"QUOTE" Douglas Coupland made this pixelated sculpture of an orca. It’s located at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Coupland is also a novelist and playwright, and we’ve previously featured his innovative trailer for a book.
Link, Via: Make | Artist’s Website | Photo: Douglas Coupland, Via: Neatorama
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Orca Pixel Sculpture
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Dolphin Party!
It's a dolphin party in Howe Sound, British Columbia.
Roughly 150 Pacific white-sided dolphins frolic around the Aquarium's research boat. To see so many at once near Vancouver is rare, according to Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, the Aquarium's whale and dolphin scientist. They've probably come for the herring, which seem to be returning in greater numbers. LINK: Youtube
Thursday, October 22, 2009
2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games Medals
None of the 615 Olympic and 399 Paralympic medals will be exactly alike and rather than stick to a flat metal disc with engravings on front and back, British Columbia designer Corinne Hunt, along with architect Omer Arbel, made the medals wavy and undulating.
The Olympic medals will display an orca while the Paralympic medals will feature a raven."The orca or the killer whale is really a beautiful creature that is strong, it has many wonderful physical characteristics but it also is a creature that lives within a community," Hunt explained. "The raven is a totem rising, it's a creature that is all things, and I think Paralympic athletes have that in them," she added. The Olympic medals are circular in shape while the Paralympic medals are more square.
The reverse side of the medals displays the name of the Games in English and French, as well as the Vancouver 2010 logo and the name of the sport for which the medal was issued. The Paralympic medals will also have braille type. The Games motto, "With Glowing Hearts," will be written on the medal's blue and green ribbon. LINK
Monday, February 16, 2009
Vancouver Aquarium - rescued seal pup
Rescued pup, summer 2007 at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Over the past 45 years the Vancouver Aquarium has rescued and rehabilitated almost 2000 marine mammals. LINK: Youtube
Vancouver Timelapse Videos
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Can Sculptures
Canstruction currently has an annual event - entries for 2008. Drink your beer, but keep the cans... for a purpose:
Canstruction, Inc. President/Executive Director, Cheri Melillo, was thrilled to be on hand for opening festivities at the 6th Annual Vancouver Canstruction Competition hosted at Vancouver’s Cruise Ship Terminal, February 22 - 26. LINK
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