Absolutely gorgeous flower photography by Michael Gantner
Posts marked botany
Flora & fauna by Lara Cobden
Flower installations by Choi Jeong Hwa
Botanical beauties from Andrew Zuckerman’s Flower book.
The fantastic world of fungi by Wil Mijer
Beauties from Andrew Zuckerman’s book Flower.
Acoustic Botany by Keita Akiyama of the Denka Bijutsu collective.
In the project Akiyama imagines “What if there existed, someplace in this world, acoustic plants? Why would they make sounds? How would they make sounds? And what would they sound like?”.
Electric Blossoms by Torkil Gudnason
Food under the microscope: scanning electron micrographs of foodstuffs
Click on the images to find out which foods these are.
A leaf x 10 by NOSIGNER
About the project:
Reflecting upon history, leaves were most likely the very first form of plates. Perhaps because it is engrained in our DNA, there is a certain primitive satisfaction that is derived from eating off leaves. By carefully tracing the fine veins of a leaf, and enlarging it 10-fold, we created this leaf-shaped placemat. Eating off the earth has never been easier.
Humus by Giuseppe Licari is an installation named after the noticeably-absent soil layer that is essential for the growth of trees and plants.
This might look like lace, but its actually lichen. Photos by i n i m i n i .
Una Lumino by Choe U-Ram is a kinetic sculpture with mechanical flowers that light up and bloom in mesmerizing patterns. You can see it in motion in this video:
The Dandelion lamp by Oooms
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