Mad Quickies 2.13

• “The Unfeathered Bird” by Katrina van Grouw. Amazing zoomable illustrations plus a related story. {via Sarafina}
• Nerd Approved: Dr. Who Valentines. {via @danicamckellar}
• Wherein naked early modernists get wet in the name of science!
• Mrs. Alva Erksine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont had suffragette tea towels. {via Surly}
• Totally stole this from Rebecca. Character Elements.
• Thomas Edison was a power-napper. Wonderful piece complete with photos and letters.
• Growing up with Scientist Mom. {via Smashley}
• From C-3PO Swimsuits to R2-D2 Engagement Rings: The Star Wars Fashion We Love. {via Mary B.}
• “You look radiant. love, Marie Curie” and other illustrated geek Valentines. {via Steve D.}
• Julian Germain has captured portraits of classrooms around the world.
• John Schnabel shot eerie images of anonymous airplane passengers.
• Retail find: beautiful Doctor Who Gallifreyan Coasters.

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Here’s something new from mathemusician Vi Hart:

She explains Space-Time with a music box and a Möbius Strip

Folding Space-Time

from the video
“Music has two recognizable dimensions — one is time, and the other is pitch-space. … There [are] a few things to notice about written music: Firstly, that it is not music — you can’t listen to this. … It’s not music — it’s music notation, and you can only interpret it into the beautiful music it represents.”

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Stop-motion animation in the form of a popup book.
Revolution: Life Cycle of a Drop of Water

Found at Colossal.

from the page
The video depicts the revolutionary nature of the life cycle of a droplet of water and it’s cyclical journey. The project was a three-fold collaboration between myself, Helen Friel and Jess Deacon. From the original idea, through the creative development and process, our individual skill sets enabled the project to spring to life.

A film by Chris Turner, Helen Friel and Jess Deacon
Photography – Chris Turner: christurnerphotography.co.uk
Paper Engineer – Helen Friel: helenfriel.com
Animation – Jess Deacon

Post Production – Neil Cunningham
Music and Sound – Joe Shetcliffe

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Featured image is excerpted depicting suspension by the chin from “L’Art de Nager” by Melchisédech Thévenot (1696).

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