Horn Please

Cylindrical skyscrapers, artistic Greek currency, Google dictionary and more in our weekly look at the web

Photographer Dan Eckstein peers into the largely unexplored mobile worlds of Indian truck drivers, and their lives on the country’s beat-up and seemingly lawless roadways. Colorful images of painstakingly ornamented trailer cockpits expose the private lives and cultural interests of men whose safety relies on little more than the power of their horn.

“Google”

Cylindrical skyscrapers, artistic Greek currency, Google dictionary and more in our weekly look at the web

Taking advantage of Google Images’ uncanny ability to capture the zeitgeist of the Internet, UK designers Ben West and Felix Heyes have created a “Google”, a PHP-generated dictionary containing the first image results for every word listed. According to West, “about half of the book is revolting medical photos, porn, racism, or bad cartoons.”

Master of Lightning

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In an ambitious design project, Elliot Dahlgren Straat set out to naturally generate a glass vase out of sand and lightning. His rudimentary weather balloon rig successfully directed a lightning strike into a homemade cast full of sand, producing a surprisingly elegant glass vessel.