Data Is Nature

I don't really know anything about this blog, just discovered it by accident, but it seems interesting enough! I think especially Jenjen might be interested in the aesthetics and concepts? www.dataisnature.com

Scientific Illustration

Here is a nice little collection of scientific illustrations - illustrations we all love and adore:

Do you know Theo Jansen? (not the soccer player!)

This is amazing stuff; ingenious, marvellous, beautifull and spectacular. Dutch artist Theo Jansen creates creatures that roam the beaches in Holland, gracefully moving around, driven by the wind. His works are a wonderfull fusion between art and engineering. I'd love to see his monsters in real life once!










not to be confused with the other Theo Jansen:

Victorian Infographics

Ah, the beauty! This warms my heart and makes me happy. :) Victorian Infographics on BibliOdyssey.





(Via BoingBoing)

Vintage Technical Documents Porn

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. For all of us who love old technical documents (and old technology in general), this is a good place to be.


Marc Weidenbaum of Disquiet writes:

The legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed down in 1998, after 40 years. (...) Over at the BBC website, there is a treasure trove of old technical monographs from the Radiophonic's heyday. The documents, packed with technical diagrams and detailed descriptions of BBC procedures, date back to the 1950s.

via BoingBoing.

On Inception

For those of us who enjoyed Christopher Nolan's Inception, here's a link to Nolan's own hand-drawn outline for the film's structure, as well as an interesting interview conducted by his brother, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, in which they not only discuss the film and filmmaking but also thoughts on the mind, dreaming, and (which will probably appeal to Jenjen) defying the popular analogy of the computer for the human brain.

Odd Laboratory Photos

I think everyone here can find something of special interest in this collection of vintage laboratory photos...



(via BoingBoing)

Teylers Museum Haarlem

Jenny's back - finally, after months of work.....
starting with a bunch of pictures of Teylers Museum Haarlem from our Netherland-Trip in spring (long time ago, I know :)

The Teylers Museum is the oldest Museum in the Netherlands, a huge collection of natural history stuff, everything from fossils to drawings by Lineé. Here I focus on the room of scientific instruments.