Chris Jordan Shipping Containers, 2007

Depicts 38,000 shipping containers, the number of containers processed through American ports every twelve hours.


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Swiss aviation pioneers Betrand Piccard and André


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 biomimicry Europe Zurich August 2012

FFGS brought the world's thought leaders in the field of biomimicry to Zurich, Aug 29-31 2012. More