• Farming Algae in Hutt Lagoon

    Hutt Lagoon is a salt water lake near the coast, just north of the mouth of the Hutt River, in Western Australia. The water of the lake is bring pink in color due to the presence of two types of algae that produces a reddish-orange organic pigment called Beta-Carotene, that is used commercially as a coloring pigment in food and medicines. Hutt Lagoon is the world’s largest system of algae farms dedicated to the production of this pigment. [via Amusing Planet]

    Photos taken by Steve Back

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  • Stereotank is a little “library” in NYC designed by Venezuelan architects Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente. The concept creates an ‘inhabitable’ environment, where users can immerse themselves into the space, taking the time to browse through books and borrow or exchange them. The structure is built out of an inversed plastic tank and a wooden frame. perforations around the volume allows visitors to peek inside and preview the interior configuration, which can be accessed by ducking under the yellow structure. [via designboom]

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  • Follow Me To  is an intimate collection of photos where Murad Osman takes pictures of being led by his girlfriend, Natalia Zakharova, through some of the world’s most iconic landmarks and destinations. 

    The first photo happened accidentally in Barcelona when Natalia and Murad were on vacation. “Nataly was a bit annoyed that I was always taking pictures of everything, so she grabbed my hand and tried to pull me forward,” he explained to The Daily Mail UK.

    “That said it didn’t stop me from doing photos while she was pulling me. So that’s how it all started.”

    (Source: m0iety)

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  • Xu Bing, A Book From the Sky, 1987. Installation at Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991. Moveable-type prints and books. 

    Xu trained as a printmaker in Beijing. A Book From the Sky, with its invented Chinese woodblock characters, may be a stinging critique of the meaninglessness of contemporary political language. 

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  • Tippi Degré: Girl Who Grew Up in African Wildlife

    Born to two French wildlife photographer parents, Tippi spent her childhood living in the deserts of Namibia. There, she befriended  an elephant named Abu, a leopard nicknamed J&B, crocodiles, lion cubs, giraffes, an ostrich, meerkats, a baby zebra, a cheetah, a Caracal, a snake, giant bullfrogs, and many other untamed animals of the wild. 

    “I don’t have friends here. Because I never see children. So the animals are my friends,” she once said.

    Furthermore, she also became friends with the Bushmen and the Himba tribes-people of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, and to speak their language.

    Tippi is now 23 years old, and has published a book titled Tippi of Africa, where she has documented her unique childhood. 

    (Source: m0iety)

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  • Izima Kaoru - Landscape with a Corpse (2003)

    Kaoru is a Japanese photographer that combines death and fashion in a very seductive way. He invites actresses and models to reveal their fantasies about a perfect death: above all, he asks them which designer clothes they would like to wear when they die.

    1. UA wears Toga
    2. Hasegawa Kyoko wears Yves Saint Laurent
    3. Igawa Haruka wears Dolce Gabbana

    (Source: m0iety)

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  • Florence Welch in her own house, photographed by Angelo Pennetta for Vogue, May 2013.

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