Illya Kagan in Costa Rica
As I get out of the water from surfing (a little beat up, and well washed by the surf), this is the view that greets me. I always find the view down the beach and over the waves a little more intense having been out in the water… Maybe the adrenaline has something to do […]
Urban Bee Keeping
Bees make the world go round! Now with this very well designed concept, you can have your very own bee hive at home. Honey bees are a very important part of our ecosystem, but for the past few years their colonies have been in a decline leading to drastically reduced bee population. Strangely, bees seem […]
Biking Down Broadway!
Many of you visiting or living in NY may have noticed a huge increase in bike lanes throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. The move to make biking a viable alternative method of transport is going to get even better with the addition of a bicycle share program. The program, modeled after similar systems in Europe and other […]
Earth Time Lapse
Here’s an incredible time lapse made from photographs taken by the crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from August to October 2011. Shot from an altitude of around 350 km the earth looks like one big living organism and really puts human civilization in perspective. The video was edited together by Michael König.
VOGUE
Tropes can elicit ooohs, aaahs, oh no, not that again—a place where affect is held in suspension over the historical and its signifiers. It is the experience of “I know what the overused parts are and will they only remain as themselves, or is there some combinatory manner in which they achieve something unpredictable that […]
Reverend Billy at the Highline Ballroom
If Black Friday has got you down, consider an antidote with entertaining evangelist Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir’s Occupy Christmas Show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC on Sunday, November 27.
Work by Helmut Smits
Blown-up plant labels in nature reserve Het Bossche Broek emphasize the richness of flora and question what ‘nature’ in the Netherlands actually implies. Labels by Helmut Smits. Photos by Lotte Stekelenburg.
Illya Kagan in Costa Rica
I scrambled up the steep hill that divides Playa Guiones from Playa Pelada [located in Nosara, Costa Rica]. Had to go hands and feet as it was so steep… Almost turned around after sliding out twice, but was rewarded with this incredible view over both Pelada and Guiones. At low tide the pale blue green […]
Building it Better
As a set designer in the film and photo industry I am concerned with the amount of waste generated in these industries. I applaud the efforts of the BIG!NYC, otherwise known as “Build It Green-NYC” a not-for-profit organization that salvages materials from a variety of buildings about to be demolished or remodeled in New York […]
A Life Underwater
For a lifetime 75 year-old Ray Ives has been collecting artifacts he found on the bottom of the sea while working as a professional diver. Everything from bottles, jars, propellers to swords, guns and gold. “The sea is the biggest rubbish-dump in the world…” he says.
Antarctica in NYC
An invitation for an event in NYC tonight from Harmonizer DJ Spooky: Hey you all – as you may know, I have a new book out about Antarctica, The Book of Ice. You are invited to an exclusive pop-up event with pre-production Antarctica prints and 3D maps at a special price. Celebrate the 100-year anniversary […]
Romance downtown
Last week I mentioned an exciting project I was going to participate it in. It was simple effort but made a huge impact on the intended party as well as many passersby. My neighbors are an Australian couple named Craig and Greg. They moved to NY in June of last year and I took the […]
MAKING
World AIDS Day, is December 1, 2011 and this year, it will be 20 years since the start of the red ribbon campaign. In the next two weeks at homes, cafes, subway cars, offices and institutions people will be coming together to MAKE the red ribbons with the updated version that includes a button. The […]
“Humans are not the center of the universe”
Eco surfboard from the surfboard-shaper De La Uz in Euskadi, Spain. Created with the Danish designer Emil Kozak. Isn’t it beautiful?
Garrett McNamara rides 90 foot wave
Yesterday, Hawaiin surfer Garrett McNamara broke the world record for the largest wave ever surfed.
Uncommon Ideals
Uncommon Ideals, by Chris McClean and Mark Waters, captures the experience of surfing the cold waves of the North Sea. Beautifully shot and based around a poem by Daniel Crocket it was awarded Shortie of the Year at this years London Surf Film Festival.
A little different transmission tower
A transmission tower near Újhartyán, Hungary, was built to resemble a clown. The pylons follow a worldwide trend in trying to make large industrial objects more humanoid.
Something exciting!
Hello. I am very excited to share a story. I can’t let the details out until tonight but it is probably the most romantic thing I will ever be involved in and I am not even involved in the romance. I will try to take some decent pics of what I am now vaguely describing. […]
Postcard from the Farm
Greetings from the farm in Garza, Costa Rica where it is hot and humid. We’ve officially returned to the Nicoya Peninsula for the winter season where we were blown away by these beautiful plants: fresh ginger (gingibra in Spanish) from the huerta (garden) in Garza! That ginger goes into making a vodka infusion (see below) […]
The Sky Above
Corporeality puts our feet on the ground and our head in the sky. The temporal, what we see at a particular moment is for that moment. Our consciousness and physical presence makes this possible.
Ruth Asawa
It’s not so much the art that is important, it’s to think for yourself…[that] is the important thing. —the artist speaking in the documentary, “Ruth Asawa: Roots of an Artist”
Rerip
Wondering what to do with an old or broken surfboard? Rerip it! Rerip is an organization that strives to keep boards out of landfills. Founded by Meghan Dambacher and Lisa Carpenter—San Diego residents and avid surfers—and run by a team of volunteers, Rerip sets up drop off locations for people to leave unwanted boards, fins […]
Alex Kopps
I produced drawing-based paintings with gouache on wood and paper with subject matter that is largely nonobjective but aesthetically strongly tied to nature and the movement of water. —surfer and artist, Alex Kopps
