Dollar Origami…

These Fantastic Origami Creations Are By Wan Park…
Koi

Koi

Dollar Origami Tank

Tank

Penguin

Penguin

Dragon

Dragon

Camera

Camera

Crab

Crab

Bat

Bat

Shark

Shark

Jacket

Jacket

Toilet

Toilet

Spider

Spider

Scorpion

Scorpion

Butterfly

Butterfly

A Primer On The Length Of Life Of Empires…

This video illustrates how empires decay and devolve and what a short time it takes for a seemingly invincible empire to become just another nation. Examples not shown are The Soviet Empire and the American Empire. But history won’t be cheated… All empires fall.

Best Viewed At Full Screen…

Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.

This is mainly an experimentation with soft bodies using toxi’s verlet springs.

The data refers to the evolution of the top 4 maritime empires of the XIX and XX centuries by extent. The visual emphasis is on their decline.

More on that project http://mondeguinho.com/master/visual-experimentations/visualizing-empires

UPDATE – some minor fixes: no flickering and more robust simulation.