Still in Love with Polaroid

The capture of motion and movement has been mesmerizing from the first time Eadweard Muybridge captured a galloping horse on film. See his bio on MoMA.org The videos below are a more modern way of exploring motion-capture. You'll notice that you can observe the more subtle movements of people (or animals') bodies when the motion is frozen or slowed down.  This clip (and the photos) below are so neat: At first, I was unable to tell if the still sculptures were constructed, but they are in fact a digital capture of people in motion. CCTV Documentary (Director's cut) from KORB on Vimeo . Taiwan design house JL Design and KORB produced this video. Another video was released by director Michael Langan  back in February called " Choros ." You'll notice a more similar movement capture to Eaduard Muybridge's original motion capture (see below) because you can see individual frames; it's more of a fluid stop-motion than the video above...

This would be an amazing addition to a wedding or party! The fully-funded Kickstarter project, the InstaCube , displays a live stream of Instagram photos. Unlike a digital frame that only cycles through a set number of images, the Cube can be set to show your photo feed, that of your friends, or a specific hashtag. It's what we've been waiting for: Go to a party and upload your party pics with a specific #hashtag  and they'll display immediately! Check out the full Kickstarter campaign here . Now available to pre-order! Click here

The ideal body is portrayed in magazines, TV commericials, and internet ads. Whether male or female, everyone strives for the slim, lean, muscular figure we see on mannequins and models alike. Model Nina Agdal But what if your body isn't perfect?  How many people's bodies really are? An innovative display of mannequins based on the physically-challenged bodies of residents of Switzerland was unveiled in Zurich to raise awareness on December 3, 2013, the International Day of People with Disabilities . The campaign, by disability advocate and charitable organization Pro Infirmis, is called " Because Who is Perfect? Get Closer ," a challenge to passersby to open their minds to embracing the imperfections of the human race. via demilked.com

Using an x-ray machine and CT scanner, Japanese artists  Ayako Kanda and Mayuka Hayashi of Musashino Art University  captured couples in intimate poses. What makes their images unique is that all you can see are the skeletons. Stripped are the romantic or erotic elements of human interaction: skin, facial expressions, hair, and clothing. Without these, you are left to fill in the holes: the cavernous black space encompassing these ghostly white figures. Though they may look like the rudimentary stick-figure drawing equivalent of an ethereal photograph, they are eerily beautiful. The series was displayed in large-scale print format (below) and  won the  2013 Mitsubishi Junior Chemical Designer award .    photos  ©  Ayako Kanda and Mayuka Hayashi via MyModernMet