Byrdie.

tripudios:

French artist Julien Salaud created a luminescent ceiling installation titled Grotte Stellaire, which roughly translates as Stellar Cave, at Palais de Tokyo’s Alice Guy Hall in Paris. The sculptural light installation involves interweaving strands of white string, held down with nails, illuminated by a projected ultraviolet light. Walking in and looking up at this radiant ceiling filled with astral imagery and animal figures may feel like entering a grotto whose inner etchings are made visible by the water’s reflection.

The polygonal representations of deer combined with the galactic connecting and intertwining lines also make this piece look like a section of the night sky with figurative constellations. There’s something primal about the setting appearing like a cave, and yet there is a futuristic appeal in its glowing contoured visuals. If you’d like to experience the wondrous installation in person, you can currently catch it at Parisian gallery as part of the Triennial of Contemporary Art that runs through August 6, 2012.

jtotheizzoe:

Life Under the Sea

David Doubilet’s aquatic nature photography captures perspectives that we never see from our terrestrial perch.

Check out more at My Modern Met.

biancarocksout:

So Into It: Molecular Addictions

Oh hey y’all what could be sexier than science and jewelry? Science-y jewelry based on molecular structures of addictive substances.  THAT’s what. Even the phrase molecular addictions just rolling off your tongue (no pun intended), is sexy.

Among said addictive substances in the collection are MDMA (L), Nicotine (C), and THC… but for those who might like to sport/support something a little tamer (or sweeter), they’ve got a necklace for the Chocolate (R) molecule too. As someone who has a severe chocolate addiction… I can definitely vouch that that is a thing. A really addictive thing.

Can we also give them a high-five on the product descriptions, which give you a little background on each substance? Hence adding some substance to your jewelry purchasing experience… har har, (ok we’re getting punny now).

I mean in case you didn’t know

Psilocybin is the hallucinogenic molecule found in magic mushrooms that can cause amazing colorful kaleidoscope-like visuals. Not long after eating some mushrooms the psychedelic trip begins! Objects start to distort and perception is enhanced. 

Or something.  Who wouldn’t want to wear a piece of metal around your neck representing that?

doodlyroses:

This is mindblowing! Large-scale patterned art installations made from salt. 

(from 1 Design Per Day)

explorans:

When was the last time you didn’t tell the truth? This particular poster series by Justin Barber, called Truth and Lies, depicts the common lies we tell ourselves and others alongside the brutal and hilarious truth. 

(Source: modernate)

alecshao:

Regina Silveira - Abyssal, 2010 - adhesive vinyl on floor

ruineshumaines:

“Her songs are floating” (2008), an installation by Mika Aoki.

legraindesable:

Farhad Moshiori