William Gibson began Neuromancer with the line “the sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” Perhaps he had something like this in mind.
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Superhuman Babies
French artist Alexandre Nicolas has produced some quite beautiful sculptures of superheroes in a foetal state. The work comprises his 2008 series: PRÉDESTINÉS, working in his preferred media acrylic and resin. I think these pieces inherit a special fragility because we’d usually see these characters (Hulk; Silver Surfer; Batman etc) as fully-grown and badass, whereas here they are quite […]
Posted in Comics
Also tagged acrylic, Alexandre Nicolas, art, babies, Comics, Design, exhibition, eye, gallery, superhuman, toys, vinyl
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Underwater Mushroom
Thought this was a cool discovery. It’s the first report of a mushroom species fruiting underwater, according to Wired.com’s 10 New Species Discovered in 2010. There are a few others featured too, but I just love the idea that these things have gone unnoticed in the scientific record for so long. The cheeky buggers!
The Future of Travel
You would think that working for a well known Travel magazine certainly increased my chances of being able to write about the ‘Future of Travel’ for Digital Cortex but not until I had actually sat down, pen in hand, or more aptly, fingers poised, did I realise how difficult it is to identify the future […]
Posted in Culture, The Future
Also tagged guest post, holiday, package, the future laboratory, The Future Of..., travel, virgin galactic
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