Inherent in the planning and execution of any wedding are various design elements – from the look of the invitations to the plan for the seating arrangement, from the flowers to, perhaps most importantly, the bride’s dress. But when you’re dealing with nuptials of a royal nature, another important design consideration is the line...
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Who would have thought fruit was so hardy? Certainly not me when I decided to undertake a time lapse experiment, documenting the decomposition of a pair of apples. I set up my plate of apples and my tripod in March 2010, and while I didn’t have a time-frame in mind, I did not expect...
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Using the theme of London’s Underground tube map, designer Brad Ellacott has mapped the important and slightly-less important genres of music. View the full size image here
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I’m walking through a thousand spider webs today Each one has changed me in its own special way I wonder how many creatures are hitching a ride But the magic takes hold like a strengthening tide And onwards I stride, the fresh air so alive A rainbow reaches outward and then takes a dive...
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One morning, during the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, on a console table in the hallway of my hotel I discovered this scribbling, apparently refering to the band These Arms Are Snakes (and a ringing telephone): Strange.
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A Poem: Yeast on his lips and smoke in his hair The club is dark, confused, drowning in its’ own heavy air He longs for the sweet breath of a sun-kissed shore And its beauty emerges like a wave through the door The purest of figures made of Earth’s eye A girl with the...
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A palindrome is a word or a phrase that is the same when read from the start or the end. For example the word ‘wow’ or ‘racecar’, or the phrase ‘A Toyota’s a Toyota’. Listing palindromes can be easy enough, and with a bit of effort, phrases, but how about a 224-word poem? That’s...
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I decided to pick a random stranger and stalk the shit out of him. Just for kicks. Here’s what happened: Day one: I didn’t want to stalk a friend of a friend, I needed to find some jock in a shitty bar. Me and my best friend headed out to the lame part of...
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At first glance, it might seem like unusual butterfly wings but, in fact, this is how the world looks if its maps are based on population size rather than land mass. With 500 years of conventional cartography out of the window, the cities which tend to dominate the news come to the fore as...
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This is an actual essay written by a college applicant. The author, Hugh Gallagher, now attends NYU. Essay: In order for the admissions staff of our college to get to know you, the applicant, better, we ask that you answer the following question – Are there any significant experiences you have had, or accomplishments...
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