3D Glass Paintings

Here is work from the artist David Spriggs who uses multiple panes of glass to create 3D paiintings. Below are a few of my favorites from the site.

Hanging Waves

here is a video of Pentagonal Wave by Reuben Margolin and here is some more information, including more kinetic wave sculptures.

A Blog About Bookshelves

Here are a series of blog articles having to do with weird-o artsy bookshelves. Although they aren't all exactly practical they are all pretty beautiful. Below are photos from some of the more interesting ones.

We're Still Not Alone

Here are a few more examples of animals doing things that humans like to take all the credit for.

Here is a Time's article describing a recent study that found prostitution within a group of Long-tailed Macaques. According to the article, not only were the sexual favors paid for at a measurable rate but the rate changed according to the rules of supply and demand. 

Male bowerbirds build elaborate nest structures which they fill with a colorful collection of hundreds of items found in their environment in order to attract females. They arrange the collection of shells, flowers, pieces of plastic and coins left by humans, leaves or anything else they find within the nest structures (called bowers) for the female to inspect. Even more interesting the bowerbirds have been known to paint the walls of these structures using berry juice and paste made from bushfire charcoal (more here, here and here) Below are some pictures of bowers built by the birds. I'm really impressed.

Art on Moon

A few images of art left on the moon (full article here)

Eco Building

Photos of the designs for EDITT tower, a maybe-to-be building maybe-to-be constructed in Singapore. More information here.

Cloud Chamber Photographs

Cloud Chamber Photographs

The New Landscape in Art and Science, 1956, Gyorgy Kepes

tons of interesting photographs, film stills, etchings etc...

Taken from the blog: http://woolgathersome.blogspot.com/

Tree Home

Here are some designs for a tree hotel made of light weight, very reflective aluminum. 

Lighting

A few interesting lighting designs

"Carrement" is easliy one of my favorite designs for a wall light. (more information here)

 
"Flylight" by Design Drift - this light installation is based on Emergence theory and responds to the viewers movements. (video and information here)

"Sugarcube" LED light display (article here)

"La Plic" by Nathalie Dewez (article here)

Tree Houses

Here are a few of artist Patrick Dougherty architectural sculptures made from shaping living trees into structures. (More examples of his work can be found here and here)

Shadow Illusions

Another interesting illusion forming sculpture from Drzach and Suchy. The cube forms the symbols representing major religions through shadows depending upon which way it is held to the light. (visit the official site here)

We're Not Alone

There is a tendency to think that certain ideas and actions are limited to humans. Here are a few examples I've found of animals that preform tasks that we sometime think only humans can do.

The Damselfish farms algea. This fish does everything from weeding it's algea garden to attacking and defending the area from other animals. (original articles here and here)

Ambrosia Beetles are known for cultivating a fungus within their host trees that can kill branches and even whole tree. (more information here and here)

Leafcutter Ants not only farm fungus but have been said to be responsible for at least 553 new strains of farmable fungus. (original article here) These ants not only contribute to genetically modified fungi but have been linked to deforestation (here).

There are a variety of ants that have been known to herd and milk aphids. (more information here)