Showing posts with label Danger. Show all posts
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Source of inspiration 217 (click on this title!): Speed kills...
This is a traffic enforcement camera, also called : flash box, road safety camera, road rule camera, photo radar, or speed camera. It is a system including a camera to detect traffic regulation violations, including: speeding and vehicles going through a red traffic light. This strange box along roads can limit the number of road accidents.
According to BBC News "Oxfordshire has already switched off its fixed-location speed cameras" because their efficiency has been thrown into doubt.
Article by Elliot Jackson
Friday, September 3, 2010
Source of inspiration 215 (click on this title!): Sentinel's box
A sentinel or sentry box is a boxlike structure serving as a shelter for a soldier on guard duty (usually during bad weather).
Who is this impressive man inside the box in the photo above?
He is a highly trained soldier who protects the Queen of England. He stands guard outside Buckingham palace or St James' palace. He is a member of the Queen's Guard.
What does he have on his head? It is the standard bearskin of the British Foot Guards. It is 18 inches tall, weighs 1.5 pounds, and is made from the fur of the Canadian black bear. An officer's bearskin is made from the fur of the female Canadian brown bear as it is thicker (it is dyed black).
The changing of the guards : http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/ChangingtheGuard/Overview.aspx
St James' palace:
Buckingham palace:
Article by Elliot Jackson
Friday, July 23, 2010
Source of inspiration 155 (click on this title!): Oven
I suppose this old lady, like most grandmothers, uses her oven nearly every day. She prepares good meals for her family or her friends. The stove is an essential "box" in her home. It is no ordinary kitchen appliance though; the hearth is often seen as a home's central feature.
The first ovens date back to 3000 BC. Their use is a mark of progress: larger quantities of cooked meat and bread could be consumed because of them; whole civilizations evolved because of the invention of the oven!
Ovens are useful, and associated with good things (cakes made by grandmothers), but also, they can be a bit scary: "careful, the oven's hot!" Think of poor Hansel being threatened by the terrible witch of being thrown into the oven. Or think about more terrifying uses of ovens still...
Article by Marie Serre
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Source of inspiration 109 (click on this link!): Trojan Horse
Beware of Greeks baring gifts…
The Trojan War is a legendary conflict due to the abduction of Helen, the queen of Sparta, by the Trojan prince Pâris. The Greeks decided to attack Troy.
After besieging Troy for ten years, the Greeks decided to attack by surprise. Epeios built a huge hollow wooden horse. A group of soldiers lead by Ulysses hid inside it.
The Trojans accepted the big horse, thinking it was a gift from the Gods. During the night, the Greek soldiers came out and opened the town gates to let the rest of the army into the city. The Trojan men were killed and their sons, daughters and wives were enslaved.
The myth of the Trojan Horse is attributed to Homer as told in the Iliad. This story is famous because it shows how cruel and clever men can be.
Why not create big box-like present and, when the box is opened, it’s a big explosion of ribbons, confetti and laughter!
Article by Camille Martinez
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Source of inspiration 106 (click on this title!): TV
The people who control television, control us! Advertising, movies, everything that comes through this box and into our brains, conditions what we think, feel, do… We believe almost everything it tells us.
TV eats up our time and energy. We are becoming zombies, real zapping addicts.
It stops us having more creative and social pastimes, but few people choose to live without a goggle box in their home…
Article by Melissa Ben Allal
Source of inspiration 101 (click on this title!): Matchboxes
“Phillumeny” is the name for matchbox collecting, which can be a fun hobby, or an obsession!
The philluminist Sunil Kumar has more than 6000 boxes. He is registered in the Guiness Book of World Records (see link).
I like matchboxes, because they can be very colourful. You can use them to decorate things (books, presents, etc.). You can also make mini drawers with them!
Article by Melissa Ben Allal
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Source of inspiration 19 (click on this title!): Jack-in-the-Box
This toy is a Jack-in-the-Box. No one knows who made the first Jack-in-the-Box, but historiens think that they have existed since the Middle-Ages. One of the first known was a present by a German clock maker to the son of a local Prince. This kind of toy became more and more popular from the 17th century on.
I think the fascinating thing about the Jack-in-the-Box is that you are always surprised each time you open it!
One time, I saw, in a kindergarten, a little girl ask: "Why he is always there? Why is he always popping out? Why does he not stay in his house!?" She was not happy with the explanation given by the kindergarten teacher. The whole day she opened the box and she was always very surprised that Jack kept saying "hello!" to her again and again...
She played with a really beautiful Jack-in-the-Box, but there are also very ugly Jacks who look like devils, nasty clowns or who have twisted faces. I do not know if these ugly versions are the best for children. They make them scared.
When I was a little girl I did not like to play with a Jack-in-the-Box. I was always so frightened, even if I opened it for the 100th time... I also did not want to close the box, because I thought that Jack might be scared in the darkness in his small box.
Article by Annika Nischik
Source of inspiration 16 (click on this title!): Pandora's box
Pandora was, according to Greek mythology, the first woman. She was told not to open a certain box. Pandora, being very curiose, opened the box and let out all the evils. The only thing remaining in the box was "hope" (or a better translation might be "anticipation").
In the photo, "Hope" is a bright light; we should follow this light and always keep hope...
Article by Anne-Sophie Belbezet
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