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Manifold Motion’s Under—Immersive Art Inspired by Lichens, Fungi, Moss and Mold.

Descend into a dark and beguiling re-imagination of natural growth, decay, disease, and perseverance. Spanning three rooms of Inscape, Under combines interactive installation, video, dance, sculptural costuming, and original music. Journey through this mysterious world, explore, and engage with the environment, and witness performances by Under’s unusual inhabitants. Under is collaboratively conceived of and created … Continued

New Website Design for the National Park Service

We are happy to see the launch of NPS’s Technical Preservation Services (TPS) new website. TPS is an amazing public resource for all things regarding preserving our nation’s historic buildings. Blank Space developed the UI design, HTML and CSS code, and the graphic illustrations. Case studies highlighting successful tax incentives projects and projects that combined historic rehabilitation and green building … Continued

Take 5—Art Opening at Bherd Studios

Sneak Peak at some of art that will be at Bherd’s Take 5 exhibit opening Friday, November 12th running through December 24th. Opening artist reception is this Friday from 6–10pm. Take 5 celebrates the giving of art for the holiday season. Habitat for Huge Manatees by Marty Gordon. Drift Away by Brian Ripp. Take 5 … Continued

The Beauty of the NYC Marathon in 2 Minutes

Thanks to MTA, we can see this time-lapse video of every marathon runner finish the race. It is captivating to watch a sea joggers replace the normal sea of traffic. Via Gawker

Seeing is Believing

A cool video illustrating the McGurk Effect. When vision and hearing go head-to-head, vision comes away with the gold every time. Boom. Take that other senses.

Graveyard Halloween Hikes

Photo by Trey Ratcliff, check out his Stuck in Customs photosteam on Flickr “Perpetual peace is only found in the graveyard”—Philosopher Immanuel Kant What are your plans for Halloween weekend? Maybe a trip to a scenic graveyard? Trails.com recommends 4 favorite graveyard hikes around the world, just in time for Halloween. Wherever your weekend takes … Continued

Less is More: Tubeless Toilet Paper

All things can be improved. Toilet paper first found its way to the roll in the late 1800s. From USA Today: The 17 billion toilet paper tubes produced annually in the USA account for 160 million pounds of trash, according to Kimberly-Clark estimates, and could stretch more than a million miles placed end-to-end. That’s from … Continued

Alfstad Capital Brand Identity Design, Part 1

Alfstad Capital, is a boutique investment firm who works with community banks to manage their fixed-income portfolios. They hired Blank Space to create a new brand identity design system. The identity design and our sketches are posted below. Thanks for reading. As always, we welcome any constructive criticism.

Pyramid Scheme

Cool story from NYT about the people in the the pyramid. I have been curious what the inside was like since I first moved to Pioneer Square. There are some great pics on the NYT’s slide-show. It has to be the sweetest apartment in the city. And it comes with a lot of history. “It … Continued