theo’s gallimaufry

Jason LaFerra finds the textures and contours of old maps are fascinating, even the tattered and stained parts. In this series, he digitally manipulates cartographic materials to create fauna, mostly birds, in poses reminiscent of field guides from a similarly early era of publication.

The patterns of forests and shores often become an animal's feathers or fur, while the rings of topography often trace out wings or antlers.

All available to purchase on Etsy. 

Madgets are magnetic widgets for interactive tabletops. Like SLAP widgets, they provide the rich haptic feedback of tangible controls and use the table's rear-projection to change their visual appearance. In addition, permanent magnets attached to their base enable their flexible actuation.

An intro to Audanika SoundPrism with an explanation of the interface and the main concepts of it.

If the developer's voice is anything to go by, this will make you so laid back, you'd almost be stoned.

And in his words: "It will always sound at least good, most of the time it will sound great".

And for those who would prefer to create Hipster Noise Pollution, there's always:

The world's deepest bin was a fun entrant in a branded competition for an automotive manufacturer.

It's official, Jackson is the epitome of cool.

via boingboing.net

From the archives of Boing Boing: Allen cuts the figures from vintage paperbacks and folds them up and out of the cover to create dioramas.

Made with: openFrameworks, and max/msp/jitter by aircord
Download program files for footage: here

Women Are Heroes*, is a project that featuring portraits of 70 women taken around the world.

JR started this back in 2007.

"Taking his trusty 28 millimeter lens, for the last year JR has been traveling to such countries as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Southern Sudan and Kenya, documenting the lives of a group of incredibly courageous women." WC.

*Except that Myra Hindley one. She was a nightmare.