The best things in life are free. Unfortunately you have to wait in very long lines to get them.

Worldmapper.org is a project that takes the map of our planet and distorts it based on various statistical data.
Here are a few that I found interesting.

Arms Exports 2003:

War Deaths 2002:

While the timeline on these doesn’t line up exactly, this trend has been happening for a long time. Looking at these two maps side by side, it’s easy to see that the United States and Europe are making a lot of weapons, and the rest of the world is buying them and using them to kill each other.

Toys Exports:

Toys Imports:

I knew we got a lot of cheap plastic crap from China and Korea, but these two images really put things into perspective.

Valuables Imports:

Bling bling suckas!

This project is about design at its core. Mixing art and science to find new ways of looking at or interacting with the world around us.

This idea has been stewing in my head for a while.

It is the perfect mix of fun kids movie and creepy-as-all-get-out horror.

I can see it now…

A young girl on a long journey learns the value of true friendship and the importance of a place to call home. From the creator of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory comes an adventure over the rainbow:

-OR-

From the mind that brought us Edward Scissorhands, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow and Big Fish comes a tale so terrifying, it’ll leave you wanting to be no place but home:

The Wizard of Oz.

Starring:
Christina Ricci as Dorothy.
Johnny Depp as the Tin Man.
Adrian Brody as the Scarecrow.
Joaquin Phoenix as the Cowardly Lion.
and Helena Bonham-Carter as the Wicked Witch of the West.