Artist Peter Root made this gorgeous miniature cities from stacks of staples and then photographed them. The making-of video contains some sweet time-lapse shots. Also check the other works on his site, some great ideas there!

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Killer Flash experiment starring fluid geometric objects mirroring the environment. I don't think many of you thought this is possible in Flash, did you?

Excellent typographic treatment from Netherlands.

Simple idea, great fun, thorough execution in Futura.

Abstract generative 3D motion piece by Future Deluxe for the coming "Life in 2050" exhibition. Perfectly matching sound as well.

Lightning strikes within Eyafallajökull’s ash column. If this were from a movie or a fantasy illustration, I would consider this to be totally over the top. But this is real photography, albeit with long exposure time. Gorgeous! Check out the other images.

Gizmodo claims to have found one of the next iPhones, rumored to be released end of June 2010. The reasons I post this:

a) I want one. Desperately.

b) I find it very interesting, how this unit came into Gizmodo‘s hands. They say somebody found it on the floor in a bar, disguised as a iPhone 3G. Maybe someone wants to buy the movie rights?

c) There is a lot of nervousness, giddy hands and excitement to be felt if you look closer behind Gizmodo‘s pseudo-professional facade. Fan-boyism at its best. Just look at the shaky camera of the videos.

Edit: The story on Gizmodo, the story behind it, and this is already all over the interwebs, including satiric puppet videos .

I am wearing my fabulous new t-shirt from etherbrian today: www.etsy.com/listing/43998670/mens-m-aa-tee---also-sprach-miyamoto

Pretty extensive, light-hearted and funny flowchart on the choice of the right typeface for a design. By Julian Hansen.

Nature, astronomy, science fiction, geometry, great color & texture combos. There's just no way for me to NOT like these graphic works by Atmostheory.

Beautifully simple info graphic from informationisbeautiful.net.

Umbrella is a short film created by Philip Vose for his character animation class at Cal Arts. The archetype story of good and bad is told once again, but so detailed and surprising, that all 171 seconds of it are a joy to watch.

From Veerle‘s blog: Some insight into how the new package, icon and interface designs for the just-announced Adobe Creative Suite 5 came together. I love the use of color and especially the new splash screens (above), but the consistency and simplicity might get dull if they do another release on the same tracks.

Click here for another simple animation by whitevinyldesign. Possibly scripted. Very beautiful.

From whitevinyldesign.com: Simple but sweet animation of our solar system that triggers rhythmic sound effects. Nearly music, but not quite. And beautiful. Leave it running for a few minutes!

It looks like a giant alien spacecraft, but it‘s a fractal structure, generated by a mathematics algorithm. The light, shadow and the red haze is rendered. Watching in HD recommended!

A fine retro-modern geometric sans typeface with additional decorative styles. Reminds me of Avantgarde and Futura, with a playful twist. The normal weight is available for free until May 10!

Phantastic type design from german students going on at 26plus-zeichen.de: Initiated by three young designers this website shows works in progress as well as finished fonts in detail and with lots of background info.

There are also three fonts available for free download (for non-commercial projects): A geometric »Edelsans« (pictured above), a super-condensed »Singula« and a rather daring display font called »Fracmetrica«. Keep it up, guys!

8-bit video game characters taking over New York City. The best CGI you will see today. Period.

By Renaud Hallée, such a simple yet beautiful animation! How awesome that it‘s done with “Basic keyframe animation using flash, without scripting.”

Only 1:40 long, but packed with gorgeous graphic details and awesome 2D/3D animation is this music video by Takuya Hosogane, music by cubesato.

An architectural concept that is not likely to be see the light of day: In the former battlegrounds of Sarajevo, these houses shall rise up high into the airspace once occupied by falling mortar and artillery shells fired by the city’s besiegers in the surrounding mountains. By occupying the airspace, the High Houses reclaim it for the people of the city.

Poetic, beautiful and a great concept. The drawings alone are worth a look.

One visual idea I cannot get enough of for years now is the juxtaposition of nature and abstraction. A perfect example for that contrast is this series of photographies by David Maisel. At first it seems to be an abstract painting, but looking closer you see that these are tree logs in a frozen lake, from a bird's eye view.

Geometry! You never fail to amaze with your beautifully clean transparency. The work of Tom Gallo on Excape into life.