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- Lema Stanley
- Miami, FL, United States
- THIS BLOG IS ABOUT RANDOM SHIT, MUSIC, AND THE STUFF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT..... AND ABOUT ME, LEMASTANLEY (@lemastanley on twitter), I'M A NERDY METALHEAD, I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY AND DOCTOR WHO... ALSO I'M WEIRD AS FUCK. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE BLOG... P.D. I'M EUROPEAN
Sunday, May 13, 2012
MOZART'S SKULL
Mozart’s gravedigger, Joseph Rothmayer, took this skull from its grave ten years after Mozart was buried with five others, in 1791. Rothmayer had attached a wire to the skull so he would know which was the composer*’s . In 1902, the skull came into the possession of the Mozarteum.
In 2006, the Mozarteum tested the skull’s DNA against relatives of Mozart, and results were inconclusive. The skull shows it received a blow about a year before death, which matches Mozart’s descriptions of headaches in the last year of his life.
TIME-TRAVEL MAP
“Here’s a visualisation of time travel plots in various films and TV programs. I had a lot of fun doing this!
It was particularly cool to highlight potential plotlines for “meta movies” where time travellers from different plots could meet and paradox it out.
This is a straight data visualisation, rather than information design. That is, it’s not particularly useful, nor useable, nor meaningful. The inspiration was the coolness of the idea, really. I was excited to see what shape all the plots would make, and whether it could be shaped into something beautiful.
What I really love about this image, though, is the idea that this information has never been seen before. Despite the fact that it exists, in some way,somewhere, wrapped in various plots, it’s never been given form. I have to say, it was a joy to untangle it all.
Big thanks to talented designers Alice Cho and Dominic Busby for their invaulable contributions. And Jeremy MacLynn for essential art direction.”
EVOLUTION OF PINK FLOYD ALBUM COVERS, 1967-1994
1967 - The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn
1968 - A Saucerful of Secrets
1969 - Ummagumma
1970 - Atom Heart Mother
1971 - Meddle
1972 - Obscured by Clouds
1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon
1975 - Wish You Were Here
1977 - Animals
1979 - The Wall
1983 - The Final Cut
1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
1994 - The Division Bell
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