Birch’s Music Monday

by | Feb 27, 2012 | Blog, Music Monday

We’ve rounded up the latest and greatest of music for you to listen to and enjoy on this beautiful Monday afternoon. To begin, watch this brilliant video from Gotye with a hint of stop-motion animation called “Easy Way Out”… …next, be the first...

Designing A Universal Language

by | Feb 24, 2012 | Blog, Design

Isotype (International System of TYpographic Picture Education) is a method of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form. Check out this interesting, very old, representation of this is Otto Neurath’s book International...

Coffee Ring Portrait

by | Feb 21, 2012 | Art, Blog

Malaysian artist, Hong Yi, created this dazzling portrait of Taiwanese musician, Jay Chou, from coffee stains after being inspired by his music. She is known for out of the box art projects like her portrait of retired basketball player, Yao Ming, made using only a...

The Twentieth Century Time Machine

by | Feb 16, 2012 | Blog, Design

In the last 1920, engineer and scientist, Gordon Earl Adams, attempted to create a time machine in the basement of his house. The pictures below are evidence of his endeavors. What we want to know is did the machine work? There is no record. What happened to Gordon...