Well played Gizmodo, well played…
The researchers at the frosty Applied Physics Lab Ice Station already have it hard enough. Freezing temperatures, peeing into wooden boxes, guarding against bears, and the like. Also taxing? Chainsawing submarines out of the frozen crust.
via Gizmodo.
Nice to see the UI designs from Microsoft finally aligning across platforms, but given how many dashboard redesigns the Xbox has had, I wonder how long it will last…
This fall the Xbox 360 gets a sexy new dashboard update, giving the service a look and feel that should be incredibly familiar to both Windows Phone 7 owners and folks that have gotten a peek at Windows 8.
via Kotaku.
Shot in the Arctic, on the archipelago Lofoten in Norway, this is almost too beautiful to comprehend…
My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun.
via Vimeo.
Beautiful detailed work…
UK-based artist Bronia Sawyer colors, folds and rolls the pages of books to create these unique, beautiful birds. “I like to take something like a book and turn it into something visually pleasing,” says Sawyer. “I like the fact that books are flat and square. By cutting and folding them, you can create and organize random shapes. I also like to add colors, but mainly for the way it looks in photographs.
via littlebookbird.co.uk
Almost as mad as the idea of playing football in 50c heat is the Qatar floating stadium design, amazing if a hopeless waste of effort…
Developed by the german architects stadiumconcept for the FIFA World Cup 2022 the Floating OffShore Stadium represents an extraordinary and ambitious concept. The Floating OffShore Stadium is a swimming construction that can be relocated to seaside venues across the oceans.
See more details over at ArchDaily.
I love these edgy and humorous celebrity portraits by Martin Schoeller…
Having worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz from 1993 to 1996, Schoeller has the guts to create dramatic scenes that call for his subjects to work outside the box. He’s been a staff photographer at The New Yorker since 1999 and his work has appeared in magazines like Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vogue and Vanity Fair.
via My Modern Metropolis.