The Kickstand Desk

A rotating iPhone dock, QR-code haircuts, A$AP Mob's retro album covers and more in this week's look at the web

Cyclist Dan Young offers up a clever solution for the off-season with his Kickstand Desk, a stationary bike for when the weather turns or work doesn’t give you enough time to get in the daily ride.

Terra Cibus

A commercial photographer turns to a laboratory in this collection of foodie art

Driven by recent concerns over the nature and origin of our daily bread, Caren Alpert set out to examine common foods on a more intimate level. Armed with a scanning electron microscope, the photographer undertook Terra Cibus, her largest project to date. Commenting on the equipment used to take her shots, Alpert explains, “This is not something you put on a counter at a lab …

Nick Veasey for The Macallan

A British X-ray photographer turns to whisky for his latest subject

Shooting with an X-ray machine rather than with a traditional camera, British photographer Nick Veasey produces surprising, visually enchanting work that begs the observer to think about what’s under the surface. With more than twenty years of experimental experience, the TED speaker‘s fascinating body of work spans subjects from insects and flowers to cars and even airplanes, each broken down to expose its raw inner …