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A Montage of Time in New York

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If you have ever experienced a moment of déjà vu, you may have been one of the subjects in photographer John Clang’s intriguing series Time. In this project, Clang photographs pedestrian traffic along the city streets of New York at various times. He then deconstructs the fluidity of the crowds by tearing multiple…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on February 13, 2012 at 11:29am — 2 Comments

Magnificent Birds Frozen in Time

Here is the End of All Things (Thistle seeds, bluebottles, a taxidermy barn owl, nylon, lead, acrylic)



London-based artist Claire Morgan has already had quite the busy 2011. Using her trademark suspension style, she creates a great deal of energy around these… Continue

Added by Eugene on July 25, 2011 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Top Tech Tools to Save You Time and Money

Intel asked us to present to you some of our top tech tools that can save you time and money. Though we're all about art, design and photography here, we're also all about anything that gives us more time to do the things we love. Check it out at… Continue

Added by alice on November 18, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Nighttime Lights of the World (6 Pics)

The Nighttime Lights of the World dataset contains the first satellite-based global inventory of human settlements, derived from nighttime data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.…



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Added by Slightly Nicer on November 2, 2010 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

The Sickest Surf Video Slows Down Time



Rip Curl recently collaborated with Timeslice Films to create a surf video that's out of this world! Shot over two days on Malaysia's Sunway Lagoon Wavepool, the video features the world's four best surfers, Mick Fanning, Stephanie Gilmore, Owen Wright and Matt Wilkinson, as they show off their sick skills in front of 52 different DSLR cameras. The freeze action is called bullet-time.



As Ripcurl explains, "The revolutionary campaign captures surfing in a way… Continue

Added by alice on October 6, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

A Stitch in Time... (3 pics)

The Gregor 2011 Scarf Calendar is made for people who are sick of technology and have a cat-like obsession with string. Simply fix the knitted calendar on your wall and tug the loose thread to watch the days disappear. The growing clump of yarn on the floor is a sentimental representation of the passing year, and a visual reminder that time is fleeting.…



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Added by thinkpossitive on September 6, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Time of the Sky Watch







"Japanese designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki creates “a small window on one’s arm”, man’s original clock, ‘Time of the Sky’. To create this innovative time piece, Ryohei collaberated with media artist Tomoya Kahimada and programmed the watch so that it displays different colors of the sky every few seconds, therefore referring to changes in the real sky.… Continue

Added by thinkpossitive on August 14, 2010 at 9:10am — 1 Comment

Time Machine Evolution

Stéphane Massa-Bidal, the illustrator who cleverly showed us what our favorite websites look like as book covers, is back with some new work. This one, titled Time Machine Evolution, shows us just how those words have taken on different meaning over the years.…



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Added by alice on July 9, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Infograph: How the World Spends its Time Online

Nielsen periodically releases data from its studies of consumer behavior online. Here are the latest findings regarding social networking, brands, and world net usage. See the large version, here.…



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Added by Eugene on June 21, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan

Over the last year, we've seen quite a few great time lapse videos shot in Japan. Here's another great one by Brad Kremer. The title of the piece is "Hayaku," which translates to "Hurry Up" in English.



"Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world," says Kremer. "This is my Japan. This is one of the many reasons why I love Japan. I shot this in many locations around Japan in the summer of 2009. Some of the location include Tokyo, Matsuyama,… Continue

Added by Eugene on June 2, 2010 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Japan - Heartbeats of Time by Trey Ratcliff

Trey Ratcliff, the most prominent HDR photographer of the past decade, compiled some of his favorite works from Japan and put together this amazing video titled "Japan - Heartbeats of Time."



"I spend a lot of time thinking about the way memory and sight work together," said Ratcliff. " I don't think we remember in 'pictures' or long videos... but something in between. Perhaps we also sense, at times, more than 30 fps, and unexpected parts of the brain fire when we… Continue

Added by Eugene on May 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Time Names Banksy, Lady Gaga and Conan Influential People

For a little inspiration today, check out Time's World's Most Influential People list. From heroes to leaders to artist and thinkers, Time's list includes people we've talked about right here on theMET like Banksy, Kim Yu-Na, and Zaha Hadid. The coolest thing about this… Continue

Added by alice on April 29, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Urban Street Art: Once Upon a Time... (4 pieces)



These amazing pieces by street artist Adres remind me of why I love street art so much. Hailing from Lisbon, Portugal, Adres uses both stencil and paint to create these clever works based on childhood themes.…



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Added by Eugene on April 19, 2010 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Urban Street Art: Time to Get Ill

This wicked new piece by 6EMEIA is literally on the street in São Paulo, Brazil. The site-specific work titled Time to Get Ill features a wristwatch formed from a crosswalk.



The 6EMEIA Project was created and developed by the artists Anderson Augusto, also known as SÃO,… Continue

Added by Eugene on April 9, 2010 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Conan's Old Time Baseball Skit

Conan goes to an old-time restoration baseball game, circa 1864. Conan called it the "favorite thing" he ever did.



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Added by Eugene on January 16, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Celebrity Time Travel (14 pics)

Jack Black

What would celebrities look like if they lived in different time periods? Hundreds of highly talented photoshoppers from around the globe submitted their entry into Worth1000's "Celebrity Time Travel" competition. Here are some of my favorite pieces.

Clint Eastwood…

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Added by Eugene on June 3, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Time Bomb - Interactive Graffiti

TimeBomb is the brainchild of digital artist Lukasz Karluk (Holler) and Sydney sculptor/painter Maddi Boyd (KissKiss). Merging interactive programming and traditional wild-style graffiti painting (“bombing”), Time Bomb allows the audience to unlock the secret history behind a graffiti wall.



Over four days nine urban artists contributed to the TimeBomb piece: DMOTE, Ben Frost, Kid Zoom, Numskull, Roach, Creon, John Doe, Bennett and KissKiss. Painting layers… Continue

Added by Eugene on May 27, 2009 at 8:54am — No Comments

Round and Round We Go: Moray McLaren » We Got Time



A lovely music video for Moray McLaren's "we Got Time," created, drawn and colored by director David Wilson.



All the animations seen in this video were created in camera.



Wonder how they did it? Watch the "making of" video here.

"Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer… Continue

Added by PANDA JU on May 6, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

The Riots of Athens

Major riots in the streets of Athens occurred after the shooting of a teenage boy by riot police over the weekend. A massive student protest against proposed government reforms of state universities turned ugly after a police officer opened fire after youths threw objects at his car. Two police officers have been arrested in connection with the Andreas Grigoropoulos' death. The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis, has expressed his sympathy to the boy's parents, and said his government…

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Added by Eugene on December 9, 2008 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Somalia's Modern Day Pirates

Back in the day I would only hear about pirates if I being read a story or visiting Disneyland. Now, it seems like pirates and their ransom stories are in the news everyday. According to TIME, this year, over 80 ships have been attacked by Somali pirates. They have, by one estimate, collected somewhere in the range $18 million to $30 million in ransom.



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Added by Eugene on December 2, 2008 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

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