Andy Rehfeldt, an incredibly talented musician and producer in Los Angeles, created “A Flock of Metal”, a seamless mashup of the A Flock of Seagulls 1982 song “I Ran (So Far Away)” with an accompanying heavy metal guitar riff of his own composition. Simply brilliant. Music created by me. Vocals found on YouTube. Mixed by…
A Handy Pull-String Fire Starter That Doesn’t Need Matches, Tinder or Kindling to Get a Fire Started
Pull Start Fire is a wonderfully appropriate name for a product that declares exactly what it is, a handy fire starter that is ignited with a simple pull on a red string. The device sparks and after a very short bout of smoke, a reasonable flame arises and easily lights the surrounding logs without the…
A Brooklyn Warehouse That Rents Out Unique Recycled Vintage Electronics As Film and TV Props
The LES Ecology Center in New York City has always been a leader in urban sustainability but in opening their E-Waste Warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, they hit upon genius. The warehouse is stocked with vintage televisions, computers, video games, cameras, clocks, telephones, and radios, all of which has been donated for recycling purposes. Those pieces…
An In-Depth Analysis of Every Marvel Film Movie Poster
James Verdesoto of Indika Entertainment Advertising who very insightfully explained how movie posters communicate through its color schemes to Vanity Fair, offered the same treatment to every one of the wonderful films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Among the themes that Verdesoto tackled are perspective, brand power, use of black space and a modern sense…
Stunning Sashimi Art Created Out of Raw Fish
While teaching his son the basics of sushi preparation, Japanese culinary artist mikyoui00 discovered that he had a talent for creating images out of the raw fish he was using as a teaching aid. Since that time, he has created stunningly ethereal portraits of big-skirted women, Disney characters, dancers, fluffed-feathered birds, dragons, fireworks, angels and…
How the Predictable Precision of Small Flexible Devices Helps to Ensure the Safety of Products of Any Size
Derek Muller of Veritasium (previously) visited with Professor Larry Howell of the Compliant Mechanism Research group at Brigham Young University to learn more about kinematic structures, flexible jointless shapes that effectively displace incoming energy by a purposeful and predictable design. These mechanisms are used in dry goods, tools, police enforcement gear, urban design, mechanical engines…
Baby’s Very First Word Is ‘Google’
Welps, my baby’s first word is Google. @google @nest pic.twitter.com/3YpPSkgWLl — Clio Chiang ?? (@cliobablio) March 13, 2019 Story artist and illustrator Clio Chiang got the surprise of her life when she learned that her little baby girl had uttered her very first word while being held in her father’s arms. The word was “Google”…
Entertainment Advertising Expert Explains What Movie Posters Communicate Through Their Color Schemes
James Verdesoto of Indika Entertainment Advertising quite insightfully explained to Vanity Fair how movie posters communicate to the desired audience through the use of color. Verdesoto masterfully sections out the different colors schemes with the feeling evoked. This includes white background for comedy, blue for action thrillers, shadows for secondary characters, yellow for independent films…