From ‘P Is For Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever’ by Raj Haldar, wherein silent consonants are used to annoy children.
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A short by designer and art director Chris Labrooy featuring an ‘all star automotive cast from around the world’, but not in any normal way. To wit:
Elegant British classics mixed with Inflatable German autos and chopped up American metal. Including the E-Type Jaguar; Porsche 911 Carrera RS / Flamingo spec; 68 Pontiac Bonneville; Porsche 911 carrera RS / Swan spec; Mercedes Pagoda; Mercedes Transporter; BMW 3.0 CSL; Chevrolet Corvette Stingray; Citroen 2CV; Ford F-150 and Porsche 911 Carrera RS / Duck spec.
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Behold: the 1966 Jaguar XJ13 – or rather, a 21st century recreation of – arguably – the best looking racing car Jaguar never made.
The XJ13 was the result of a stalled project to reinvigorate the company’s fortunes at Le Mans but the car never went into production and only one prototype was ever produced. Long, low, impossibly sleek and now remade – identical down to the last rivet by New Zealander Rob Tempero.
The reincarnated XJ13, complete with mid-mounted V12 displayed under a glass cowl, goes to auction at Monterey next month.
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt applies its no-nonsense balanced approach to matters carnivorous. To wit:
Over the last few years eating meat has increasingly been associated with health risks, like heart disease, cancer and an early death. How unhealthy is meat really?
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Village People’s 1978 anthem with its perky disco backdrop replaced with angry shredding by Andy Rehfeldt for some reason.
After its spectacular opposition last November, Mars still shone brightly, offering a pleasing addition to shots of the night sky. To wit:
The celestial beacon easily attracted the attention of these two night skygazers who stood still for just a while, but long enough to be captured in the sea and night skyscape from Big Sur, planet Earth. Its central bulge near the southwestern horizon, the Milky Way runs through the scene too, while the long exposure also reveals a faint blue bioluminescence blooming in the waves along Pfeiffer Beach. Now much fainter, Mars can be spotted near the western horizon after sunset, but this month Jupiter is near its closest and brightest, reaching its own opposition on June 10. Night skygazers can spot brilliant Jupiter over southern horizons, glaring next to the stars toward the central Milky Way.
(Image: Jack Fusco)
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‘Inside Information’ – a 50x70cm 3-colour litho print by print studio Dorothy depicting 40 historic moments in rock ’n’ roll occurring in a cutaway Vox AC30 amplifier, among them…
…the Beatles’ gig on top of the Apple building, The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park, Bob Dylan going electric, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Jimi Hendrix at Monterey International Pop Music Festival, Sex Pistols at Lesser Free Trade Hall and The KLF burning a million quid.
Slow Dance – a most unusual device designed by artist and roboticist Jeff Lieberman for Wonder Machines which uses some kind of imperceptible vibrating witchcraft to make objects placed in contact with its demonic gubbins appear to move in slow motion.
Illustrations from the weird and wonderful ‘Codex Seraphinianus’, written in the 1970s by by Italian artist Luigi Serafini. To wit:
Codex Seraphinianus is strange, even for the most open-minded readers. Codex Seraphinianus is essentially an encyclopedia about an alien world that is clearly a reflection of our own, with each chapter dealing with key facets of this surreal place, including the flora, fauna, science, machines, games, and architecture. However, it’s difficult to be exact because no-one has been able to understand even the ‘Contents’ page.