Author: John

Aloha Tiki Aquarium

The very thing you need for your swanky tiki bar pad…

With swaying palms and the echo of distant drums, let the Aloha Tiki model transport you into the romance of Polynesia. This cylindrical aquarium is incorporated within a delicately carved Tiki statue, detailed with native images. With its hand-carved appearance and authentic finishes, this aquarium is sure to be a conversation piece.
Dimensions: 13½" length, 13½" width, 24½" heightThe aquarium includes all necessary components to immediately establish a salt-water environment such as synthetic sea salt, "live" sand and a 25-watt submersible aquarium heater. Just add water… and fish, of course!

Check out this Wikipedia article on Tiki culture for more info on why this is cool.

[seen on boingboing]
Aquarium With Sense….Aloha Tiki

Becher on Becher by Kahn


I’m fascinated by this derivation of a photographic study.

Idris Khan’s super imposed photgraphs, trade on the rigourous methodology of Bernd and Hilla Becher. The Bechers photographed and catalogued industrial buildings around Germany and the USA, maintaining a strict set of guidelines that encouraged objective analysis and comparison between similar built types.
Khan’s photographs superimpose each photograph from one of the Becher’s series onto one another to form a single photograph. Admittedly (and I don’t want to play chicken and egg here…) the method is similar as that used in Megan Gould’s “Google Averages”as well as Jason Salavon’s “Every Playboy Centrefold”. However in this case the effect not one of an abstract blur but an emphasis in the similarity of form and the minor discrepancies of detail.

You can find more examples of the work of Idris Khan here.

Becher on Becher by Kahn : : architectural ephemera

Lost in Space Robot B9

For the guy who has everything your only choice of gifts would be an official Lost in Space robot.

Irwin Allen’s hit TV series, "Lost in Space", had captured the imagination of future "space colonists" across America. Every boy dreamed of being William Robinson… and why not? Never before had "Space" been so cool. It is now 40 years later and we still dream of having our very own Robot! It is with this same enthusiasm that B9Creations is excited to announce our production and sale of Full Size, Limited Edition, Fully Licensed Replicas of this amazing TV Icon!

Personally I’m a Robby the Robot fan myself.

WWW.LOSTINSPACEROBOT.COM

xRez – Extreme High Resolution Images

Wow. Impressive set of photos. The interface is whats nice. Very Google / Yahoo maps like. I seem to remember a freeware app that would let you do this with your own photos. I’m going to have to dig that up… Still, these photos are very nice.

xRez is a consortium of digital artists committed to exploring new creative opportunites made available by the advent of extremely high-resolution gigapixel digital photography. We believe this is clearly the next revolution in photography, allowing photographic experiences with a deeper level of fidelity and impact than previously seen. Further, by combining powerful 3d tools and techniques appropriated from the visual effects field, possibilites arise of new imagery and animation that are truly novel and unprecedented.

[via Red Ferret Journal]
xRez – extreme high resolution images