Flipbookit is a Kickstarter project by kinetic artists, Mark Rosen and Wendy Marvel and inventor and manufacturing designer Steven Goldstein.
The Mechanical flip books were a big hit at 2012 Maker Faire. Now you can build your own hand-cranked flip book at home using your own images.
Via Notcot.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Andy Warhol Making Art
Archival film footage showing Andy Warhol making a silkscreen painting, from the film Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein: USA Artists, 1966; collection, Indiana University
courtesy of SFMOMA
Via designboom
Via designboom
Einstein's Office
This is what Einstein's office looked like on the day he died.
"The empty chair by the formula-filled blackboard," LIFE wrote, "looked as if the scholar who usually sat in it had merely stepped away, perhaps to gaze reflectively at the meadow which rolls past the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. But the chair would not again be filled."The photo was taken by Ralph Morse for Life magazine. Read more.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
A Matter of Taste
Via bookofjoe
The Writer's Block Library
Artists Jonny Love and Samuel Jordan (aka LoveJordan) have created "The Writer's Block Library", a miniature paper library enclosed in a glass dome filled with books, scrolls, envelopes, paper stacks and files.
Via Junkculture
Sofa With Storage
Skeleton Makeup
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| Pauline Darley - photographer |
If I had kids to dress up for Halloween I'd give MademoiselleMu's skeleton makeup a whirl.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
A BOY'S OWN BROADMOOR
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| An inmate gets ready for the staff/patient dance, the source of feverish excitement beforehand and despondency afterwards (Getty) |
Not far from London is a high-security psychiatric hospital that has held some of Britain's most violent criminals. The novelist Patrick McGrath grew up there—and loved it...
Read the story at More Intelligent Life
LONG LIVE THE KINGS
LONG LIVE THE KINGS - Short film documentary - from SAGS on Vimeo.
A short documentary shot on super 16mm relating the hopes and desires of those who go for a motorcycle road trip.
A film by Clement Beauvais and Arthur de Kersauson
Directed by Clement Beauvais
A short documentary shot on super 16mm relating the hopes and desires of those who go for a motorcycle road trip.
A film by Clement Beauvais and Arthur de Kersauson
Directed by Clement Beauvais
Thanks Bruce!
Nudie's Rodeo Tailors
When I was a very young Nag I had a giant country crush on Gram Parsons. One of the things I liked about him was his over-the-top suit embellished with amphetamines, marijuana leaves and naked women. He was one of the country elite (including Porter Wagoner, Hank Snow, Roy Rogers and Hank Williams) who wore "Nudie Suits".
Nudie Cohn was the first to mix Nashville and Hollywood, making it hip to be ostentatious and his life was as wild as his suits.
Read his story at Collectors Weekly
AKA Peace
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| damien hirst's reinterpretation of the AK-47 for the 'AKA peace' exhibition |
Photographer Bran Symondson conceived the 'AKA peace' project to raise awareness of Peace Day and raise funds for Peace One Day’s Global Truce 2013 campaign.. 23 artists were brought together to transform fully decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles.
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nancy fouts’s 'don’t touch' image © andrew winning/reuters |
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| laila shawa's 'where souls dwell' |
The exhibition is curated by artist Jake Chapman and runs at The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) from 26 – 30 September 2012.
Via designboom.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Breaking Bad Halloween Costumes
Pint-sized versions of Breaking Bad’s Walt and Jesse.
I do hope kids aren't watching this show.
The Daily What
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I do hope kids aren't watching this show.
The Daily What
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Red, White, and You
Todd Levin of The Morning News offers a handy guide to choosing wines. Among the useful tips:
Avoid bottles sporting any of these on the label:
Avoid bottles sporting any of these on the label:
- Typos, particularly in the spelling of “wine”
- Any cartoon likeness of a shark, monkey, Dracula wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses, or a drunk Frenchman urinating into a wooden barrel
- Endorsements like “From the creators of Robocop”
- Scratch-and-sniff technology
- Instructions to “Shake Well” or “Keep Away From Eyes, Skin, and Magnets”
- Claims such as “No Trans Fats” or “Contains 30% Real Wine”
- A vintage date that is a year in the future
Now you know. You're welcome.
TUBOHOTEL
The 20 room TuboHotel in Tepoztlan, Mexico is constructed from recycled concrete tubing. It was designed by T3arc.
I'm not sure I'd enjoy sleeping so close to my neighbours but with tubo-rates as low as $300 pesos it might appeal to backpackers.
Via Double Takes
Grace Weston's Psychological Landscapes
American photographer Grace Weston constructs whimsical vignettes. Here are a couple from her Short Stories/Tall Tales portfolio:
Via This Isn't Happiness
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| House of Atlas, 2012 |
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| Winter Wish, Winter Dream 2006 |
Via This Isn't Happiness
Cabin Porn
Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere.
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| From Casey Greene’s 8-day bikepacking tour of fire lookouts in Idaho and Montana |
When that urge to get away from it all strikes go to Cabin Porn and dream.
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Blindness
Director Michael Fragstein tells me this video was made using fewer than 20 photographs by David San Millán del Rio. Shot at various locations in London it's haunting and beautiful.
Blindness, Max & Laura Braun from Michael Fragstein
Blindness, Max & Laura Braun from Michael Fragstein
Monday, September 24, 2012
Hermès’s Only American Designer
When I think about designers for one of the world's top luxury goods manufacturers the image of a guy behind the desk at the Waco Post Office is not the first that comes to mind. Kermit Oliver is a Texas postal worker. He is also an artist and the only American designer for Hermès silk factory. Below are two of his scarf designs for the famous French fashion house.
See more of his work and read about him at TM Daily Post and here.
Via MeFi
See more of his work and read about him at TM Daily Post and here.
Via MeFi
Lego Bento
A Japanese Housewife created this playful lunch for her husband. She must really love him because this is a lot more complicated than slapping a PB&J together. Learn how to do it at Instructables.
Via Foodiggity.
La Dame de Pic Pairs Fragrance and Flavour
Chef Anne-Sophie Pic of La Dame de Pic restaurant has teamed up with Philippe Bousseton, who creates perfumes for Takasogo to design perfumes based on flavour pairings built around three dishes and a dessert, four variations on the first note. Three menus are based upon fragrance profiles - vanille ambrée, iode & fleurs, and sous bois & épices.
Via Paris By Mouth
Duchess Has Mammoth Cataract Surgery
Duchess, a 43 year old Asian elephant at Paignton Zoo, Devon had lost one eye to glaucoma and a cataract on her remaining eye had robbed her of her eyesight. After the 3 hour surgery to remove the cataract she seems to be recovering well.
Read the story at Mail Online
A Pad For Playboys
Playboy magazine took a New York lot and hired architect R. Donald Jaye to transform it into a townhouse with all the amenities required by a swinging 60s bachelor including a swimming pool, servants' quarters and a Playboy Rotating Bed!
Check out more the original article here.
Via The Morning News.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Beagle Dog Lover Mailbox
This unique made-to-order mailbox will appeal to any beagle lover!
The wooden structure is built around a metal, standard size mailbox.
Via Fancy
Elm Grove: 1936
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Aug 1936. “People living in miserable poverty. Elm Grove, Oklahoma.” Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange. |
Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
Via A London Salmadundi
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Canadian Dance Moves
This is how we shake it in the Great White North.
Another contribution from Bruce.
Maze Maker Finds Few Wanting to Solve It
It will take cartoonist Joe Wos about 100 hours to draw this 35-foot-long, 4-foot-wide maze and will take about 30-40 hours to solve it. The goal? To make it into Guinness World Records.
Guinness accepted Mr. Wos's proposal on condition that it be 10 square meters, or 107.6 square feet, drawn by him alone, with witnesses—five people are witnessing and signing off at regular intervals—and that it be solvable (by someone else).Most people he approached were not interested in taking on the onerous task of solving it. Finally Mandi Bridgeman of ToonSeum agreed to do it. Since Wos is only 99.4% sure it can be solved there is a slim chance that Mandi may regret her decision.
WSJ.com
Thanks Bruce!
Friday, September 21, 2012
4 Leonard Cohen Films on the Occasion of His 78th Birthday
As Cohen celebrates his 78th birthday today, check out these 4 films that hark back to days when the singer was still chiefly a poet, and all the rest – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Order of Canada and those 200 cover versions of “Hallelujah” – still a twinkle in his ink pot at NFB.ca blog
Sophie Calle : Rachel, Monique
I love her work and regret that I won't be able to catch this show.
French artist Sophie Calle's powerful installation,dealing with the death of her mother,in the brut concrete space under the Palais de Tokyo certainly packs a punch. Calle's mother, Monique Sindler, had always wanted to be the subject of her daughter's work, and when, upon learning her mother was on her deathbed the artist decided to set up her camera and film her, Sindler exclaimed "enfin" ("at last").Via
John Keats postulated to be an opium addict
The claim is made in a new biography, to be published on Monday, by Prof Nicholas Roe, chair of the Keats Foundation and a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Roe admits his finding will be contentious. "This has never been said before: Keats as an opium addict is new."...
Via TYWKIWDBI
Via TYWKIWDBI
How to Remove a Fish Hook from Your Finger
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Illustration by Ted Slampyak |
Via The Art of Manliness
150 years of photos of American lesbians
Autostraddle's Riese has collected an astounding gallery of photos of American lesbians, spanning 150 years, from 1850 to 2000.
Via Boing Boing
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Final 24 - Keith Moon
Documentary reconstructing the Who drummer Keith Moon's last day, before his death in 1978 from a prescription drugs overdose. Featuring archive footage, re-enactments and interviews with the rocker's friends and family
Via Watch Free Documentary Online
A Guide to Pulling Off The Retro look
There was a time when almost all the clothing I bought was vintage from Victorian straw sun hats right down to Minnie Mouse type 40s heels. I don't dress that way any more but I still love the clothes of the 40s and 50s. Collectors Weekly features an interview with stylist Naomi Thompson, author of Style Me Vintage, A Guide To Sourcing and Creating Retro Looks. You too can rock the vintage look.
Teeny Knitted Sweaters
Indiana knitter Althea Crome creates beautiful miniature sweaters using very tiny needles.
Via La boite verte
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
One Sweet Ride!
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Popular Mechanics July 1969 page 152 |
When I was a kid this is what the cool guys rode.
Link via Dangerous Minds
Monday, September 17, 2012
Tank Slippers
Unfortunately this pair of crocheted slippers by miligurumis on Etsy has been sold but if you simply must have a war happening on your feet you can buy the pattern and make your own pair of armoured tanks.
Via Blort
Light Up Your Froot Loops!
I'm loving this prototype cereal bowl lamp. Touch the spoon and watch it glow!
Link via Foodiggity.com
Sunday, September 16, 2012
My Little Chopper
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Tom Hanks Delivers a Eulogy
Hanks delivered this hilarious eulogy at the memorial service for Michael Clarke Duncan, his co-star in The Green Mile.
Link Via The Queen is not Amused...but I am.
Link Via The Queen is not Amused...but I am.
Delusions of Michelangelo?
This professional muralist is reproducing the Sistine Chapel ceiling in his studio apartment in New York City. Why? Because he loves the Old Masters and, after painting for others for so long, he wanted to produce a work of art for himself. Unfortunately he has to vacate the apartment in November. I wonder what the new tenant will think of it.
Read more at GOOD
Ciclotte - Ride on Design
The Ciclotte exercise bike, developed by Milanese designer luca schieppati, is beautiful enough to induce even a slug like me to indulge in a stylish aerobic workout.
Link via DesignBoom
Link via DesignBoom
Friday, September 14, 2012
Words Of Wisdom From the Past
Obsolessons posts " advice our grandparents thought fit to commit to print."
They accept no liability "for any beneficial decision made or action taken because of the information in this site."
I love it!
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They accept no liability "for any beneficial decision made or action taken because of the information in this site."
I love it!
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