A Series Of Illustrated Infographics That Explain How Our Daily Objects Work
designtaxi.com

London-based illustrator Jing Zhang has created a series of colorful graphic-based infographics that explain how our daily objects work.
In the series titled ‘Imaginary Factory’, she highlights specific items that a person comes in regular cont…

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Mathematica code:

ID = ImageData[
Binarize[Rasterize[
Import["Erwin.jpg"], 
RasterSize -> 100], .7], 
DataReversed -> True]

Tile[k_, rx_, ry_, x_, y_, r_] :=
Table[
 Translate[
  Rotate[
   {AbsoluteThickness[k],
    Circle[{i, i}, {rx, ry}, {i*Pi, Pi/2 + i*Pi}]},
   r, {.5, .5}],
  {x, y}],
 {i, 0, 1, 1}]

Parquet[IS_, X_, Y_, u_, v_, k_, rx1_, rx2_, ry1_, ry2_, f_, t_] :=
Graphics[
 Table[
  Tile[
 k,
 rx1 + rx2*x/X,
 ry1 + ry2/2*(1 + Sin[2 Pi (f*y/Y - t)]),
 x, y, 
 ID[[1 + v*y, 1 + u*x]] Pi/2],
  {x, 3, X, 1}, {y, 5, Y, 1}],
 ImageSize -> IS, PlotRange -> {{3, X + 1}, {5, Y + 1}}]

Manipulate[
Parquet[500, 56, 60, 2, 2, 2, .5, 0, 0, .5, .5, t],
{t, 0, 17/18, 1/18}]

Sky Art: Thomas Lamadieu Illustrates in the Sky Between Buildings
Christopher Jobson, thisiscolossal.com

For anyone who has lived or visited a narrow courtyard wrapped in buildings it can sometimes be a claustrophobic space with the sky limited in all directions, but the strange geometric gaps formed by the surrounding architecture are often fun to…

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New York Times Builds Haiku-Bot, Turns News Headlines Into Poetry
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Senior software architect at The New York Times, Jacob Harris, built a ‘Haiku Bot’ that scans through newly published articles in The New York Times for haikus.
Published in the Tumblr Haiku.NyTimes.com, the five-seven-five syllabled found gems…

Bradley Hart’s Protective Portraits
core77.com

Okay, does anyone want to guess how artist Bradley Hart made these portraits? Any clue what those pixels are, arranged in that neat hexagonal pattern you’ve clearly seen before?Even if you puzzle out that Hart can buy some of the raw materials for…

This amazing {and patient} artist injects acrylic paint in bubble wrap to create this vivid portraits.

Artist Turns Rap Lyrics Into NYC Site-Specific Street Signs
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In his on-going street art project called ‘Rap Quotes’, artist Jay Shells turns selected rap lyrics into NYC site-specific street signs.
Shells first selects lyrics from rap songs that referenc…

Agency Sends Briefs Back To Clients, As Elaborate 3D Paper Sculptures
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To promote its design department to its clients, Johannesburg, South Africa-based creative agency TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris decided to send back existing briefs that didn’t specifically require design…

Prove what kind of amazing work you can do.