arybin on May 17th 2012 Medieval
Carl Pyrdum of Got Medieval (with a little help from Mario) makes a clever argument for the illustration of gravity in the margins of medieval manuscripts:
In order to keep the man and his goat in the middle from falling right on through the bottom of the page, the artist draws in little patches of ground beneath them. Mario, no stranger to platforms that hang in the air as if bolted to the background, would feel right at home with this arrangement.
See the original blog post here.
arybin on Feb 9th 2012 ARTstor,Images by Subscription
Check out ARTstor’s recent blog post which includes links to some unexpected Valentine’s Day images. Enjoy!
arybin on Jan 27th 2012 Moving Images,Photography
NYPL Labs is proud to bring you the Stereogranimator, a tool for transforming historical stereographs from The New York Public Library’s vast collections into shareable 3D web formats. This site is all about your participation, so have fun with it, experiment with it, and let us know how we can improve it. In fact, this project wouldn’t even exist if it hadn’t been for a user like yourself getting creative with library collections. Here’s the story of how that happened…
arybin on Aug 16th 2011 Color
The website NSKYC updates every 5 minutes with the new average color of the NYC sky. (Washington D.C. is also available).
Contact the site’s creator, Mike Bodge, to add your city (must have access to webcam, Internet, and excellent view).
arybin on Apr 1st 2011 Images on the Web
Happy April Fools’ Day! In celebration of spring, check out the International Edible Book Festival.
April 1st is the birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. April fools’ day is also the perfect day to eat your words and play with them as the “books” are consumed on the day of the event. This ephemeral global banquet, in which anyone can participate, is shared by all on the internet and allows everyone to preserve and discover unique bookish nourishments.
Enjoy!
arybin on Aug 20th 2010 Design,Photography
Get caffeinated this weekend with a camera lens coffee mug. Just be sure not to mistake it for your actual camera lens!
