Floating City - Kaunas

Gianni Francesco De Giuseppe, Niamh Lynn, Eve McGuicken and Kristina Stankytė

● Culture● People’s behaviour● Literature● Architecture● Environment● Famous tourism places● Food

VyVytautas Laisonas

● Born in 1965● National Lithuanian painter● Surrealist ● Work refers back to Lithuanian scenery

Inspiration and Ideas

(Alice: Madness Returns, 2011)(Bioshock Infinite, 2013)

VyJacque Fresco

● Social engineer● Founder of ‘The Venus Project’● Spending his lifetime looking for solutions

The Venus Project

Richart Sowa

● Creator of a ‘Spiral Island’● Plywood and bamboo structure● Solar panels - self sustainable

(Monument Valley, 2015)

Contemporary Architecture

Maglev Technology

(The Magnetic Air Bonsai Creates Surreal Levitating Plants, 2016)

Hydroponic Farming

Concepts

Oak Symbolism

Data Visualisation Video

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