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The Copyright for Ernst Häckels illustrated book Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of Nature) from 1904 has expired and is now available for everyone. Check out his fascinating work here.

Wikipedia:

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919), also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including phylum, phylogeny, ecology and the kingdom Protista.

via [Swen's Weblog]

Christian Bannister, working as subcycle labs, started a really outstanding project: He created 3d visuals with Processing, that provides him a interface to manipulate sounds. Check out his website for more information and videos.

via [CDM]

Ludwig van Beethovens 5th Symphony (First Movement) in the Music Animation Machine – a software written by Stephen Malinowski and Lisa Turetsky from Berkeley, California that shows music in colored measures. This software establish the structure of complex music in a visual way to the audience. For more info on the MAM, visit their website.

Plastic representation of the Fugue in E Flat Minor by JS Bach, 1928 by Henri Nouveau.

via [vvork]

This amazing unofficial clip was done by the very talented Stefan Ringelschwandtner. Fits perfect to the abstract sounds by Autechre. Check out his other stuff…

I recently came across Tina Frank’s Homepage – she’s familiar to me for her great works she did for Mego. Since 2008 she is teaching at the art university of Linz. Check out her outstanding works.

Ever wondered how Mario, Tetris and Sonic Computer Games are really made? Photographer Marc Da Cunha Lopes shows us how. For more pictures visit the offworld blog.

via [offworld]

Florian Gläser, the guy behind the whole fifth music corporate design, posted a pretty interesting article about his work for fifth music. Watch and learn.

Nice Timelapse video of a Macworld Cover Production – from start to finish by Peter Belanger.