionist theories on historical chronology. The following illustrations were for the novel The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov:






NB: In 1992 Fomenko became head of the Differential Geometry and Applications Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics at the Moscow State University... now that is a job title!

The Master and Margarita - Anatoly Fomenko

Via but does it float

Morning on Mars

Allegedly these are Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter (i.e. not artist renditions) – I'm skeptical as HiRISE points directly down on Mars topography. Would be awesome if they were though... beamed through space:

Time Travel

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Photic Sneeze Reflex

Sometimes referred to using the backronym Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome (ACHOO Syndrome), and colloquially known as "sun sneezing". A condition of uncontrollable sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights, affects 18–35% of the population. Its exact mechanism of action is not well understood.



Hinode Observes 2011 Annular Solar Eclipse by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr

La Terre a peur

Une fabuleuse aventure de science-fiction de Perry Rhodan...



Most Coveted Covers

Settlements and City Strategies

A series of abstracted planimetric drawings and eerily-serene cityscapes that suggest the changing contours of urban settlements, by Illustrator/Designer Lekan Jeyifo:




"They represent an idea of a degenerate futurism, yet one might find similar typologies and scenes in places such as the favelas of Brazil and North Africa, and in overpopulated cities such as Lagos, Mexico City, and Mumbai."







Settlements and City Strategies on the Behance Network

Via visuelle.co.uk

Outside Context Problem

The kind of problem "most civilizations would encounter just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop."

From Iain M. Banks novel Excession

NIKECraft

Want!



Nike transforms air bags and astronaut suits into space-inspired sportswear via New York City artist Tom Sachs... "Born from the dynamic between Tom Sachs' D.I.Y. aesthetic and the wide reaching Nike brand, comes an artisanal capsule collection, NIKECraft."





"... the Tom Sachs: NIKECraft collection - The Mars Yard Shoe, the Trench, The Marsfly Jacket, and the Lightweight Tote. Nike design and Sachs applied materials that have never been used in sportswear, taken from automotive air bags, mainsails for boats and the space suit itself. Each piece is packed with functionality that would prove useful in the voyage through space. Zipper pulls that double as storage containers, paracord that can be fashioned as a tourniquet and embellishments like the periodic table of elements screened on the inside of a jacket - they all merge visual interest with purpose."




Tom Sachs: NIKECraft

Via The Fox Is Black

The Node

Shortlisted in the Motion Graphics category of the Vimeo Festival Awards 2012:



"...just because quantum physics said so."

Via Isaac Westergard

An Optical Illusion

I've been featured on An Optical Illusion, an optical illusion website run by Brad Honeycutt

Landsat 7

Satellite images acquired by Landsat 7:



"The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have collected information about Earth from space. This science, known as remote sensing, has matured with the Landsat Program. Landsat satellites have taken specialized digital photographs of Earth’s continents and surrounding coastal regions for over three decades, enabling people to study many aspects of our planet and to evaluate the dynamic changes caused by both natural processes and human practices."







Via but does it float

The Oddity of Human Civilisations

"Rotterdam-based photographer Bas Princen was first trained as an architect, before earning a reputation for documenting the vast structures and spaces he might once have helped create. With his photographs of giant construction sites and apparently absurd human artefacts he describes the oddity of human 'civilisations'. 'I go out to find photographs in which the artificial and the natural take each other’s forms and in which one is unable to see if things are being constructed or destroyed. I think that is the most interesting thing that can be said right now about the cities in which we live, and the landscapes in which we dwell (and vice versa).' Bas Princen explains."







Via iGNANT

Rube Goldberg Machine

Rube Goldberg Machines complete a simple task in the most inefficient way possible... according to Wikipedia "a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg."

Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine (Melvin the Machine or simply Melvin for friends) is the world's smallest Rube Goldberg Machine...



Via Co.Design