found randomly in Simbad's page
St. Louis Abbey - 1962
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architecture
by architects Gyo Obata of HOK. Click on image for larger view.
via architechnophilia
Polynesian Stick Charts
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model,
mothers of invention,
wunderkammer
"The Polynesians, scattered as they were over 1,000 islands across the central and southern Pacific Ocean, were master navigators who tracked their way over a huge expanses of ocean without any of the complex mechanical aids we associate with sea fairing. They didn’t have the astrolabe or the sextant, the compass or the chronometer. They did however have aids of a sort, which though seemingly humble, were in fact the repositories of an extremely complex kind of knowledge. Called Rebbelibs, Medos. and Mattangs, today we call them simply “Stick Charts.”Read full entry in the nonist. fascinating.
Way to Beyond
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no comment
Naomi Leshem, Untitled, #2, 2006, Chromogenic Print, 119.9x119.9 cm. from the series "Way to Beyond"via moon river
Time Lapse Videos: A Collection
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time-lapse,
video
Demolition.
35 years of Shinjuku construction: 1969 to 2004 in 10 seconds.
via pink tentacle's ten Tokyo time-lapse trips
Travel through the Panama Canal in under two minutes.
1 week art works
Antarctica: a year on ice
Northern Lights
Magic Mushrooms
Reno Balloon Race
24 hours in the death of Lansdowne Road Stadium
Gulf Fritillary butterfly's life cycle
Old Faithful Eruption
Pig Decomposition
Thunderstorm development (there is a sublime phase starting at 17 seconds)
More painting
Gravity wave... never heard of this. must investigate.
Port Activity
Moving Houses
MORE TO COME
Beautiful Specimens
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carrousel,
creatures,
nature,
wunderkammer
"Wikipedia tells us: “A microscope slide was originally a ‘slider’ made of ivory or bone, containing specimens held between disks of transparent mica. These were popular in Victorian England until the Royal Microscopical Society introduced the standardized microscope slide in the form of a thin sheet of glass used to hold objects for examination under a microscope.”
Read full entry at the nonist
Decollage
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collage,
wunderkammer
"In a sense, these works are the opposite of collage. Using surgical tools, Brian Dettmer removes paper like an archeologist releasing a fossil from layers of sediment, thereby unveiling connections between words and images hundreds of pages away from each other. The results are breathtaking: solid and sculptural, with a texture resembling the wood from which the paper pulp once came."
via Giornale Nuovo
Wisdom
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your pants make me feel existential
Flickr Journeys
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articles,
photography
Rather pointless post on Flickr, but the comments are heavy with linkage goodness.
Cargo Art
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cargo,
street art
Two pieces that have just gone up at my brand spanking new workplace in London:
Scary by Eine. (more at Wooster)
Moona Lisa by Nick Walker.
Sao Paulo: The Adless City
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articles
American Civil War Envelopes
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carrousel
"The printed envelope came into use in America in 1840 and was first used for advertising or satirical purposes. In the 1850s to 1860s 'corner cards,' with printing applied in the upper left-hand side of the front of the envelope, were common. By the onset of the Civil War, printed envelopes were already in use as a propaganda medium. Lithography was the main mode of printing used for envelopes, especially for colored designs. Printed envelopes were sold either as a single item or with matching paper."
See full post @ BibliOdyssey
See full post @ BibliOdyssey
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