- If you’re not Swedish, chances are you’re probably quite uncertain how to pronounce the names of Ikea products. Thanks to Sara, Alex, Gabriella, Rigel and Kyle, now you can at IKEA PÅ SVENSKA.
- A Brazilian children’s cancer center rebranded chemotherapy as “Superformula”. {via Victor}
- Stupid Calculations: Where practical facts get rendered into utterly useless ones. {via @chebutykin}
- An artist built a secret apartment at a mall and got away with it for four years. The artist explains it here. {via Anne S.}
- Where can you find a Lindgren hypohamiltonian graph cookie cutter? Why, at Printemeneer, of course. They offer geometry cookie cutters and other 3-D printed things. {via @artologica}
- Call for submissions: Do you have a tattoo with an interesting story behind it? You could end up in the
Pen and Ink Project book. - You and I can help scientists discover warps in spacetime, thanks to Space Warp’s UI.
- 90 amazing behind-the-scenes photos from favorite summer movies.
- 30 beautiful sci-fi book covers.
- Here’s something cool that I found recently: Ben Grasso’s exploded structures. [Turns out, Colossal was way ahead of me.]
- Pinterest find: Chad Attie’s flight.
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“The Reader” by Nathan Englander – A Single Sentence Animation
Max Winter writes about this at PressPlay.
from the page
A lonesome late-night drive is the subject of this Single Sentence Animation from Nathan Englander’s “The Reader.”
“And with all those headlights floating divided in his rearview mirror, Author never can tell which belong to his reader, which pair is his beacon, a North Star, split, cast back, guiding him on.”
Single Sentence Animations are creative collaborations. The writer selects a favorite sentence from his or her work and the animator creates a short film in response.
Animation by Drew Christie. Music by Michael Guggino.
Electric Literature is a bi-monthly anthology of short fiction dedicated to reinvigorating the short story using new media and innovative distribution. Visit us at Electric Literature.
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Brandenburg Tune; 100 Watts 120 Volts
by Carson “Kit” Davidson, 1972
http://youtu.be/d9z0tjXuoNU
from the page
The mechanized production of Duro-Test light bulbs is filmed as a dance to the tune of the Brandenburg, as choreographed filaments, glass, and metal combine in a dynamic finale.
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Featured image is The Melancholy of Mechagirl, Catherynne M. Valente, art by Yuko Shimizu.
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