Preetzer Paper Theater
I don't know anything about this and honestly I don't really care. I just happened to stumble upon it googeling for something else. It looks nice I think.
Papiertheatertreffen Preetz
UPDATE: Obsolete link
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www.iiiiiiii.com
There's nothing to add or subtract so I'll just quote The Presurfer who wrote:"There's nothing to see at all at this site. Absolutely nothing.
But you'll soon realize that the site does exactly what the url says.
You'll need sound."
Visit the Presurfer!
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Humanoid Robotics
"The HR-2 robot was constructed during a period of three months at Chalmers University in Sweden. It has 22 degrees of freedom which enables it to easily move around imitating human motions. The robot is also equipped with stereovision giving it possibilities to perform hand-eye coordination. For that task an artificial neural network is evolved. Furthermore, the artificial brain is capable of tracking faces as well as recognising them. The HR-2 is also able to speak."
This is a nerdy but very charming little thing. You will find a movie presentation of the robot (35.5 Mb) which I found well worth downloading. Maybe you do too.
Humanoid Robotics, Almir Heralic
Sorry, don't remember where I found it. But thanks.
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ACME
Yes, oldie. But goldie. I'm not explaining this:
The ORIGINAL Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products
Poster Art: Swedish Posters
There is a poster collection at The Royal Library (National Library of Sweden) in Stockholm. Unfortunately only a smaller part of it is available digitally. Luckily, though, there are some good ones to see and a large portion of the site is in English. There's also other interesting stuff on the site, like swedish ephemera. I haven't checked it all out but this handbook in black magic was pretty funny.
These are the poster links you shouldn't miss:
"Artistic posters" In Swedish. A lot of beer ads (!)
"The Big Brewery's Beer is the best" Caleb Althin
Posters by artist Wilhelm Kåge In English
(Ceramics by Kåge here)
"Midnight Cabaret, at Berns" Wilhelm Kåge
Posters concerning referendums In Swedish
"No! Crawfish crave these beverages! You will have to refrain from crawfish if you do not vote NO on the 27th of August" Albert Engström (referendum on wether or not to limit sales of alcohol by quotas. We love crawfish by the way. And they do crave certain beverages.) A classic!
Grow Cube
If you are into puzzle games maybe you should have a look at GROW CUBE. I like the look of it at least. If you get tired there is a solution here. It's, however, debatable if there's any logic to it... There are a few more games to try, among them the original Grow.
Nishant Choksi
Nishant Choksi - Astonish Illustration
Also check these galleries out: one and two.
Thanks to Smidigt.se!
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The Bottom Of The Sea
Are you feeling stressed? Try this soothing game.
Orisinal.com - The Bottom Of The Sea
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Matchbox Packaging - a photoset on Flickr
Wow! This really takes me back even if it was my brother who was building the stuff.
Matchbox Packaging - a photoset on Flickr
Via NIBLOG
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Poster Art: Swedish Concert Posters
Selected posters from the amusement park and concert scene Gröna Lund in Stockholm. All of the posters above are designed by Nils Sture Jansson.
"The two persons that probably have meant the most for the concert poster art in Sweden are Nils Sture Jansson, the man who designed the concert posters for Gröna Lund during the period around 1970-2000, and Leif Illernäs, Illernäs Screen AB. During the 70, 80- and 90-ties, regardless if you look at a Gröna Lund poster or an Ema-Telstar poster, this is the only name you´ll see. The reason for this is that Illernäs Screen printed the posters for both Gröna Lund och Ema-Telstar."
Thus writes Thomas Jonsson, a poster collector. Here's his interesting collection of swedish concert posters. One of Sweden's largest he says. I for one hope it will grow and that he manages to collect every Gröna Lund poster there is. And there are many for sure. Most great swedish acts have performed there and big international artists play Gröna Lund every year.
Poster artist Nils Sture Jansson's style was distinct and he stuck to this great concept during the years. However he was replaced a few years ago by artist Kristian Russell (Agent Form). Russell's style, I guess you could say, is a modern variation of Jansson's and with clear referrences to his predecessor's work.
Creature Comforts
This is sort of an update to the post I made the other day about Aardman Animations. Bountiful Brazilian Bibi of Bibi's Box has found the best of the Ardman productions which is the one where the animals at a zoo are interviewed. Here it is: AtomFilms - Creature Comforts or if it doesn't work for you try this (mov.). There are more Aardman at AtomFilms - look here. Also there is this little piece of government information.
UPDATE! Here's the first and original Creature Comforts - the one that won Nick Park the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1990. Also there's quite a lot of other Creature Comforts clips to watch on YouTube.
UPDATE! A clip from the upcoming new Wallace & Gromit movie can be seen here. Thanks again Bibi.
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George Grosz
A collection of works by the german artist George Grosz (1893-1959). Read about the artist here.
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Fly Me On a Goose
Have you ever heard of Nils Holgersson? The little boy who flew across Sweden on a goose. The book was written over a hundred years ago by swedish nobel prize laureate Selma Lagerlöf.
Take a look at an interpretation of Holgersson's flight and listen to a classic swedish song celebrating the county of Skåne (or Scania)*. It contains aerial photography, trick filming and some animation.
Impressive? Well, it's from 1939. What can you expect? The heavy set artist is Edvard Persson, one of the biggest (!) movie stars in Sweden at that time. Check the video out: bigger and smaller.
Here's a sing-a-long version of another classic Edvard Persson song "Jag har bott vid en landsväg". Probably nothing for the non-swedish or even the non-scanians. But be my guest - have a go!
*By the way that's where PCL LinkDump resides.
Underwater Photography
Take a deep breath and dive in. Enjoy the spectacular marine life in the photos of David Doubilet.
Doubilet Doubilet - Underwater Photography Portfolio
Via Smidigt.se
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