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Woody’s Secret – The secret life of a wooden mannequin

ufunk — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:17:06 +0000

The “Woody’s Secret” series by photographer Nicolas Vallejos, who has fun to imagine the secret life of his trusty wooden mannequin by photographing it in funny miniature scenes… In the same vein, I also recommend you “The secret life of Star Wars toys” and ”28 LEGO Star Wars photographs by Mike Stimpson“.

Images © Nicolas Vallejos / via

[49 pictures] UFUNK – Week End Selection n°36

ufunk — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:51:22 +0000

The Week End Selection n°36, your dose of candy for the weekend! Like every weekend, here is a new selection of WTF, cosplay, retro, pubs, illustrations, pictures, pin-ups and so on, without context or explanation, gleaned from endless meanders of the Internet… You can find all previous Week end Selections here.

You can find all previous Week end Selections here

One of those days – The freestyle day of a pro skier

ufunk — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:15:40 +0000

“One of those days“, a video produced by Quicksilver, invites us to follow the typical day of rider Candide Thovex, a pro freestyle skier who shows us his home resort with a GoPro… Here is what it looks like to ski like a pro! A mesmerizing video to watch until the end…

GeoGuessr – Guessing game with Google Street View

ufunk — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:57:00 +0000

Here is GeoGuessr, a guessing game with Google Street View! The goal is simple, you are dropped randomly in the world with Google Street View, and you have to figure out where you are, pointing the location on a map. The closer you are to the truth, the more points you earn. The principle is simple, but finding the right answer is not always easy! My best so far: 11256 points. And you? Play here: GeoGuessr

Living Street Art – The living paintings of Alexa Meade

ufunk — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:33:30 +0000

We already talked about the artist Alexa Meade, who uses living models as support for her hyper-realistic acrylic paintings, to carry her creations into reality. In this new series, Alexa Meade turns to street art, painting her models as monochrome stencils to integrate them on graffiti-filled walls. The results are really impressive, and it’s hard to tell the difference between her living models and the wall paintings! Her previous series can be seen here: The hyper-realistic paintings on living models by Alexa Meade.

Images © Alexa Meade / via

Space Oddity – Chris Hadfield sings David Bowie in space

ufunk — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:42:03 +0000

The Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who during his five months mission aboard the ISS (International Space Station) has given us many excellent videos, is closing his mission in space by offering to his fans his own version of the song “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, in space! The type of cover that you do not see every day!

Recreating Bullet-Time with a GoPro and a ceiling fan

ufunk — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:39:12 +0000

Mark Rober explains in a short video how to recreate the famous Bullet-Time effect from Matrix films cheaply, simply with one GoPro camera and a ceiling fan. An ingenious system called “ghetto bullet time“, which gives quite nice results!

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[45 pictures] UFUNK – Week End Selection n°35

ufunk — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:24:52 +0000

It’s now time for the Week End Selection n°35! Like every weekend, here is a new selection of WTF, cosplay, retro, pubs, illustrations, pictures, pin-ups and so on, without context or explanation, gleaned from endless meanders of the Internet… You can find all previous Week end Selections here.

You can find all previous Week end Selections here

Museum Anatomy – Classical painting and Body painting

ufunk — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:14:06 +0000

“Museum Anatomy” is a project created by the duo Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector, who use body painting to recreate the masterpieces of the 19th century paintings (as well as a few exceptions such as Picasso or antique paintings from Thailand or China) using the human body as canvas. The creations are made by projecting the original paintings on the body of the model, then redesigned using makeup. Each creation can take up to 15 hours.

TweetPee – A baby diaper that alerts you through Twitter

ufunk — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:29:02 +0000

Here is TweetPee, a baby diaper connected to Twitter created by Ogilvy and Huggies Brazil. As its name suggests, this TweetPee baby diaper is able to notify you as soon as your baby’s diaper is full, by sending a tweet that you will receive notification on your smartphone or computer… TweetPee is indeed capable of measuring the moisture of the diaper in order to trigger the transmission of a message. If you need this kind of gadget, let me question your parenting skills… A new WTF gadget that will go nicely with the iPotty, the baby toilet equipped with an iPad…