Neoteny #002 Tops, Fangs, and Filigree.

The observant would have noticed the change. It was inevitable. Pay no mind if you have not noticed, but do check out what the author have in line this week.

Once again, from The Casual Optimist, we have here a short film by Charles and Ray Eames. They were American designers famous for their work in modern architecture and furniture, though they dabbled in other fields of art. Find out more about the couple here; before that, relax and enjoy the film. Do not be tempted to wander off prematurely. Instead, do shut out all other thoughts (a herculean task on the internet) and savor the film in its entirety.

And Fangs! Or rather, women's shoes. Incredulous shoes. Sometimes, it's hard to comprehend why would anyone design shoes like these, and even more so, who would fancy such shoes. But as Sir Francis Bacon once said, "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

(via Design Milk; click to see more)

The second post of Neoteny shall be concluded with a work that closely relates to the author's pet subject of Biology. Behold! Filigree a.k.a paper quilling of human anatomical cross-sections. Absolutely strange and beautiful. 

(See more at Colossal, you have to)

There is nothing more beautiful, or uglier, than obsession itself. That is all for now.