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photojojo: In June of 2009, a rare total solar eclipse...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:28:42 -0400

In June of 2009, a rare total solar eclipse blanketed certain portions of the planet in total darkness. Czech photographer Miloslav Druckmüller traveled to the middle of the Pacific ocean to the Marshall Islands to capture the incredible event.

To create the photos above, he compiled over 40 images shot from two different cameras.

Total Solar Eclipse Captured From the Middle of the Ocean

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travis collinson

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:09 -0400

travis collinson

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typeverything: Typeverything.com - Moonshine Corn Liquor by...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:22:19 -0400

typeverything:

Typeverything.com - Moonshine Corn Liquor by Derrick Castle

hyperallergic: Major New Multifaceted Exhibition Focuses on...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:50 -0400

hyperallergic:

Major New Multifaceted Exhibition Focuses on Ecology and Environmental Issues

Left, raw materials for the “Expo 1″ colony, and right, explanatory text and a rendering of what it…

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thesmithian: …commissioned for the centenary of Canberra, ‘The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:07:02 -0400

thesmithian:

…commissioned for the centenary of Canberra, ‘The Sky Whale’ hot-air balloon by Sierra Leonean artist Patricia Piccinini

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sunlightcities: Watch how people move on public transit —...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:54 -0400

sunlightcities:

Watch how people move on public transit — brought to you by open data.

lookatthisfrakkinggeekster: wilwheaton:neil-gaiman:butcherbilly:...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:01:32 -0400

lookatthisfrakkinggeekster:

wilwheaton:neil-gaiman:butcherbilly:

The Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends by Butcher Billy

Who are your heroes?

Boris Bućan

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:12 -0400

Boris Bućan

(via Redes para la Ciencia » Redes 153: Los bebés...

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:24:00 -0400

(via Redes para la Ciencia » Redes 153: Los bebés comprenden la música)

Collisional ring NGC922 courtesy of NASA, ESA; Acknowledgement:...

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:03:34 -0400

Collisional ring

NGC922 courtesy of NASA, ESA; Acknowledgement: Nick Rose

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Milo Manara - Storia dell’Umanità

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:59:49 -0400

Milo Manara - Storia dell’Umanità

Ink drawings on paper, part of the ‘Making Excuses’ show.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:39:43 -0400

Ink drawings on paper, part of the ‘Making Excuses’ show.

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milosrajkovic: by Sholim

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:00:59 -0400

milosrajkovic:

by Sholim

artchipel: Claire Fanjul (b.1986, Belgium) The work of Claire...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:30:28 -0400

artchipel:

Claire Fanjul (b.1986, Belgium)

The work of Claire Fanjul is placed under the sign of ambivalence. This young artist is steeped in the ancient culture and also mastered the traditional techniques such as engraving and etching. She draws her inspiration from the repertoire of primitive Flemish and German to shape her dreams and gives clearly a vision of the imagination of our century. Fanjul’s ink and line drawings have a dark edge with twisted characters, faces and fauna intertwined in a tapestry that tells its own story.

Represented by Mazel Galerie @ Drawing Now 2013

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gjmueller: Lost Your Keys? Your Cat? The Brain Can Rapidly...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:28:03 -0400

gjmueller:

Lost Your Keys? Your Cat? The Brain Can Rapidly Mobilize a Search Party

A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered that when we embark on a targeted search, various visual and non-visual regions of the brain mobilize to track down a person, animal or thing.

“Our results show that our brains are much more dynamic than previously thought, rapidly reallocating resources based on behavioral demands, and optimizing our performance by increasing the precision with which we can perform relevant tasks,” said Tolga Cukur, a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience at UC Berkeley and lead author of the study published April 21 in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

unconsumption: Today we’re excited to share a guest post from...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:13:22 -0400

Pentervention Day

Pen Play: A necklace from expired pens.

Tear-off tabs with suggestions for pen reuse.

Giving your pen more meaning -- and "pensonality."

unconsumption:

Today we’re excited to share a guest post from Alexandra Pappalardo, a graduate student at the Savannah College of Art Design who recently completed a very Unconsumption-y course there, addressing new ways to think about what often seems a disposable object: the pen.

The disposable pen is such an afterthought for so many of us that an estimated 1.5 billion pens are thrown away each year in the United States alone. That’s 48 pens per second. How many of these, do you think, were empty?

As a masters student in the Design for Sustainability program at the Savannah College of Art and Design, I was part of a class, taught by professor Scott Boylston, that researched behaviors surrounding pen usage and disposal. Our task: “radically altering people’s perceptions of the disposable pen.” We poked into our classmates’ pen cases, baited students with free candy, distributed surveys, observed and created conversations. Inspired by other cases of upcycling, we designed and prototyped new product solutions for dead pens.

Finally, we staged a one-day “pentervention.” We lined the walls of our design building with interactive posters, set up a station for abandoned pens to be adopted, and not even professors were safe from the enigmatic and compulsive pen bandit. Much of it was silly, to be sure, but it wasn’t ignored and it didn’t produce the glassy-eyed effect of a shaming environmental lecture. Using all of our foundational work and the results from Pentervention Day, we created a website — www.pentervention48.com.

On the site you can delve into our research findings, check out product prototypes, find out what students wrote on our art pieces, and watch original videos designed to both entertain and educate. You’ll never look at the disposable pen the same way again.

— Alexandra Pappalardo

Pictured, from top: Pentervention Day; Pen Play: A necklace from expired pens; a flier with tear-off tabs that include suggestions for pen reuse; an invitation to give your pen more meaning — and “pensonality.” See the Pensonality site for more.

If you’re a student or professor with a project dealing with creative use or mindful consumer behavior that you’d like to share with our audience, write to us at unconsumption@gmail.com