A 3D ship projected on to ‘curtains’ of water, in Amsterdam
Romania-based architecture collective visualSKIN arrived at the Amsterdam Light Festival with a splash this year, installing a three-dimensional projection of a 17-century ship against a backdrop of water. Titled ‘Ghost Ship,‘ the installation makes use of two intersecting images projected onto perpendicular curtains of water that can be viewed from multiple angles. Check it out
Ship Glitter to your enemies
This new venture will ship glitter as a service, to your enemies. With the tag line ‘want to p*** off someone you dislike for only $9.99? Let us send them some stupid f****** glitter that is guaranteed to go everywhere.’ Cruel. But this has been so popular in its launch week the site has crashed and they’ve suspended orders.
Instagram’s £22m valuation topples Twitter
Citigroup raised the valuation of Instagram from £12 billion to £22 billion, after they announced 300 million monthly active users. By comparison, Twitter has 284 million monthly active users, and after going public, its market cap is £15 billion. Read more here.
World’s first inside out house Is Deliberately Built To Be Incomplete
An Australian firm has built the unusual dwelling, quirkily named ‘Cut Paw Paw’, at the request of a client who wanted it to look “ridiculously inside-out”.
To construct the house, the firm used sliding walls and bifold doors and decks, and left parts of the building unfinished. The garden spills into the living room while the internal floorboards extend to the outdoors, creating a surreal illusion that blurs the lines between the interior and exterior.
Gif showing vintage pics turning into colour. Amazing
A Dutch website recently uploaded a collection of very intriguing GIFs that show vintage pictures getting colourised—as colours are gradually added to these images, one would be better able to appreciate the difference between the “before” and “after” versions. Check them out now
Man creates awesome facebook profile pictures, every week
An unknown facebook user has broken the trend of boring profile pictures by uploading imaginative pics. With the help of clothes and make-up, he turns himself into a variety of characters like a mathematics teacher, a construction worker, and a magician. Get inspired here.
Let’s go emoiji crazy
The site that lets you draw with emojis – enough said. Go wild.
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