Ferrari World Design Contest

Dramatic innovations from students around the world help shape the future of supercar design

Ferrari invited us to their headquarters in Maranello, Italy to see the work of the seven finalists in their year-long World Design Contest. The contest tasked the students with devising a concept car design with the brief to reduce fuel consumption and the car’s overall weight in order to increase driving pleasure. The teams used Autodesk’s Alias industrial design software, completing concepts first in renderings …

Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art

A comprehensive study of tribal art

American art historian Carl Schuster spent more than three decades traveling the world exploring tribal customs and patterns, gathering ancient tribal art and artifacts along the way. Though his goal was to illustrate the intrinsic human connection to artistic expression in an anthropological study, Shuster never managed to compile his research into a cohesive form. With the help of a fellow anthropologist, Edmund Carter, who …

Mini Pops

The tastiest and healthiest snack food you're not eating yet

A staple in grain production worldwide, sorghum is slowly making its way from the side stage to the spotlight. It’s easy to grow anywhere on the globe, inexpensive, gluten-free and, with a mild taste that partners perfectly with seasoning, you’re going to start seeing a lot more sorghum-based snack foods in the future. One of the first we have seen, which happen to be extremely …