abstract universe

these beautiful images wer captured by the Landsat 7 Satellite. see more here.

nine eyes have seen the glory

go check out 9-eyes.com for some truly amazing google earth shots

argh!

k, there's something wrong with blogger right now and all my sidebar stuff is moved to the bottom of my blog. don't have time to mess around with it right now 'cause i'm at work, but you can bet i'll be toiling away at it when i get home. likely time for an overhall anyway! xo

this isn't what it looks like

artist Alexa Meade uses human models and acrylic paint to “perceptually compress three dimensional space into a two dimensional plane”. the results are astonishing, wouldn't you say? see more here.

decidedly weird vintage valentines

happy valentines day! this isn't a holiday i actively participate in for a whole mess o reasons i would verbalize if not for fear of raining on your parades, but i do have a love of vintage valentine cards, and as far as i'm concerned, the weirder the ephemera, the better...

and now for the strangest valentine i have ever laid eyes on:

brocken spectre

i just learned of this amazing phenomena know to mountaineers as Brocken Spectre (named after a peek in the harz mountains of Germany), which occurs when the shadow of a person at high altitudes is cast upon clouds at a lower altitude. i'd never heard of this before and now i desperately want to experience it. awesome, no?

alchemia misteria

i'm not sure who would actually wear these clothes, but they sure do make for interesting photographs. see more of Non's Alchemie Misteria collection here.

marai-chan

these riduculously adorable photographs were taken by Kotori Kawashima of Tokyo, Japan. Kotori’s book, Mirai-Chan (2010) is a collection of photographs of her sweet-faced and highly expressive daughter Mirai-Chan, doing the usual things a wee lass of her age might do: eating, sleeping, running around. too cute. there should be a warrant out on this kid.

think outside the bag

are these awesome, or what? handmade artisanal luggage by Sarah Williams that defies convention and is both beautiful and fully functional. there's more here.

who wouldn't want a lifesize pig stool?

i think this lifesize pig stool from Yvonne Fehling & Jennie Peiz is absolutely awesome, though i feel like if i had one in my home, i'd eat a lot less pork :)

video vendredi turns japanese

kay, i'm not sure what to make of this, but it appears that Kirsten Dunst is branching out :/ if i'm to be prefectly honest, i think the song is effing terrible, but she looks adorable (if not also slightly ridiculous) and the video is heaps of fun! happy friday darlings!

for the birds

these have to be the cutest wee birds mine eyes have ever seen. *gush* (via cute overload)

"family day", improved by friendly monsters

Canadians get a day off on Monday for our newest holiday: family day. do any of you in other countries have family day? either way, in honour of our newest holiday, may i direct you to Relleno De Mono's awesome flickr stream of vintage photos (many of them family photos), improved by friendly monsters. so wacky i just have to love it! :D have a great weekend!!

sparkling lights over paris

last September, French conceptual artist Michel de Broin produced the world's largest disco ball (7.5 metres, with 1000 wee mirrors) and suspended it on a crane 50 metres above the night sky of Paris in the Jardin du Luxembourg. the ball, which de Broin called La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel, was then lit with spotlights from all across the city, sending beams of light dancing over Paris. click here to see a magical video of the ball in action.

upside down face portraits

neat, huh? check out more of these awesome upside down portraits from Bruton Stroube Studios here.

invisible man

there is no photoshop hocus pocus used in these photographs. this man paints himself to blend with his environment. see more of these amazing pics here.

guess what? ...chicken butt.

chickens with some serious personality. more here.

video vendredi - mameshiba

i found this series of bizarre, ridiculously adorable videos from Japan, and now i can't stop watching them. youtube has a bunch more of them in case they tickle your fancy. so bloomin' cute!

Mameshiba ("mama" meaning bean & "shiba" meaning dog) is the latest character sweeping Japan. there are all sorts of useless but adorable products available as well, like this one, which i clearly need.

a throne fit for a peacock

the peacock chair by Victoria Fang is the first in a series of chairs that integrate physical objects with art and technology. sensors in an antique chair cause the peacock feathers to open when someone sits down. magical.

play dress-up while you drink!

check out this awesome wine packaging where the label peels off to reveal stick-on fashions with which you can dress-up the lovely beauty on the bottle. neat, huh? read more about it here.