UI Museum of Natural History's 100-year-old insect collection comes to life | Iowa Now - The University of Iowa

UI Museum of Natural History's 100-year-old insect collection comes to life | Iowa Now - The University of Iowa

crystals

Chrome aluminum crystals in a chrome aluminum solution, at 20x magnification.

The shadows formed by the back-lighting on these crystals create an geometric pattern that could be useful in design. Also, the macro-crystals in crystalline glazes are formed from metal ion compounds similar to these.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulslab/4385244497/in/photostream/

Object Design Alliance: Jutamas Buranajade and Piti Amraranga

Big Bowl Small

This decorative earthenware bowl is interesting in that it is a play on scale with an object we use everyday.

http://www.o-d-a.net/

Matthew Chambers

Bud l - Fragmentation series 2009. 30 cm H

Matthew Chambers is a ceramic artist from the UK. His works focus around an interest in geometry and most of his pieces involve pieces within pieces such as the one above.

http://matthewchambers.co.uk/

weiwei cam

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Check out ai wei wei's new cameras. He was detained by the Chinese government last year for 81 days. Since being released on some tax evasion charges, wei wei has been constantly monitored. So he decided to put some cameras in his own home...