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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Incredible paintings work | Masami teraoka printing
Incredible work of Masami Teraoka, whose paintings address everything from AIDS to fast food culture, using traditional Japanese methods of painting and printing.
Origami Paper Jewelry | folding Book Origami Art
black and graphite origami necklaceLiz says she's inspired by geometry, growth patterns in nature, and repetitive structures and processes.
refolded map broochWhat first attracted you to begin working with paper as your medium?
I began working with Beautiful paper when I was at college. I find it to be exceptionally versatile as a material and if a mistake is made, it's not expensive to replace and, of course, paper is ecologically sound. Artist's books - the book as an art form in its own right - interested me, especially sculptural ones. The paper jewellery came directly from this interest. I consider some of the necklaces I make to be sculptural Artist's Books as they are complete books.
folded book necklace
Zipporah necklaceHave you always enjoyed working with your hands?
Yes, always. Beautiful Paper is fantastic as it's so direct, your only tool is your fingers. I also find the whole process of making to be very therapeutic and almost what I imagine meditating to be like.
manga water balloon necklace
refolded map bracelet
music beads
Dandy comic book necklaceDo you show/sell your work in galleries?
origami folded bookDo you frequently wear your own paper jewelry? How do people react to it?
Yes, I do wear my own jewellery, but normally only if I am going out. People are usually very complimentary about my work, although there have been a few people that really don't like the idea of me cutting up maps. I hasten to say all the books and maps I create with have been read/used... I never cut new ones!
Japanese brocade origami beads 
Bangle made from The Ladybird Read It Yourself series, Goldilocks & the Three Bears.
Monopoly money broochSource:- allthingspaper
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30 breathtaking Print Ads From Around the World
Every day, we’re bombarded by thousands of adverts, most of which are boring, thoroughly irritating or both. Every now and again, however, an advert comes along that’s so powerful, due to the originality of its content or the way that it conveys its message, that it inspires us to change our behavior: it might make us find out some more information about a product, donate money to charity or even cut down on drinking alcohol!
With in excess of $385 billion spent annually on ads, it’s unsurprising that admen give life to veritable masterpieces of visual communication from time to time. These truly brilliant ads can be found on TV, on the internet and on billboards too. But the most engaging ads of all appear in traditional print media, as people reading newspapers and magazines have time to absorb lots of information as well as creative subtleties.
Below, you’ll find 30 examples representing recent print advertisements.
Major Brands
Since the dawn of mass production, in the early 19th century, major brands have used advertising to promote their goods and services. The amount of money spent on advertising worldwide grows considerably year on year. By 2010, it’s predicted that investment in advertising will top $450 billion annually.
1. Fun Up Your Home [Microsoft]
2. Goodbye Bush [Veet]
3. 360° Wide Angle CCTV [Samsung]
4. More Volume [Schwartzkopf}
5. Optical Zoom [Olympus]
6. French Kiss [Pepsi]
7. The New Expression of Fun [Miragica Theme Park]
8. No Drowsiness Gum
9. Arcor Bubblegum
10. Whatever The Delay We’ll Text You Straight Away [Connex]
11. Hands Are Everywhere [Dettol]
12. Shirt Straw [Perrier]
Charity Campaigns
There was a time when charities relied solely on shock tactics to raise money. Most charity ads seemed to feature a starving child or otherwise ailing individual. These ads worked for a time, but people started to find them so upsetting that they simply switched off to the ad altogether. Things have changed. Charities now recognise that, like major brands, they can inspire their audience most successfully by taking an original and creative approach.
13. Verbal Abuse Can Be Just As Horrific [Aware Helpline]
14. Guantanamo Bay [Amnesty International]
15. Animals Are Not Clowns [LPDA]
16. Bad Water Kills More Children Than War [UNICEF]
17. Stop Gout Patients’ Suffering [EULAR]
18. Nature Can’t Be Recycled [WWF]
19. Second Hand Smoke In The Home [The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation]
20. Cigarettes Smoke People [Cancer Patients Aid Association]
21. Don’t Buy Exotic Animal Souvenirs [WWF]
22. Stop the World Record of Executions [Amnesty International]TV Channels
For obvious reasons, TV channels tend to advertise on TV, but when they do opt for print media ads instead, the results can be rather stunning. The BBC have run many inspirational televised advertising campaigns in the past, but none of them have connected with viewers in such a subtle way as the World News ads below. These ads were designed for commuters, who have plenty of time, en route to and from work, to absorb the hidden images.
23. Dirty Jobs [Discovery Channel]
24. Authentic Wildlife Documentaries [Animal Planet]
25. Olympic Games [ESPN Brasil]
26. Formula 1 GP – The Fight Begins [Sky]
27. News Beyond Your Borders [BBC World]PharmaceuticalsIn the immortal words of Peter Parker: “With great power comes great responsibility”. Pharmaceutical companies often walk a fine line when it comes to the morality of their ads and must ensure that they don’t prey on the “weak” or the desperate. The ads below use comedic rather than shock tactics to pedal their wares.
28. Fight Your Sore Throat [Mebucaine]
29. Blocked Nose? [Otrivin]
30. Root Out Disgusting Fungi [Tolnaftate]
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A robotic underwater vehicle powered by ocean movement
A robotic underwater vehicle that is powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy has been developed, holding out promise of almost indefinite monitoring of the ocean depths for climate and marine life studies.Researchers have successfully demonstrated the Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangrian Observer Thermal RECharging (SOLO-TREC) autonomous underwater vehicle that uses a novel thermal recharging engine, powered by the natural temperature differences found at different ocean depths.
Scalable for use on most robotic oceanographic vehicles, this technology breakthrough could usher in a new generation of autonomous underwater vehicles.
A map of Solo-Trec's three-month journey off the Hawaiian coast.(Credit: NASA/JPL/SIO/NOAA/U.S. Navy/NGA/GEBCO/Google)
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Pasadena, California and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, completed the first three months of an ocean endurance test of the prototype vehicle off the coast of Hawaii in March.
"People have long dreamed of a machine that produces more energy than it consumes and runs indefinitely," said Jack Jones, a JPL principal engineer and SOLO-TREC co-principal investigator.
"While not a true perpetual motion machine, since we actually consume some environmental energy, the prototype system demonstrated by JPL and its partners can continuously monitor the ocean without a limit on its lifetime imposed by energy supply," added Jones.
"Most of Earth is covered by ocean, yet we know less about the ocean than we do about the surface of some planets," said Yi Chao, JPL principal scientist and SOLO-TREC principal investigator.
"This technology to harvest energy from the ocean will have huge implications for how we can measure and monitor the ocean and its influence on climate," Chao added, according to a JPL release.
So far, SOLO-TREC has completed more than 300 dives from the ocean surface to a depth of 500 meters (1,640 feet). Its demonstration culminates five years of research and technology development by JPL and Scripps and is funded by the Office of Naval Research.
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