Comments on: alicia palenyy. http://www.designformankind.com/2010/02/alicia-palenyy/ design is inevitable. celebrated. design for mankind. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bridgethttp://www.designformankind.com/2010/02/alicia-palenyy/comment-page-1/#comment-55006 Bridget Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:01:44 +0000 http://www.designformankind.com/?p=11359#comment-55006 This looks suspiciously (and wonderfully) like the stem of a plant under a microscope:http://dbs.umt.edu/courses/biol316/Anatomy/plant/parencol/paren1/images/38n.jpgThose are "monkey faces" to denote a monocot plant (==a six/three leaf-ed plant or flower). Some days, man...science is way cool.(you might also like this series here: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul07/ac-wood.html ---search "tangential wood" and you'll come up with all sorts of amazing microscopy samples) This looks suspiciously (and wonderfully) like the stem of a plant under a microscope:

http://dbs.umt.edu/courses/biol316/Anatomy/plant/parencol/paren1/images/38n.jpg

Those are “monkey faces” to denote a monocot plant (==a six/three leaf-ed plant or flower). Some days, man…science is way cool.

(you might also like this series here: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul07/ac-wood.html —search “tangential wood” and you’ll come up with all sorts of amazing microscopy samples)

]]> By: little t janehttp://www.designformankind.com/2010/02/alicia-palenyy/comment-page-1/#comment-54995 little t jane Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:34:51 +0000 http://www.designformankind.com/?p=11359#comment-54995 YES! i do say! YES! i do say!

]]> By: Taylor B.http://www.designformankind.com/2010/02/alicia-palenyy/comment-page-1/#comment-54953 Taylor B. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:27:21 +0000 http://www.designformankind.com/?p=11359#comment-54953 This reminds me of the colorblind tests. This reminds me of the colorblind tests.

]]> By: erinhttp://www.designformankind.com/2010/02/alicia-palenyy/comment-page-1/#comment-54943 erin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:22:50 +0000 http://www.designformankind.com/?p=11359#comment-54943 stephanie ---she didn't note, but i think it's pen and ink, yes! isn't it amazing? stephanie —

she didn’t note, but i think it’s pen and ink, yes! isn’t it amazing?

]]> By: stephaniehttp://www.designformankind.com/2010/02/alicia-palenyy/comment-page-1/#comment-54942 stephanie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:21:50 +0000 http://www.designformankind.com/?p=11359#comment-54942 i'm obsessed with this. what medium was it made in? pen and ink? i’m obsessed with this. what medium was it made in? pen and ink?

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