Alexander Calder was a 20th-century artist who was one of the forefathers of kinetic art. He was the leading exponent of his time and made sculptures accessible and tactile unlike many of his predecessors. For this reason in his work, art and engineering coexist in perfect harmony, and that balance along with his creative genius…
On July 20, 1969 at 8:17 PM UTC, a crew of astronauts perilously voyaged across the cosmic pond that separates our Earth from the Moon, and successfully landed on the Lunar Surface. Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin and Michael Collins represented all mankind that day. Just as their boots left marks in the…
Illusions are the product of some of Humanity’s most visionary artists. In fact, they have been intrigued by the nature of perception and the behavior of the human eye for centuries. Throughout history, these artists explored various techniques to trick the brain into seeing things that didn’t quite reflect reality. For example, they rearranged proportions, made…
We recently travelled to Zürich to visit the WOW Museum, a centre focused on the fascinating world of optical illusions. Dive into the wow experience by reading about unorthodox and rather ingenious take on mirages. llusions have been an essential part of human culture and history for millennia, the profession of conjuring them is possibly one of the oldest in the…
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, a quiet village on the military frontier of the Austrian empire or modern day Croatia. His father was an Orthodox priest and his mother a homemaker, whom he later credited for having most significantly contributed to his creative genius. Electrifying Science Tesla was fascinated by physics and often attended demonstrations of…
