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15 Ways Nanotechnology is Making Life Better Today

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:17:34 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Nanotechnology is expected to a $2.6 trillion market by 2015. At the heart of this big new sector is something very small—molecules. To understand how and why nanotechnology—which is defined as the manipulation of matter at the molecular level—matters, you can begin at home.

The Writing is Off-the-Wall

Behr and others are now using nanoparticles to produce anti-mildew paints and anti-graffiti paints. Another company is perfecting a nano-enhanced wall paint that blocks cellphone calls and, longer-term, researchers expect to create a nano-solar paint that can turn your wall and even your house into a giant solar cell.

Scratch-Free

Wipe Away Your Worries

Wrap Your Head Around This: The New Flat Will Be Round

A Germ-a-phobe’s Dream

Get Some Skin in the Game

Another Reason to Despise Cloudy Days

Less is More

So Long Skunky Beer?

Can You Hear Me Now?

No Blood Money

Nano, Nano

Get in the Game

Ice-fishing Just Won’t be the Same

You’ll Be On Your Way in No Time

Tags: nanotech, molecules

Painting - calligraphy - graffiti - word & image

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:32:43 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: www.heliomag.com

THE DOCUMENTATION OF MEMORY: The Art of Jose Parla

Combining the elegance of calligraphy with the energy of the urban streets, Jose Parla has evolved from graffiti writer to fine artist, in the process creating his own unique vision.

On a subconscious level my work was initiated when I was 9 years old in Miami, Florida

My professors

stressed that a good painting must contain much history

I interpreted that what they meant by history was a history told through a procedure of layering, a kind of storytelling.

Clip Source: www.graffiti.org

Clip Source: www.coolhunting.com

Our video about Brooklyn-based artist José Parlá's work explores the thought and process behind his densely-layered graffiti paintings. Perhaps more than any other artist, José blurs the lines between word and image and graffiti and "fine art."

Mortal-Light's Favourite Photos

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:57:45 GMT

clipped by: carrerinyes
clipper's remarks: Could be mine too!

Clip Source: mortal-light.stumbleupon.com

Last login: 3 hours agoMortal-Light

http://justcreativedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/photography/The_Onion_b…

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2008/04/20080329_Earth-Hour-Day_720_timelapse…

Bekijk Michael Karcz - Alternative Vision op Afhakers.nl

http://www.afhakers.nl/public/images_upload/53MichalKarcz181107.jpg

http://img1.eyefetch.com/Portfolio%5Cldiogo%5C131284.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/darvaz_door/1.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/minute_before_storm/2.jpg

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2008/03/humber-river_bridge_up_01.jpg

http://www.photopumpkin.com/wp-content/uploads/light-graffiti-3.jpg

Clip Source: mortal-light.stumbleupon.com

http://www.npointercos.jp/images/sssaaaIMG_6211.jpg

http://mapamonds.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/19.gif

http://mapamonds.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/29.gif

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/2278888159_8a91ebd536.jpg?v=0

http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/lphoto/lostisland/pic10.jpg

http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/lphoto/lostisland/pic07.jpg

Reverse Graffiti

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:07:57 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks:

The Brazilian artist’s work came to a happier resolution. The authorities were certainly miffed but could find nothing to charge him with. They had no other recourse but to clean the tunnel — but only the parts Alexandre had already cleaned. The artist merely continued his campaign on the other side of traffic. The utterly flummoxed city officials then decided to take drastic action. Not only did they clean the entire tunnel but also every other tunnel in Sao Paulo.

Bravo!

Clip Source: www.inhabitat.com

REVERSE GRAFFITI: Clean Green Street Art

When is cleaning the sidewalks a crime? When you’re doing it to create art. Obviously.

A number of street artists around the world have taken to expressing themselves through an innovative practice known as Reverse Graffiti. Taking a cue from the “Wash Me” messages scrawled on the back of delivery trucks, they seek out soot covered surfaces and inscribe them with images, tags, and even advertising slogans using scrub brushes, scrapers and pressure hoses.

The practice puts authorities in a definite moral quandary.

“Once you do this, you make people confront whether or not they like people cleaning walls or if they really have a problem with personal expression.”

What action was taken against the advertisers is unknown. What is known is that Moose was charged under the very scary sounding Anti-Social Behaviour Act and ordered to clean up his clean act. I’m not exactly sure how he managed to did this. By making it dirty again?

Tags: art, graffiti, law

Robert Banksy the Street Graffiti Artist

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:39:45 GMT

clipped by: Arturo
clipper's remarks: Genius!

Clip Source: damncoolpics.blogspot.com

Robert Banks (born 1974), better known as Banksy, is a well-known yet pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist from Yate near Bristol. His artworks are often satirical pieces of art which encompass topics from politics, culture, and ethics. His street art, which combines graffiti with a distinctive stencilling technique, has appeared in London and in cities around the world.

Tags: art

GRAFFITI ART.

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:57:30 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.damnfunnypictures.com

British guerrilla artist Banksy's awesome graffiti art.

Tags: images

Anti-Bush Graffiti From 25 Countries

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:22:29 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Reviled, as he should be, around the world.

Clip Source: matadorpulse.com

Curitiba, Brazil

Granada, Spain

Lisbon, Portugal

London, England

Sofia, Bulgaria

Berlin, Germany

War is terror

Colonia, Uruguay

Your dead, hungry, unemployed, disappeared [illegally imprisoned], lying cronies salute you.

Durango, Mexico

Wellington, New Zealand

Gullbringusysla, Iceland

San José, Costa Rica

Mentally ill in service of capital

Rome, Italy

Melbourne, Australia

Rosario, Argentina

Mito, Japan

Johannesburg, South Africa

Israel

Bangkok, Thailand

Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine

Riga, Latvia

Victoria, BC, Canada

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Wrocław, Poland

Styria, Austria

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Bush mzushi, loosely translated: Bush is a rumormonger.

Graffiti on a wall in b/n Israel and Palestine

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:28:03 GMT

clipped by: axelsenzon

Clip Source: bestyoulike.com

Graffiti on a wall between Israel and Palestina

Tags: art, urban, design, israel

Tate Modern first time presents six Street Artists

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:42:28 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks: much more on street art at source

Clip Source: www.lifeinthefastlane.ca

In an anti-establishment movement that’s taking the art world by storm, 6 of the world’s most famous Street Artists whose work is intricately connected to the urban environment were commissioned to paint the iconic river façade of Tate Modern exterior walls with 45 foot (15 meter) high towering artworks for the first major public museum display of Street Art in London.

Work of Brazilian artist Nunca exhibited on the facade of the Tate Modern. Photo Getty

All 6 artists are represented in major collections around the world and regularly shown in gallery exhibitions but their work began in public urban spaces and remains indebted to Street Art and graffiti traditions.

JR from Paris, France. Photo Jason Delport

“It is the first time that the Tate Modern is using the outside walls of the building to do an exhibition, and it is the first time this institution is working with ‘Street Art’ too.”

Street Artist Blu

Os Gemeos from Sao Paulo

Blu

Artist JR

“Color Spread”

Project WOMEN ARE HEROES. Photo JR

Hypnotic Light Graffiti

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:13:50 GMT

clipped by: anthonyo
clipper's remarks: Once again the creativity of man amazes me.

Clip Source: www.linkinn.com

Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they'd never be able to with spraypaint. Very cool!

Tags: light, graffiti, modern, art, futute, amazing, hypnotic

Create your own Simpsons Avatar

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:25:15 GMT

clipped by: ericskiff
clipper's remarks: A bunch of my friends on twitter started showing up with Simpsons avatars yesterday. Scott Beale solved the mystery of where they were all getting them - the Simpsons Movie website has a great flash avatar creator.

Clip Source: laughingsquid.com

The Simpsons Movie website has a really cool avatar creator. What’s yours look like?

Tags: simpons, avatar, fun, game, creator

The Coolest Longest Graffiti On Evolution

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:18:05 GMT

clipped by: eurion

Clip Source: www.linkinn.com

Tags: cool, longest, graffiti, evolution, pics

Art design for the masses, chosen by the masses

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:16:24 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: news.cnet.com

Tim Roberts' black Audi A3 has something called green bandana funk.

It's not slang for a mechanical problem or lingering bad smell, but rather, lime-green graffiti art in bandana patterns that dot the exterior of his otherwise shiny urban sedan. Roberts, a longtime tech executive who previously helped Twitter get off the ground, sometimes forgets the vinyl stickers are there, until they prompt a nearby driver to roll down a window and ask about his artwork. Once he even found a pack of young skateboarders surrounding his car in a parking lot taking pictures with their cell phones.

"It's this totally social experience," Roberts said from the office of Infectious.com in San Francisco's Mission District.

It's hard to predict whether car art will sweep the nation (most likely, not), but Infectious is just one of a new generation of graphic designer collectives that are finding new avenues to sell their artwork--from car graffiti to stationery to sneakers and skateboards.

Tags: art, masses, design

The Murals of Philadelphia

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:37:47 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: 1. 'A Message to the Child...The Hero Can be Found' Artist: John Lewis
2. 'Malcolm X' Artist: Ernel Martinez
3. 'Common Threads' Artist: Meg Saligman
4. The Artist Cavin Jones
5. 'Careers: Heads to the Sky' Artist: Cavin Jones
6. 'Philadelphia on a Half-Tank' Artist: Paul Santoleri
7. The Artists Qimin Liu and Betsy Casañas
8. 'Mario Lanza' Artist: Diane Keller
9. 'Jackie Robinson' Artist: David McShane
10. The Artist David McShane
11-12. 'Lincoln Legacy' Artist: Josh Sarantitis
13. 'Dr. J' Artist: Kent Twitchell
14. 'Frank Rizzo' Artist: Diane Keller
15. 'Reaching for a Star' Artist: Don Gensler
16. The Artists Don Gensler and Michelle Ortiz
17. 'Herman Wrice' Artist: David McShane
18. 'Tribute to Frank Guarrera' Artist: Peter Pagast
19. The Artist Ras Malik
20. 'The Peace Wall' (detail) Artist: Jane Golden

Clip Source: www.time.com

The Murals of Philadelphia

A public art project which encourages local artists to create works utilizing the city's architecture has beautified the City of Brotherly Love and created an enduring cultural legacy.

Clip Source: img.timeinc.net

Tags: philadelphia, us, mural, graffiti, community, artists, photos, painting, building, environment, inspiration, memory

Abu Ghraib whistleblower's ordeal

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:26:52 GMT

clipped by: Amergin
clipper's remarks: His wife had no idea that Mr Darby had handed in those photos, but when he was named, she had to flee to her sister's house which was then vandalised with graffiti. Many in his home town called him a traitor.

"I knew that some people wouldn't agree with what I did," he says.

"You have some people who don't view it as right and wrong. They view it as: I put American soldiers in prison over Iraqis."

That animosity in his home town has meant that he still cannot return there.

After Donald Rumsfeld blew his cover, he was bundled out of Iraq very quickly and lived under armed protection for the first six months.

He has since left the army but did testify at the trials of some of those accused of abuse and torture. It is Charles Graner he is most afraid of.

"Seeing Graner across the courtroom was the only one that was difficult during the trial," he says.

"He had a stone-cold stare of hatred the entire time - he wouldn't take his eyes off me the whole time he sat there.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The US soldier who exposed the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison found himself a marked man after his anonymity was blown in the most astonishing way by Donald Rumsfeld.

When Joe Darby saw the horrific photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison he was stunned.

Joe Darby was a reserve soldier with US forces at Abu Ghraib prison when he stumbled across those images which would eventually shock the world in 2004.

Joe Darby knew what he saw was wrong, but it took him three weeks to decide to hand those photographs in. When he finally did, he was promised anonymity and hoped he would hear no more about it.

"I was afraid for retribution not only from them, but from other soldiers," he says.

And then he was sitting in a crowded Iraqi canteen with hundreds of soldiers and Donald Rumsfeld came on the television to thank Joe Darby by name for handing in the photographs.

"I've never regretted for one second what I did when I was in Iraq, to turn those pictures in," he says.

Tags: hero or traitor