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Snakey Cam Gets To Those Odd Angles
Fleksimus Camera features a flexible tube fitted with a lens on one end, while the other end hooks on to a compact viewfinder or 3 Color Display. It captures both still pictures and video; promising to take photography to a whole new level! Sporting a very minimal style, the unit features bare-minimum controls. Even tho specs are not given, I can only imagine how the flexible tube will allow me to take pictures from impossible angles.
Designer: Art Lebedev
Elite Rock Climbing: Extreme Adventures From The Edge
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Why do people take up the extreme sport of rock climbing? Because it is there, taunting and tempting. It offers adventure and challenge from the rocky ever-present edge of death. Rock climbing calls for control and courage. It involves great strength of mind and body. It is both an individual and social sport as the element of danger whets the appetite for adventure. How do you know if you are a climber meant for this fearless adventure sport? Either you are jump-out-of-your-skin-excited about scaling a vertical piece of stone, or you aren’t. Take a look at these rock climbers and their stunning natural surroundings to see if you are tempted to take up this sport.
The points of view in these photographs came from and are copyrighted by Simon Carter, an amazingly talented climber with a camera who captures both the sports action and the spectacular settings.
Rock climbing is all about balance, but creativity and concentration are also required. Climbing is a physically challenging and a mentally demanding sport. It will test your endurance as you climb to your goal, the summit. So have a plan, focus, keep going, hang in there and don’t let go. Rock climbing will take you to a new level of awareness of the natural world around you, taking you to breathtakingly beautiful places as you discover new aspects about yourself. This dangerous sport also requires trust; when you fall, and you will fall, you have to trust your climbing partner completely with your life. Bonus, adrenaline adventures will be found. At the top you will want to raise your arms in victory and woot your win!
Deep Water Soloing — Rock Climbing in Croatia
Deep-water soloing is a solo rock climbing sport where the presence of water at the base of the climb protects climbers from serious injury. If a climber falls into the sea below the cliff, he or she may have used up a day’s worth of adrenaline but are otherwise fine. Around Croatia there are 10 well-climbed locations and a hundred climbable and unexplored routes from 98 to 132 feet high. Deep-water soloing doesn’t have to be high, but near Kornati, Croatia, the Ring of Fire is one of the world’s hardest deep-water solos, on the Holy Grail Wall, Mana Island. Notice climber Leo Houlding trying to pull off a massive “dyno” move on the cliffs of Panitula Island before falling.
Slackline Walking and Falling
(image credits:Simon Carter’s Online Photography)
If it’s not enough adventure, not enough of a challenge to climb this awesome 213 foot rock, how about tightrope walking between cliffs? One climber fell from a slackline which was strung between the 65-meter high Totem Pole and the mainland at Cape Hauy, Tasmania, Australia.
Blue Mountains, Australia
Blueware Collection By Studio Glithero
Plants are refreshing wherever they maybe. If you are one of those who love to have a sense of nature inside you contemporary home, then the blueware collection by Anglo-Dutch designers Studio Glithero. The collection include vases and tiles that are decorated with shadows of plants. They all look natural and refreshing. With this collection, anybody can now have the chance to incorporate nature through its beautifully crafted plants and flowers that are captured on photonsensitive chemicals. This blueware collection will definitely complements with any homes interior design and existing furniture and fixtures. -via
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My Holiday Wishlist: Catrina
We don’t do gift guides here on Design Milk because, well, everyone does them. We like to be different. So we decided to go in another direction this year. Since our staff is getting larger, we thought it would be fun to ask each person what was on their wishlist this holiday season. So, every day for next 2 weeks we’ll feature a staff wishlist. Heres what Catrina wants, although something tells me those last ones might not be available…
1. Attack of Literacy Print by Joshua Kemble
I fell in love with this illustration when I saw it on Society6 while I was browsing applicants’ work for the Design Milk Mini-Interview and Post opportunity. It isn’t available as a print (although I would really love that, so maybe I’ll put in a little hint for him), but it is available as a graphic tee on Threadless. It’s sold out at the moment, unfortunately. I can definitely see why.
2. Super Secret Spy Lens from Photojojo
Somehow, people have a sixth sense for knowing when the camera lens is on them, which isn’t helpful when I’m trying to capture some good candids! These “spy lens” from Photojojo can help eliminate that little problem I have by attaching to the lens of my Nikon DSLR camera.
3. A History Of The World In Six Glasses by Tom Standage
This book explains the significance of six different beverages (beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola) and how they helped shape human history. I find it an interesting approach to giving insight from the Stone Age to today.
4. An endless supply of Cheddar Cheese Popcorn from Popcorn Palace
I love gourmet popcorn. I’d really like to have a gigantic tin on the floor in my room for the popcorn along with endless refills of popcorn being sent to me every month.
5. Mix Tape USB Drive from Fred Flare
I’ve seen a lot of different USB drives out there, but this one by far is my most favorite in the bunch. It isn’t as compact as the small USB stick I have on hand already, but it has 512 megabytes of space and it speaks volumes about how much I love stuff inspired by mixtapes
6. Reverse alarm clock
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Lights Lead The Way
The simply named Road Lights is a system of wind generated lane lights powered by the wind of vehicles whizzing by. You’ve all felt it before, that wall of air as a car passes by. Why waste it? The energy captured by the system illuminates a series of pegs 50-100 meters in front of you to lead the way. Eco-friendly (yes I’m still using that phrase) and a perfect opportunity for a really creative car commercial.
Designers: Sungi Kim & Hozin Song
Mishka NYC Holiday Lookbook 2009
A little bit drifter and a little bit downtown bad boy, Mishka’s holiday lookbook has us looking forward to shopping again, despite Black Friday meltdowns and now not-quite-buttoning pants. Photographer Marley Kate captured lots of hunting-inspired jackets on the shoot, but balanced things out with holiday sweaters (possibly a little on the charmingly ugly side), toggle coats, and wool hats. [via hypebeast]
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Amazing Vintage Images from Japan’s Forgotten Master
Photographs of Japan from the Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1926) have captivated viewers around the world since they were first circulated. One photographer in particular captured Japanese life so beautifully that his work has been seen by countless people all across the globe. Until very recently, though, his name was virtually unknown. Now we know that the prolific photographer’s name was T. Enami – or rather, that was his trade name. He was born Enami Nobukuni, and his work made a deep and far-reaching impact on photography.
Some of T. Enami’s most popular and memorable works were his stereograms: two nearly-identical 2D images taken from slightly different angles that, when viewed together through a stereograph, appear three-dimensional. Here they are animated to give the 3D effect, but all of the originals can be seen on Okinawa Soba’s Flickr collection.
Enami started his career as a traditional photographer, but later embraced the more “modern” stereoviews and lantern slides. Judging from his carefully staged stereograms, he approached his work with a great deal of attention to detail. The colors on these stereograms were all hand-painted, and the resulting product was sold around the world. Today, collectors treasure these exquisitely detailed antique images.
T. Enami ran a photography studio in Yokohama until his death in 1926. His work spanned a multitude of areas, including postcards, large-format prints, private portraits, glass transparencies, photo processing and print-making, and numerous commercial photography projects. His photographs have appeared several times in the pages of National Geographic, a true honor for any photographer. One of his half-stereoview images was even used on the cover of their 100th-anniversary book Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic.
Nendo’s Ghost Stories and the Fade-Out Chair
Since it’s virtually impossible to make a chair float, Nendo turned to illusion. The Japanese design firm developed the Fade-Out chair, one of their four most recent designs in the ongoing exhibition “Ghost Stories: New Design from Nendo” at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. Appearing to hover in space, the chair appears captures illusion, humor, and an element of surprise.
Fade-Out chair. Designed by Nendo. Picture by Masayuki Hayashi.
It is a simple rectangular chair made from clear acrylic and painted with trompe l’oeil wood grain. The pattern covers most of the structure but fades away on the lower part of the legssuch thatthe chair seems to be floating within a cloud. Given the clear, acrylic material – the illusion will work with any background.Other new designs include Blown-Color (an evolution of Blown Fabric), Cord-Chair and Phantom-Waves. Illusion, humor, and an element of surprise are captured in the four new designs by Nendo that will be shown for the first time at MAD, along with prototypes, videos, and other materials that explore the design process used by the designers to create these works.
Fade-Out chair. Designed by Nendo. Picture by Masayuki Hayashi.
Phantom-Waves. Designed by Nendo. Picture by Masayuki Hayashi.
Blown-color. Designed by Nendo. Picture by Masayuki Hayashi.
Blown-color. Designed by Nendo. Picture by Masayuki Hayashi.
“Ghost Stories: New Designs from Nendo transforms the MADProjects Gallery on the Museums second floor into a magical landscape of new designs that imbue chairs, vases, and lamps with whimsy and optical illusion.” This is the second exhibition in the MADProjects Gallery, launched in February 2009 with Totally Rad, a focussed survey of the latest radiator designs, curated by Karim Rashid. The ongoing program invites MAD curators, collaborators and leading voices in the field to explore emerging trends and innovations in design. The exhibit will be on display until January 10, 2009.
32 Stunning and Spectacular Sea Arches
Whether you worked hard today or can’t seem to find work, let’s take a break from the stress. It’s cold and ugly outside in some places, so think about sea arches like a mysterious portal to another world of sunshine and warm tropical water. If you love beaches or cliffs, you should be awed by these natural rock formations whileing your virtual travel to the sea. Hey, it’s a free trip, let’s find the right mood. Forget about the ups and downs of life. You can feel the warm wind blowing a salty ocean spray on your skin as well as feel the warm sand under your feet. You can hear the roar swish of waves crashing. Exhale out the negative energy, as the tension slowly seeps out of your body, and you get ready to take off for your journey to see 32 stunning and spectacular sea arches.
Let’s Go Play
(image credits: Cyril BRETON, Stefan Mendelsohn, thefatcat44)
Let’s go play. You will travel first to France. Étretat is best known for its cliffs, including a famous natural arch pictured on the top left. To the left of that arch, erosion collapsed another arch which is now only a sea stack. Next, you’ll hop virtually to Spain to take in another lovely hole in a rock. The top right sea arch is at Cala Santanyí, Majorca, Balearic Islands. Are you ready to get in the ocean? From there, you’ll travel to Dorset, England, to take in a twilight stroll on the water’s edge near the famous Dorsel Door.
France, Italy, Mexico
(image credits: Erroba, nespyxel, Wonderlane)
Because the view is so awe inspiring, you’ll go back to Étretat, Normandy for a picnic on the cliff. Gaze where the waves have sliced through the cliff for the opposite view of that grand natural arch. From there, you’ll fly to Ponza, Italy, where you can get in a boat like the one that can be seen sailing through the window in the rocks. In the bottom image, you see waves and a very low arch near Mazatlan, Mexico. The undertow is strong and the rocks are sharp so be careful but have fun.
Hawaii, Spain, Greece
(image credits: j o s h, siskud, episa)
For more warm tropical water, let’s head to Hawaii and Volcanoes National Park where many sea caves or lava tubes have collapsed, leaving majestic sea arches behind. These natural arches will continue to erode, lasting but a short span of time and perhaps centuries only. Many sea caves erode down to sea arches such as in the top right, near Costa Blanca, Spain, where the waves are crashing against the caves to form more sea arches. On the bottom, you can dive into the gorgeous turquoise waters surrounding Arch Rock, along the northern coast of Crete Island, Greece.
Corona del MarCA and Island of Gozo, Malta
(image credits: UCI Sociology Department, Vin60)
It’s time for you to have some fun in the water and out. First, at Corona del Mar, California, you can see this marvelous sea arch at low tide and with breaking waves. It is a four mile round trip hike to Crystal Cove. Snorkeling is good beneath the cliffs of Corona beach. The park features three miles of Pacific coastline, plus open bluffs, wooded canyons, and an offshore underwater park. Then take another virtual hop across the world to land in the Mediterranean. In the bottom image, the natural bridge continues to be cut away by crashing waves off the coast of Sicily. Malto, Gozo offers great snorkeling, bright orange-red sands, and some of the oldest religious structures and temples in the world.
Yesnaby Scotland to Berry Head England
(image credits: windywolf,>> Hal <<)
Now you’re off the Yesnaby, Scotland, an area renowned for its Devonian geology, geos, crumbly rocks, sea stacks, blowholes, boiling seas and towering cliffs. If you feel a bit energized, perhaps you’d like an adventure here? This is a very popular spot for climbers due to Yesnaby Castle, a two legged sea stack. Then you zoom to Berry Head, England, and this natural bridge, or dark sea arch. Berry Head offers plenty of caves and threatened wildlife.
From Kap Dyrholaey to Normandy
(image credits: Kenny Muir, gilgpictures)
Lego Digital Camera Is A Great Way To Get Kids Into Photography
A picture is worth a thousand words – rightly said, and this new camera is here just to teach that little truth of life to over a thousand of children around the world, so that they realize the worth of a single picture. The new Lego Digital Camera is something that will surely ignite the fire of photography in your kid, this is just the perfect thing for all our young budding photographers who aim to get the whole world a little closer through their art.
This is a fully functional 3 mega pixel camera that has an 1.5 inch LCD display fitted into it. Made completely with the multicolored Lego bricks this new attachment can fit into any of your existing Lego creations, the motto of the product is You can Build It but You cannot Break it!. The camera has an internal memory of 128 MB, that approximately equals 80 photographs, it has an in built flash and an automated focus, which is just perfect for our little kids. Running on lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, and weighing just 1 pound, this Lego cam can easily be handled any kid with the minimal amount of safety issues.
The Lego Digital camera sells for only $59.99, a very decent price I would say. Still, if you are looking for something more professional you can always check out the cool new Olympus with the 26X zoom, that will leave no feature un-captured.
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Lego Digital Camera Is A Great Way To Get Kids Into Photography
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