uncornered wavelength

stuff I like

[peashooter85]

Mace made for King Henry II of France by swordsmith Diego de Çaias, circa 1540.

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[weirdlandtv]

The magical forests of Eyvind Earle (1916-2000), whose work for Disney I occasionally feature.

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

BLADE RUNNER Concept Art by Syd Mead

[jules420kickflip-blog]

[weirdlandtv]

Illustrations inspired by Fahrenheit 451. By Russian sci-fi artist, Andrei Sokolov (1931-2007). 1950s.

[peashooter85]

Italian wheel-lock pistol, circa 1660.

from Hermann Historica

[st-just]

Sci Fi RPG classes by  Philipp Kruse

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

“Colt Six-Shot Saddle Army Revolver, ‘Third Model Dragoon’, Presented by Samuel Colt to Emperor Nicholas I” Manufactured by Samuel Colt Factory, Hartford, USA, Circa 1853, Serial Number 12407 [1920 x 1070]

[y2kaestheticinstitute]

The Designers Republic – Visual Symbolism Vol. 94 (1990-1994) Logo Sheet Scanned from IDEA vs. The Designers Republic no. 278 (2000/2001)

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Pair of flintlock pistols (steel, silver, ivory, ebony, leather, and flint) Netherlands 1655–1670[3000x2324]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Head of a Ceremonial War Hammer, circa 1575, Italian [4000x2857]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Cabinet made by the Ottoman Emperor Abdülhamid II, 19th century [697x1200]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Roman officer’s helmet decoration in the shape of a harpy eagle, National Museum of Denmark (2000x1968)

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Reliquary arm of Saint Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, 1500s, Museu de São Roque, Portugal [574 x 1200]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

One of the oldest mask in the world: Mask decorated with paint, Nahal Hemar Cave, Judean Desert, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 9,000 years old. [960 x 860]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

A Taino ‘Zemi’ ancestral spirit stone carving - Caribbean, 1000-1500 AD [3688 x 1960]

[y2kaestheticinstitute]

MTV Online in 1995-1996 by Manabu Inada for MTV Interactive Included the virtual 3D chat program, TikkiLand: 

“MTV brought an exotic location to cyberspace last week as it debuted a virtual 3-D chat environment dubbed TikkiLand. PC users can enter a virtual tropical environment replete with tiki god images (a la Easter Island), assume an animated avatar persona and talk in real-time audio with other online visitors around a pool. Avatar heads can be customized or users can take on images of a pharaoh or other historical figure. Users need Pentium computers equipped with standard modems and sound cards to participate in online chat sessions. However, says Matt Farber, MTV and new business, “this really isn’t an elitist technology.” MTV plans to stage virtual TikkiLand chat sessions with celebrities and its on-air personalities. Future events could include Beavis and Butt-head doing virtual interviews. MTV kicked off is new online feature on-air last week, with avatars of its VJs in on-air segments. Users can bring other sound, including music, into the environment. The TikkiLand spaces will be limited to 20 participants each. The technology is driven with the use of 10 Sun Microsystems servers on the Internet. Despite audio glitches during a demonstration last week, OnLive expects to finish beta testing TikkiLand within the month.” 

Scanned from a 1998 issue of IDEA Magazine.