Encyclopedic Landscapes

Upside-down ice fishing, where to go skinny dipping and a room exploded with stickers—highlights from the web this week

An apparent commentary on the eroding nature of underutilized knowledge, Guy Laramee has taken old volumes and created ranges of paginated land in a new sculpture series. What start as massive bluffs decay into ranges, crevices before ultimately flattening out into empty plains.

Rolling through the Bay

Upside-down ice fishing, where to go skinny dipping and a room exploded with stickers—highlights from the web this week

The hard-won result of 35 years, 100,000 toothpicks and an estimated 3,000 hours, this fantasy rendering of San Francisco is a sight to behold. With several “tours” available, the mass is navigable only by ping pong balls that explore all the sights including ocean beach, the Golden Gate Bridge and the rainbow-colored Castro district.

Street View Stereographic

Upside-down ice fishing, where to go skinny dipping and a room exploded with stickers—highlights from the web this week

Continuing Google’s quest for world domination, the new app lets users create their own planet from any Google Street View images. From the Taj Mahal to your local neighborhood, streetscapes are imposed onto a fantastical space-view photograph.