National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland - Euro 2012

“Warsaw’s new 58,000 capacity National Stadium, now almost completed. The stadium’s architects are German firm gmp, who produced the two-tier design with a retractable roof, 55,000 regular seats and 64 VIP boxes. Stadium construction began in the fall of 2009. The outer fixed roof is made of 55,000 square metres of firm PTFE coated glass fabric, while the inner retractable portion’s material is the more flexible PVC coated polyester fabric spanning 11,000 square metres. The retractable roof is held up by 6 radial cables that have 960 suspending points.” Via: Stadium Porn


Imaging the internal organs of a Ponyfish—”John Sparks, associate curator in the Museum’s Department of Ichthyology, uses enzymes and dyes to reveal key anatomical structures in different species of fishes for study of their function and evolution. Among his study subjects are ponyfishes (family Leiognathidae), a group of bioluminescent fishes common in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific that have a light organ. This internal structure, which varies among ponyfish species, surrounds the esophagus and contains luminescent bacteria, the source of the fish’s light.”
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Imaging the internal organs of a Ponyfish—”John Sparks, associate curator in the Museum’s Department of Ichthyology, uses enzymes and dyes to reveal key anatomical structures in different species of fishes for study of their function and evolution.

Among his study subjects are ponyfishes (family Leiognathidae), a group of bioluminescent fishes common in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific that have a light organ. This internal structure, which varies among ponyfish species, surrounds the esophagus and contains luminescent bacteria, the source of the fish’s light.”

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“This is Going Green 1949 style, bitch”

Ice Cube reflects on the impact of Charles and Ray Eames architectural and design philosophy for the Los Angeles Art retrospective “Pacific Standard Time”

An interesting writeup in the LA Weekly on the show and the other musings can be found here. 

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Atari Symbol - by George Opperman George Opperman, Atari’s first hired artist, created the ”fuji” Atari symbol in 1972. “George tells us that the corporate logo basically represents a stylized letter ‘A’ to stand for ‘Atari.’ He did have an added inspiration in designing the symbol, though. Back in 1972, Atari’s claim to fame was ‘Pong,’ and George says the two side pieces of the Atari symbol represent two opposing video game players, with the center line of the ‘Pong’ court in the middle. (via Art of the Arcade)
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Atari Symbol - by George Opperman

George Opperman, Atari’s first hired artist, created the ”fuji” Atari symbol in 1972. “George tells us that the corporate logo basically represents a stylized letter ‘A’ to stand for ‘Atari.’ He did have an added inspiration in designing the symbol, though. Back in 1972, Atari’s claim to fame was ‘Pong,’ and George says the two side pieces of the Atari symbol represent two opposing video game players, with the center line of the ‘Pong’ court in the middle.

(via Art of the Arcade)