Lamborghini Ankonian Concept

LEVIATHAN

Leviathan, a work in progress from Richard Mosse on Vimeo.

Strange industrial stillness.

Arts et Technologies de l'Image 2010

Inanis Aedes from Meradi Omar on Vimeo.

It is quite beautiful for CGI.

PRUSSIAN BLUE

The invention of Prussian Blue.
Konrad Dippel was born in Giessen, Germany in 1673. Dippel became interested in alchemy, mainly the tranformation of base metals in to gold. In Berlin he created a laboratory with the purpose of achieving the a universal remedy. Dippel believed that this remedy lay in the distilling from mouldering animal parts such as leather, hoofs and horns in to a viscous oily liquid which became known as “Dippel’s Oil.” Dippel claimed this oil could cure fever, colds and epilepsy and slowly did gain a certain notoriety as a medicine. As a cure-all its results were refuted, however its positive results as a sheep dip and insecticide were undeniable.

Johann Jacob Diesbach was a paint maker of the time, and was attempting to create a red lake pigment from cochineal but a mistake obtained Berlin Blue. While at work Diesbach had run out of potash, so he borrowed used by Dippel. To his astonishment he created not a deep red, but an ungodly, dark blue. Dippel traced back the process and found that the potash used by his colleague, Dippel’s own, contained animal blood and it was discovered that animal blood mixed with iron sulphate (green vitriol) caused a reaction creating a never seen before blue. He named it Berlin Blue. Its unearthly colour mixed with its stability made it the popular choice of painters and printers and, fittingly, for fabric makers who chose that colour for the Prussian Army uniforms and became synonymous with Prussia itself.

I wallow in the color. Danke, Konrad & Johann

KRAFTSTOFF = Filthy Austrian Bikes

Holy Scheiße!!! I think that the Austrians have gone and maxed out the form/function meter on these incredible bikes.
How can I begin to verbalize how immaculate and dangerous these look. I think that these bikes must have a similar effect as Jesus or some sort of witch doctor, giving someone perhaps handicapped from the head down the ability to annihilate asphalt, or decimate dirt. Or at least have an amazing day dream such as I. I know your girls are beauties, now I know your bikes are beasts! Fucking Austrians!!!!!






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For each face the perfect bike!
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ISAORA AW 09 LAUNCH VIDEO

ISAORA showreel from Biwa Inc on Vimeo.

This film clip was commissioned by High end snowboard apparel company Isaora, and created by Biwa Studio in Long Island City with Photographer Shinichi Maruyama.
It was shot on a high-def Phantom video camera made by Vision Research.
The effect of the clothes floating by was done by positioning the camera sideways along a wall and clothes were chucked from various positions. I really love the way Jamie Carreiro's editing works so well with the MNDR "I Go Away soundtrack. This was a nice merging of the minds, nice work people.

JEAN MICHEL JARRE - EQUINOXE

This album reminds me of my youth. I recall my mother and I driving around at night, tucked in to her white Alfa Romeo Spider on shelter island, blasting a cassette of Jean Michel Jarre's 1978 Equinoxe on the Blaupunkt deck. I love remembering these images and sounds, nigh time humidity and moments, they all come back to me when I listen to this album. It was my introduction to music, aside from Mini Pops, The Smurfs Album, and whatever filtered in from my parents or MTV. I now understand why I have a preference for instrumental Music, especially synthesizer. When I hear analog synthesizer it is is so fulfilling, like electric oxygen or freeze dried soul food. I can't exactly say that I drew imagery from when I would listen to the album, but rather sensing sort of a powerful biological/simple electromagnetic specter, kind of in the form of micro-organism's of various sizes. Only the theory of their energy existing, and creating sound as they move in and out of various schools. I gave verbalizing what I feel a shot, it doesn't make much sense. It might sound like organic energy production and transfer if it could be recorded. However, on Eqinoxe part 8 I clearly remember envisioning a procession of dark wool cloaked babushka like figures all in line slowly walking with torches through a tall grass field like corridor in a deciduous forest. The song sort of has a gipsyeque feel to it I suppose. 20 plus years later I still get that effect from the album. Every time I hear it sounds new to me, and timeless. Thank you Jean Michel Jarre.