1. This Is Water is based on an excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s iconic commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College.

    It’s the ultimate anti-commencement speech and the best life advice I’ve heard. 

     

  2. Mesmerizing.

     

  3. Two Swedish design students decide to re-invent the bicycle helmet. And what they come up with is nothing short of ingenious.

    Can you spot the helmet?

     

  4. What would Vincent Van Gogh’s self-portrait look like if it was a photograph?

    (Recreation by Tadao Cern.)

     

  5. This is totally mind-blowing.

    A team of scientists at MIT has developed a computer program that reveals colors and motions in video that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye.

    (Source: The New York Times)

     

  6. Can you spot all the connections?

    Made by Everynone (in Collaboration with WNYC’s Radiolab & NPR). For more of Everynone’s amazing creations, visit their website.

     

  7. A much-needed pep talk from Kid President.

    “Not cool, Robert Frost!”

     

  8. Very clever visual trickery.

    (Source: vimeo.com)

     

  9. The self-professed “Demon Chef” Alvin Leung reveals a wicked palate and a penchant for carnal creations in this Gastronomy short film by filmmaker Ryan Hopkinson.

    (Source: vimeo.com)

     

  10. Happy Holidays!

    (Source: vimeo.com)