Visual*~*Revolution

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral. Making mosaic illustrations require great creativity and a vast amount of time. Charis Tsevis is an expert for this form of art.

Typeworks #88 - A Brief History of Typography.

While learning will likely always have as its foundation the ability to read, write, and think, in the fast-paced, information-rich, socialized digital world of 2012, new currencies are emerging for learners to master–new skills, concepts, and thinking habits that are crucial to a consistent ability to absorb, process, and redistribute data and original thinking as a global citizen.

The currencies listed below are inspired by a variety of thinkers, in form most of all by Art Costa and Bena Kallick’s excellent Habits of Mind.

Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita creates mesmerizing portraits made from a single, unbroken thread. We originally saw these on My Modern Met, and were dazzled by Yamashita's skill.

The ever clever Mutts comic strip created by Patrick McDonnell on our favourite subject of SUMMER!

An infographic designed to assist in leadership development courses by helping participants to increase their awareness of leaders and leadership theories through the ages, and the correlation between these and the developing world.

A curated collection of video pertaining to the SMART Board Notebook program. These video tutorials should be helpful in assisting you to make the most of your SMART Board.

Can you imagine a world without internet ? I know it is very hard to even conceive of such an idea but if your are in your thirties then you need to think just a little back back to the 1980s and the early 1990s when there was no such a thing called Internet. Insterad of sending an email we would send mail using post office and wait for weeks for an answer, and instead of going to Google news we would buy newspapers, and instead of YouTube we would have a VHS video recorder or Walkman cassette recorder. Oh yes-the simplier life!

Exciting works of fiction Wonderful Photography by Cranbrook, Canada based artist Joel Robison. Joel lives in a valley in British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains, as close to the forest as he could possibly be!

Polish illustrator Igor Morski creates amazingly surreal artworks that are so well-executed, they'll take you to a whole new world. Each image bursts with an incredible amount of creativity; it's as though they tell stories that could fill a book with many fantastical pages.

http://www.igor.morski.pl/

From the time-lapse masters, 'T-RECS'  from Dresden, Germany. Here are some astro nighttime shots they captured on their USA vacation trip to Dantes View - Death Valley, Yosemite Park.

In a move that proves our tech obsession has overcome any desire of being fashionable, here are jeans equipped with a see-through pocket so you can use your iPhone while it’s in your pocket. Yes because god forbid you take the darn thing out to use it.

Now that summer is here-fabulous swimwear from Jantzen circa 1950s.

Dolly Garland's lovely 'Kaizen Journaling' Blog:

Do you keep a journal? Have you ever wanted to? Maybe you do keep one, but it doesn’t really have a purpose. With this post, I aim to show you a wide range of things that you could use your journal for.