Mad Quickies: Animal Activist Projects, LEGO fashion, Hand-drawn Data, the Why of Kawaii and More!
Good day, Maties- if you’ve got a few minutes, I’ve got some cool things here you might like! Surf’s up!
- In Pieces is a haunting tribute to 30 endangered species created by designer Bryan James with nothing but CSS polygons. The site includes Threat information and animal-specific preservation organizations.
- One of the best things an animal-activist photographer can do is take pictures of animals available for adoption. Photographer Guinnevere Shuster is doing just that. Her genius photo booth portrait project has been a roaring success for the Humane Society of Utah. Well done, Ms. Shuster!
- Two information designers, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, live ion either side of the Atlantic and are involved in a project where they exchange hand-drawn postcards detailing their daily life. Beautiful!
- FINALLY a LEGO incarnation that speaks to me. Agabag has designed hand bags with LEGO exteriors. That black clutch is very luxe. Retail find indeed!
- Aussie artist Elspeth McLean applies layers of acrylic paint to turn rocks into colorful mandalas.
- At Existential Comics: The Most Übermensch Man in the World. {via Courtney C.}
- For the first time since 2013, the large Hadron Collider is in operation again. {via Jon D.}
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Nerd Nite SF: “Kawaii: The Art of the Super-Cute” by Megan Carlsen, 5/16/12
{via Anne S.}
from the page
Behold the power of pandas, penguins, and Pikachu! Kawaii is the Japanese word for the quality of cuteness. Cute things stimulate the same area of the brain as arousal, a good meal, or cocaine does. We connect and respond to cute-cues in a visceral way, strongly influenced by our culture, and this behavior affects our actions and, consequently, marketing, medical research, and evolution. We’ll explore what creates cuteness, including the “so ugly it’s cute” phenomena. Corgis, otters, and flying rainbow ponies will abound!
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Featured image is by Elspeth McLean.
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