Echoism - The Facial Symmetry (12 pics)

Echoism - The Facial Symmetry

"Echoism" plays with the notion of your own identity. What do you look like? What are the things that make you look like you - your identifying features? If you are made symmetrical, do you consider yourself more beautiful, less so, or is it just weird? Or is it you at all? Do you have a best side? What is to be said of left and right brain dominance?

All these photo portraits have one thing in common. They are part of the project “Echoism” that focuses on facial symmetry. The subjects were pictured front to carema. As a part of the study, they were asked not to express emotions. Then each photograph was split into a left and a right section with one side to be horizontally flipped, afterwards pictures were recombined to create two separate and symmetrical identities of the person.

Interesting Spiral Staircase Photography (16 pics)

Interesting Spiral Staircase Photography
Spiral Staircases can be fun to photograph, playing with the perspective and distortion of a wide angle lens or viewpoint. Photographing people while moving down/up the stairs is a great feature and especially when coupled with a slightly slow shutter speed, possibly a second – depending on the light, using the blur would create a sense of motion in the picture and make it much more interesting!

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The Richest Athletes of the World (10 pics)

 

10 — Lorena Ochoa (Golf)
 Earnings: $ 5 million.

9 — Paula Creamer (Golf)
 Earnings: $ 5.2 million.

8 — Jelena Jankovic (Tennis)
 Earnings: $ 5.3 million.

7 — Ana Ivanovic (Tennis)
Earnings: $ 7.2 million.

6 — Annika Sorenstam (Golf)
Earnings: $ 8 million.

5 — Kim Yu-Na (Figure skating)
Earnings: $ 9.7 million.

4 — Danica Patrick (Racing)
Earnings: $ 12 million.

3 — Venus Williams (Tennis)
Earnings: $ 15.4 million.

2 —  Serena Williams (Tennis)
Earnings: $ 20.2 million.

1 — Maria Sharapova (Tennis)
Earnings: $ 24.5 million. (source)

A Unique Sideways Bike by Michael Killian (5 pics)

A Unique Sideways Bike by Michael Killian
Unlike ordinary bicycle, the model Michael Killian's direction of movement of each wheel controlled independently, and the seat perpendicular to the direction of travel. This design gives the bike a functional similarity to the snowboard. The main characteristics of the bicycle as an efficient and simple means of transport stored, and at the same time, the model is very different from anything we've seen before.

This unique Sideways Bike by Michael Killian comes from Ireland and is one of the design entries from more than 3000 participants in the Designboom competition '

The sideways bike is a two wheel steering bicycle with independently steerable wheels that travels sideways. this steering arrangement affords a unique and distinct motion that is both entertaining and graceful; much like the motion of a snowboard. the sideways bike is an instrument of fun and play and is best suited for children from age 7 and up the sideways bike is recognizably a bicycle, but it is recognizably different.

Amazing Architecture Turned Upside Down (13 pics)

Amazing Architecture Turned Upside Down
These House Inverted Against itself Stands Just Fine—We’ve all seen pics of artistic prank houses built totally upside down—but all on these just get a look one of this perfect example: Even the toilet brushes, potted plants and fruit bowls are in place. It’s a dizzying set of photos—I bet that walking through would lay you flat on your arse, but on the ceiling. No word if they’re selling this thing or not, but if you buy it, I’d ask for seatbelts (and maybe airbags too).