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Timelapse Fireflies in Japan

A stunning collection of photos of fireflies captured in timelapse photography. Makes me miss the summertime. Thanks to t.chin for the link[ READ MORE ]

All Wooden Ride

Photos: Jan Gunneweg Via Treehugger: There’s a lot of wooden bikes out there, ranging from the glue-it-yourself, no-metal kind, to award-winning, high-end designer bikes. But this near all-wooden bike, handmade by Dutch industrial designer Jan Gunneweg, must be one of the most beautiful wooden specimens we’ve seen to date.Made out of solid walnut and weighing [ READ MORE ]

A Good Perspective in São Paulo

Great use of design, color and perspective. love it. Via CoolHunting and Arrested Motion: Five Spanish artists take graffiti and mural painting to the streets of Vila Brâsilandia in São Paulo, Brazil. The favela’s winding streets are given a 3D effect with brilliant colors and words that are legible from specific points of perspective. Boa [ READ MORE ]

Apple Could Manufacture in the US, Most Consumers Wouldn’t Buy

With all of the attention on Apple’s working conditions in China, it’s interesting to know how things started. Long before the giant Foxconn plants, long before scandals about workers becoming suicidal and living in mass communal spaces, things were quite different. Reading the Steve Jobs biography, you learn that Apple began manufacturing in beautiful, high-end [ READ MORE ]

LED Snowboarder

Via Colossal: Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton shot this hauntingly beautiful video in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France starring pro snowboarder William Hughes who dons a special suit laden with white LEDs. Sutton, who has created work for the likes of Hermès, Burberry and The New York Times, spent three nights on a [ READ MORE ]

The 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World

FastCompany has a good list and good insight into what they claim are the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Check out the whole list, here are the top 5: Apple For walking the talk Facebook For 800 million reasons to share Google For expanding its hit lineup Amazon For playing the long game [ READ MORE ]

Shattering the Calm

Photographer Martin Klimas has an international following, and these exploding flower vases show just a bit of his ingenious eye[ READ MORE ]

Republicans and Big Oil Afraid of Bicycles

I’ve toiled whether to avoid politically-charged articles on this site, but when issues hit particularly close to home, they must be shared.  As an avid cyclist and huge advocate of a clean (and safe) transportation system in the US, this type of backwards-thinking legislation is scary. Via Treehugger: © April Streeter By now you must [ READ MORE ]

Back to the Start

A really strong ad by Chipotle gives us a sense of why small farms matter. A great soundtrack by Willy Nelson singing Coldplay. I was late to find this ad, but was stunned by it. Amazingly cute and powerful at the same time. Directed by Johnny Kelly, this is really well done. Watch it fullscreen [ READ MORE ]

Eau Good Charcoal Water Filter

Via Cool Hunting: From design powerhouse Black + Blum comes a stellar new alternative to wasteful disposable water bottles. Eau Good uses Binchō-tan, a traditional Japanese charcoal, to naturally filter tap water over the course of six hours. The plastic bottle has a small indent to hold the charcoal in place while drinking, and a [ READ MORE ]

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