Aug 31
You’d be crazy not to love stark, modern design like the stunning Tangga House
     |
Aug 30
Sadly, Labor Day weekend marks the spiritual end of summer. But don’t fall into the dumps yet, friends. What lies between you and the colder months are both a day off and a some of the best things we found from the realms of art, architecture, and design this week.
| |
Aug 27
When kids love camp, they really, really love camp. And they’re not hard to spot since they never shut up about it—often into adulthood. So for those of you who relish the nostalgia of those carefree, summer days of yore, you’ll probably want to look away now. The blog English Russia has posted a collection of gorgeous, haunting, and totally creepy photos of abandoned Russian summer camps. Because golden childhood memories, it seems, don’t age so well.
| |
Aug 23
A group of researchers from the ecology department at the U.K.’s University of Exeter have been spending time studying how snails transmit a parasite called lungworm to dogs in Great Britain. Ah, my god, how boring. But they made something beautiful out of the project when they attached LEDs to the slow-moving slugs to track their movements at night.
| |
Aug 16
You’re in the home stretch for the weekend. You haven’t crossed that much-desired finish line yet, so in the meantime, check out some of the wonders of design, art, and architecture we found this week.
| |
Aug 10
Behold, the new Bowlus Road Chief—"the sexiest trailer I’ve ever seen", according to the Roadtrippers Kinja blog. It’s really beautiful indeed, like a part of an old World War II bomber. And inside it’s elegant and simple. I want it to go on a road trip right now.
| |
Jul 30
For those of us who are normal, non-scientist people, an image of a virus doesn’t necessarily hold any meaning. Which floating orb is a healthy cell? And which one is the actual virus? The CGSociety recently invited artists to create renderings of the HIV virus in blood—and the winning images are as educational as they are beautiful.
| |
Jul 29
This summer, ten small libraries mysteriously appeared throughout New York City’s Lower East Side and East Village. But who paid for them? Who designed them? And what was the point? In a short film published today, the creators finally answer our many questions about how the Little Free Library came to be.
| |
Jul 26
From an abandoned asylum that the Department of Homeland Security is moving into, to beer labels turned into animated GIFs, we posted all kinds of lustworthy things this week. So before you head off into weekend, check out the wonders of design, art, and architecture we’ve got for you.
| |
Jul 20
You can sit on a washing machine, but that doesn’t make it a chair. A transformation like the one industrial designer Antonina pulled off does make it a chair, though. And there are even DIY instructions so you can try too, if you’re into that sort of thing.
| |
Who's in charge here?
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.