FSotW: Paleontology
Via Pharyngula, Flickr set of the week is Paleontology by Goniagnostus.
Probolichas FH lg, originally uploaded by Goniagnostus.
FSotW: Bending Light
Via 30gms: Flickr set of the week is Bending Light by Alan Jaras.
These are photograms, taken by capturing light directly on 35mm film—i.e. without any lenses or anything—and record the refraction patterns made by light passing through glass and other transparent objects.
Shrouded in Light, originally uploaded by Reciprocity.
Creation in Red, originally uploaded by Reciprocity.
FSotW: Rayguns
Flickr Set of the Week is rayguns (intergalactic self-defense mechanisms) by lockwasher. Who says:
I started putting these intergalactic self-defense mechanisms (ray guns) together after being totally inspired by Clayton Bailey, artist/gunsmith. I also draw inspiration from old 50’s and 60’s space movies/TV/toys…anything retro cool! I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did creating them. Stay tuned, I have about 15 or so that I’ve already completed but have yet to load up and depending on what kind of stuff I find, I can usually crank out a couple of these a month.
air juicer ray gun, originally uploaded by Lockwasher.
hitman of the party ray gun, originally uploaded by Lockwasher.
Cool though those are, I’m getting bored of FSotW. It’s not as entertaining as Mask of the Week used to be. Hmm. Might need to think of something else.
FSotW: Inverkip Power Station
Flickr set of the week is Inverkip Power Station by Dazzababes.
Inverkip Power Station is an oil fired power station built in the 1970’s which, by the time of completion, was already uneconomical to run owing to the rising cost of oil.
It only reached peak capacity during the miners strike of 1984 and has lain disused since it was mothballed as a strategic reserve in 1988.Plans are underway for the dismantling of the plant, although no decision has been reached as to a subsequent use for the site.
Inverkip Power Station – Control Room, originally uploaded by Dazzababes.
Inverkip Power Station, originally uploaded by Dazzababes.
Inverkip Power Station, originally uploaded by Dazzababes.
FSotW: Old Disneyland
Flickr set of the week is Old Disneyland by Tom Simpson: “Pictures from its construction and first few years of operation.”
FSotW: Letter S
Flickr set of the week is Letter S by Leo Reynolds. He also has sets for the other letters and numbers.
These photos are available under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa license.
FSotW: Phnom Penh Garbage Dump
Flickr set of the week is Phnom Penh Garbage Dump by primitivenerd.
FSotW: 163 Beach Huts
Flickr set of the week is 163 Beach Huts by psymon1962.
FSotW: Military Weaponry for Kids
Flickr set of the week is Military Weaponry for Kids, by sinosplice, who explains that these are ‘Pages from a coloring book/drawing book/character practice book for Chinese kids.’
FSotW: Buenos Aires Street Art
Flickr set of the week is Buenos Aires Street Art by mikeyernst.
FSotW: Stereographic Projections
Flickr set of the week is Stereographic Projections by Seb Przd. I don’t understand the details of how these are made, but he starts with a panorama and applies some kind of mathematical wizardry to it. As always, click on one of the photos to go to the page on Flickr.
FSotW: Polaroids
Flickr set of the week is Polaroids, by anniebee. They’re polaroids (obviously)
mainly taken in New York. I really like these – do check out the whole set. Particularly, but not only, the glorious ones of Coney Island.
FSotW: My Happy Soviet Childhood
Flickr set of the week is My Happy Soviet Childhood by Freedom Toast.
EDIT: Oh crap, there’s always something, isn’t there. Why can’t any two browsers render the same bit of code in the same way? I don’t want borders under my linked images, you stupid machine.
EDIT LATER: Well, I’ve come up with a solution that works on every browser I’ve tested except Opera. I think I’m willing to accept that 1.1% of my visitors are just going to have to put up with it. Hell, my new version even looks slightly better on the older versions of IE which fail to display dotted borders properly.
FSotW: Doorbell Instructions
Flickr set of the week is Doorbell Instructions by, of all people, Dave Gorman.
“When the presence of a doorbell isn’t enough and instructions are deemed necessary.”
FSotW: Heavy Metal Concert Flyers
Flickr set of the fortnight, really, since I forgot last week. Anyway, it’s Heavy Metal Concert Flyers by quibx. From the old days before computers when people actually did these things with a felt-tip pen and a photocopier. It would be hard to claim that any of the results are lost design classics, but I do like some of the idiosyncratic details. Like “former Fate’s Warning members”:
And what’s not to love about a tag-line like “George Bush, Dan Quayle, and The P.M.R.C. all hate RANCID FOETUS”:
And Heavy Metal Design Rule #1 is of course, that you can never go wrong with a skull motif:
FSotW: Katrina Damage
Flickr set of the week this week is Katrina Damage by jsdart.
“these images were shot in November 2006 over a year after the hurricane”
FSotW: matchbox labels
Flickr set of the week is matchbox labels by Maraid – who is in fact Jane McDevitt of Maraid Design in Yorkshire. I particularly love the tapir.
FSotW: Tiny Animals On Fingers
This week’s Flickr set of the week is Tiny Animals On Fingers by specklet. Which is pretty self-explanatory, I think.
FSotW: USSR Posters
Flickr set of the week is USSR Posters, an absolutely staggering collection of 1,469 “Russian and/or Soviet propaganda & advert posters [1917-1991]” put on Flickr by bpx. I’ve only had a chance to dip into them, but here’s a few to give you a taste:
The same person has an even larger selection of WWII posters which might well be FSotW another time. It certainly deserves its own post.