Made in the Land of Wheat and Maize

Philip Seymour Hoffman's inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

In an insightful mini documentary intended to reflect the spirit of their storied brand, Minnesota’s Red Wing shoes has cast a lens on fellow Midwesterner and beautifully crooning Bon Iver frontman, Justin Vernon, who’s been wearing their classic boots for years. From an inside look at the singer’s Wisconsin studio (dubbed April Base) to a wide range of personal biographical stories, the down-to-earth video offers …

Fresh Frames for Google Glass

Veggie kiosks, time warp photography, news from space and more in our look at the web this week

Google’s Glass project has seemingly received as much criticism about the sartorial merits (or demerits) of its groundbreaking piece of wearable tech as they have about the actual technology. This week marked the unveiling of four new frame styles for Glass, with the optional addition of prescription lenses. This marks the next step in mass-producing Glass and points to the future of how this technology …

A Documentation of Slow Blindness

Veggie kiosks, time warp photography, news from space and more in our look at the web this week

Writer and theologian John Hull lost light sensation in 1983 after years of slow, deteriorating vision. From that moment on, Hull kept a beautiful, deeply thoughtful and captivating audio cassette diary which the New York Times has turned into the narration of a short documentary film, “Notes on Blindess: Rainfall.” Having just screened at Sundance, the entire project is currently being developed into a feature …