Simon Schubert is an artist who lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Born in 1976, he studied Liberal Arts and Sculpture at the Duesseldorf Academy of the Arts under the tutelage of Irmin Kamp.In his paper art series, Schubert meticulously folds sheets of paper, creating a very shallow relief or bas-relief. When the lighting is right, the paper comes to life with depth and contrast. Each ‘sculpture’ is made from a single sheet of paper using only creases and folds. No additional colour is added to the works.Schubert cites his inspiration most often comes from literature, philosophy, film and fine art. He said a defining moment of inspiration came from the work of Joseph Beuys, which opened Schubert’s eyes that art could be, ‘more than just something decorative and influence into life directly’.

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HONG KONG AT NIGHT

Seen here is the breathtaking Hong Kong skyline at night. The photo was taken from a lookout point on Victoria Peak. Victoria Peak is a mountain in the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. With an altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft), it is the highest mountain on the island, but Tai Mo Shan is the highest point in all of Hong Kong. With some seven million visitors every year, the Peak is a major Hong Kong tourist attraction.

With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. According to Emporis, there are 1,223 skyscrapers in Hong Kong, which puts the city at the top of world rankings. It also has more buildings higher than 500 ft (or 150m) than any other city in the world.

The photograph was taken by Spreng Ben and posted to Flickr. As per the photo description: post processing was done from a single Raw file. Photomatix -> Photoshop -> some magic and the Nik Color Efex for the dark tones and the saturated reds. F/2.8 – 1 second – ISO 200 – 17mm Crop 1.5

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Rogan Brown is an Anglo-Irish artist that specializes in intricate hand cut paper art sculptures. Currently living in the ‘wilds’ (i.e., in a forest on the side of a mountain) of Southern France, Brown explains:

“I look for patterns and repeated motifs that run through natural phenomena at different scales, from the microscopic to the macroscopic, from individual cells to large scale geological formations.

I am inspired in part by the tradition of scientific drawing and model making, and particularly the work of artist-scientists such as Ernst Haeckel. But although my approach involves careful observation and detailed “scientific” preparatory drawings these are always superseded by the work of the imagination; everything has to be refracted through the prism of the imagination, estranged and in some way transformed.

I want to communicate my fascination with the immense complexity and intricacy of natural forms and this is why the process behind my work is so important. Each sculpture is hugely time consuming and labour-intensive and this work is an essential element not only in the construction but also in the meaning of each piece. The finished artifact is really only the ghostly fossilized vestige of this slow, long process of realisation. I have chosen paper as a medium because it captures perfectly that mixture of delicacy and durability that for me characterizes the natural world.”

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These pillars of higher learning are also home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture. Below is a small collection of stunning libraries around the globe. From the historical to the modern, these centres of knowledge and learning also preserve the history and culture of their respective periods. Personally, I would find it hard to concentrate in some of these places, they are too beautiful for the eye not to wander.

1. University Club Library – New York City, United States

2. Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa, Canada

3. Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – New Haven, Connecticut

4. Iowa State Capital Law Library – United States

5. Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle, Washington

6. Admont Abbey Library – Austria

7. State Library – Victoria, Australia

8. Library at El Real Monasterio de El Escorial – Madrid, Spain

9. José Vasconcelos Library – Mexico City, Mexico

10. Real Gabinete Português de Leitura – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11. National Library of Finland – Helsinki, Finland

12. Mitchell Library – Sydney, Australia

13. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada

14. George Peabody Library – Baltimore, Maryland

15. Strahov Theological Hall – Prague, Czech Republic

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