Holla, Earthlings! My friend and colleague, Brian, has been working feverishly on all things Mad Art Lab. I had to step in and give the fella a break. He’ll be back on Friday. Today, though, you are mine! MWAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry. WAY too much coffee… Here. Have some Quickies.
- If kinetic art and automata are your jam, then hop a plane right now and visit The MAD Museum at Stratford upon Avon. MAD = “Mechanical Art and Design” and I want to go! {via the fabulous Maria W.}
- Romanian illustrator Raluca Baruru drew a nightmarish and disturbingly beautiful series best referred to as Vivisections of Cruelty.
- This is quite literally an interactive thing. Moscow-based Art.Lebedev Studio created a World Map that lets you scratch off the countries you’ve visited. You can purchase it here.
- Data Is Nature reports – The Rhetoric of Weird Wonders Gleefully Carousing in Morphospace: The Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Flickr Collection. This is so mind-bogglingly special – please visit the BHL’s Flickr site.
- Information is Beautiful gives us an new interactive data viz piece: The Internet of Things – a Primer. IIB sez “By 2020, over 26 billion things – cars, coffee machines, cows – will be connected to the net. Meet the main players in the revolution called The Internet of Things.”
- Graphic artist Tyler Skrabek created the poster The Rockets of the World. {via Universe Today}
- Just when I thought I had a handle on things, I find that (Almost) Everything We Know About the Orchid Mantis is Wrong.
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From TED-Ed: this video describes the complicated battles of the War of the Roses, a series of civil wars that inspired George R.R. Martin.
The wars that inspired Game of Thrones
{via Critical Dragon1177}
from the page
Beginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families, which spanned generations and involved a massive cast of characters, complex motives and shifting loyalties. Sound familiar? Alex Gendler illustrates how the historical conflict known as the Wars of the Roses served as the basis for much of the drama in Game of Thrones.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill.
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YOU GUIZE- THE MUPPETS ARE BACK ON TV!
The Muppets – Official Trailer
via Pajiba.
https://youtu.be/pfJkusicBa4
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Rishi Kaneria has created something extremely cool for you!
A Supercut of the Iconic Sounds in the Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy
from the page
n 1977, with the release of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” Ben Burtt introduced a new lexicon of sounds into our aural vocabulary.
This video is a celebration of those iconic sounds that have been rattling around my head since childhood and that have since become ingrained in our collective pop culture psyche.
It is also a celebration of Ben Burtt’s genius.
Sound design by Ben Burtt.
Edited by Rishi Kaneria (@rishikaneria)
Footage taken from:
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi
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Featured image is from the Biodiversity Heritage Library – Fig. 30.—Skelton of Triceratops prorsus; length about 25 feet.
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Love your style; fascinating stuff!