This Book is a Camera

Kelli Anderson wanted to make a working camera within an educational pop-up book—one that connects the dots between design and science / structure and function. This pop-up camera is the result.



You can buy it or you can make your own (Instructions here)

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St. Vincent - New York

The colourful scenes in this video directed by Alex Da Corte are beautiful and surreal.

Spaceship Architecture

In his Spaceships series German photographer Lars Stieger focuses his camera on seemingly ordinary details of large public buildings and the resulting photos resemble extraterrestrial ships.

Check out his photo sets on Behance and Instagram.

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A Silent Voice, an anime about bullying

A Silent Voice  follows the shifting relationship between male lead Shoya and female lead Shoko, through their first meeting in elementary school, Shoya’s heartless bullying of the deaf girl, and his attempts to reconcile with her and redeem himself once they meet again as teens.

12-Year-Old Artist Creates Sculptures From Scavenged Materials

Meet 12-year-old artist, Callum Donovan Grujicich, who creates creepy but beautiful figurative sculptures from materials he finds.

He was recently awarded the Medal for The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, where he was the youngest Canadian to win a medal and the only Canadian to win one for sculpture.

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See more of his work on Instagram.

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Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Then and Now

Pablo Iglesias Maurer came upon a collection of old postcards from the Poconos and Catskills on eBay and decided to visit the places portrayed in the collection. He took photographs of the now abandoned buildings and aligned them with photographs he took of the postcards. He sometimes had difficulty getting the two images to line up but "time blurs the difference, and brings everything into focus."

Click on the GIFs below to see how these once idyllic places have fallen upon hard times:

The indoor pool at Grossinger's. The tiled floor was heated, the entire structure air
conditioned. Above, beautiful mid-century "sputnik" chandeliers cast a glow
n the swimmers below. Below the pool are exercise rooms, a gym, salon
and a host of other amenities. The pool has sat vacant since the late 90's
and has fallen beyond repair.
(Photo by Pablo Iglesias Maurer, historical photo published by Bill Bard Associates.)

The indoor pool at Grossinger's, which opened in 1958. Elizabeth Taylor
attended the pool's opening, and Florence Chadwick - the first woman to swim
the English Channel in both directions - took the first dip in it.  Nothing quite like it
had ever been built, and nothing ever would be again. It represented everything a
bout the Catskills in the 1950s-style: extravagance, luxury, modernism and celebrity.
(Photograph by Pablo Iglesias Maurer, postcard published by Bill Bard Associates.)

On the inside of the matchbook, some text: "Swim n' Sun Indoor Swimming 

Pool at Penn Hills Lodge and Cottages. The Poconos' Finest Modern Resort." 

(Photograph by Pablo Iglesias Maurer, matchbook publisher unknown.)

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Two Sheepdogs Protected Flock During BC Wildfire

Maremma sheepdogs have been bred for generations to guard sheep so when raging wildfires forced Lynn Landry to abandon her flock of sheep and Sophie and Tad, her two Maremma sheepdogs, she knew that if the dogs managed to survive the fire they would never abandon their charges. When the Landrys were finally able to return after 20 days they found Tad and Sophie in a field, surrounded by the sheep.

The dogs have become international heroes, but thankfully, Ms Landry said, the fame has not gone to their heads.

More:   BBC News

Hummingbirds Who Complain If Their Food Is Late

Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher in the UCLA Earth, Planetary and Space Science program, has created a remarkable community of over 200 hummingbirds who mostly live outside her office and come in to complain if dinner is late or if they want attention.



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Making A Wood Print Using Inkjet Water Slide Decal Paper

My talented friend Edith has launched her new blog. How exciting is that? She'll show you how to make a wood print using inkjet water slide decal paper.  Her brand new granddaughter is absolutely adorable, don't you think?

Instructions at EdithSpitz.com

All The Stations

Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall visited all 2,563 rail stations in Great Britain over 14 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours and 22 minutes.  They made a video documentary of the railways, the stations, and the people and places that they met along the way.
In the video below they take the Settle & Carlisle Railway over hill and under dale, including the highest station in England, and the magnificent Ribblehead Viaduct.



See all the videos of their crowdfunded odyssey.

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Drone Footage of the LEGO House

The LEGO House in Billund, Denmark was designed by architect Bjarke Ingels. It is made from 21 interlocking parts, with an amazing LEGO brick shaped keystone on top. The house opens September 28, 2017.

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DIY Bath Bombs

Learn how to make your own fragrant effervescent bath bombs:


How to Make Natural Bath Bombs from Soap Queen on Vimeo.

Instructions here

“Crimes against Photography”: Man Ray and the Rayograph

Man Ray began making photographs in the 1920s, in the midst of the Dada movement. Through an accident in the darkroom, he soon discovered a new means of creating photos without a camera.



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Scratch-off Poster Reveals Essential Films

Pop Chart Lab have just released a poster wthat features 100 essential films, each represented by an original hand-drawn mini-poster, all of which are partially covered by silver foil. You have to scratch off the foil to reveal the artwork.

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The ultimate Twitter bio. (Quebec Herald, 1788) pic.twitter.com/QZcTKE2lYB

— Undine (@HorribleSanity) August 29, 2017

Textbook Doodles

When you were a kid did you ever doodle in a textbook when the teacher droned on endlessly and you were bored? I did but my creations pale in comparison to these:

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‘Guy Looking Back’ Meme

Photo: Antonio Guillem/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Prolific stock photographer Antonio Guillem has used the same models many times over the years, adding a narrative quality to his advertising work. His photo of a love triangle is a metaphor for pretty much anything so it's not surprising that it has become an internet meme.

THE CONCLUSION WEVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR pic.twitter.com/48f6s5y9KG

— *gun* (@oranforest) August 25, 2017

Guillem says he is okay with this work being shared on social media by users who haven’t purchased it as long as the photo isn't used in a pejorative or offensive way.

Read  Guillem's Full Statement Here 

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Pop-up Art and Architecture at Burning Man 2017

Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is in full swing with tens of thousands of people arriving, building a city from scratch, only to leave without a trace a week later. It appears that this year's creations are as wild and wonderful as ever.

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Monday Music

Phoebe Snow and Linda Ronstadt perform The Married Men in 1979.



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50 Years Of Island Records

"Narrated by Damien Lewis and running for 90 minutes, Keep On Running: 50 Years Of Island Records unearths news archives and rare performance footage to tell the story of this most colourful of imprints. Leaving few stones unturned, the documentary charts Island’s contribution to bringing reggae music into the world; its expansion into progressive rock in the late 1960s; the rise of Bob Marley into a global star; and the label's reputation for consistently signing, producing and championing innovative acts from the UK and all over the world."

Great label. Great doc.

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The Nicholas brothers. Jumping Jive with Cab Galloway.

I am not a tap dance afficionada but this performance is praise worthy.

Sunday Links

From the Who Knew? files: Cheetah Racing In 1930s London

Modern Baghdad: Visual archive of architecture, art, and culture

Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah played on the mbira Lovely.

That 70’s Suitcase: What if you could send a package (let’s say suitcase-sized) to 1977? It will arrive at today’s date, minus 40 years.

Katherine Johnson, the NASA Mathematician Who Advanced Human Rights with a Slide Rule and Pencil

Where Did Playing Cards Get Their Symbols?  

What was inside Timothy Leary's stash box? 

The 100 greatest comedies of all time I know it's a goofy movie but I think "Meet The Parents" is hilarious and should have made the list.

Is Elon Musk's Pet Snail Okay? A Gizmodo Investigation

Steve Jobs’s Mock Turtleneck Gets a Second Life

How to Heal a Foreigner in Early Modern Russia

The untold story of the Mississippi Delta Chinese - part of a video series on Chinese food in America.

Notes on Vulture’s “100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction” list

Aging Parents With Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t Want It

Gauguin’s Stirring First-Hand Account of What Actually Happened the Night Van Gogh Cut off His Own Ear

A Most American Terrorist: The Making Of Dylann Roof 

Are you haunted by the ghosts of your social mistakes? Read the story of The Self-Made Millionaire Teen who wrote the Book on Jazz Age Etiquette

Beer for her: Czech brewery puts best foot backwards for feminism

Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy Memorials to the Lost Cause have always meant something sinister for the descendants of enslaved people.

The only 4 spaghetti recipes you'll ever need Simple and delicious.

10 of the Best Books About the Transgender Experience 

Superman Teaches Diversity

In this1950’s-era poster, Superman speaks to school children about the importance of respecting diversity. In 1949, DC (National Comics) produced this same image and text originally for a brown paper school book cover that was distributed to schools by the Institute for American Democracy, an offshoot of the Anti-Defamation League. While the author of Superman’s reminder of the American creed is unknown, the art is believed to be by noted Superman artist Wayne Boring.

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5-year-old 'Catman' Is A Superhero to Strays

A 5-year-old boy has become a superhero to felines on the streets in Philadelphia. He even wears superhero costumes when he's on his missions.



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Because It's National Dog Day

Pooches Of Cinema:

Gyroscopic Public Transportation

Could this be your future commute? Dahir Insaat's ‘gyroscopic transport’ would see enormous, disk-shaped vehicles swarm through the streets on wheels, elevated above traffic, and overlapping to form multiple layers of travel. With just two wheels, the glass-dome cabin is self-balancing and can be controlled with a joystick instead of a steering wheel.



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Scissors Modeled After Samurai Swords

Nikken Cutlery makes scissors that resemble Katana, the iconic Japanese swords used by the samurai. The shears are each modeled after the custom katana of individual warlords and political reformers from Japanese history.

The Heshikiri Haseba, Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, and Mitsunokami Yoshiyuki katana scissors are sold as a set. A fourth pair, modeled after the Namazu Otoshiro sword, is created in limited quantity and is sold separately.

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Occult Embroidery On Linen/Skin

Australian embroidery artist “Adipocere,” has been stitching really dark, occult-themed embroidery since 2014. On his Instagram feed the artist says he also does embroidery on human skin. His instagram handle makes reference to a light-gray substance produced by a cadaver as their fatty tissue decomposes so you know that his work is going to make your skin crawl.

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Hollywood to Witless Bay: The double life of the Puffin Man

Pufflings venturing out for the first time from Witless Bay Ecological Reserve in Newfoundland, home to North America's largest colony of Atlantic Puffins, mistake the bright lights of the community for the moon and fly toward street lamps and headlights, ending up stranded or run over by vehicles. 55 permanent volunteers from the area and others who travel long distances roam the streets of the town, collecting disoriented pufflings and releasing them the next morning. We were in Newfoundland recently and our friend told us about the Puffin Patrol. Unfortunately we had to leave before we could participate.

Film producer Juergen Schau seems an unlikely person to have started the rescue initiative. Before he came to Newfoundland he spent time with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, from having a drink at a bar with Julia Roberts, walking the red carpet with Jennifer Lopez, showing Jack Nicholson around Munich or attending Oktoberfest with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 While the bright lights and dazzling parties of the Hollywood life are seductive, there are some things money just can't buy:

"When you see the smile in the morning when we release the birds, then it's happiness. This is the best smile you can have without paying any money for that."

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Monument To Incompetence

Wrong Hands

Tiny Drawbots Doodle on Coasters

Barton Dring's CNC laser coaster engraver/cutters make custom designs on the disposable coasters found in most bars. His device fits inside a backpack and can be powered via battery or USB.

"The laser coasters take a couple minutes each. Most take less than 2 minutes. It is a perfect length. Someone asks what it is, I pop a coaster in, start the job and start explaining what is going. Just as my spiel ends, the coaster pops out. Etching takes about the same time, if not longer, for similar jobs."

Coasty The Coaster Toaster is meant for square coasters. Dring has talso designed the Polar Coaster for circular coasters.

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Knitted Comfort Food

Jessica Dance's knitted lambswool comfort food, from the horrendous Marmite to the delicious fried egg, from knitted hot dogs to rare T-Bone steaks, are available to hang on your wall.

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How a Recording-Studio Mishap Shaped '80s Music

It's the sound of the eighties and it's called Gated Reverb.



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Drinking at Home in Your Underwear

Sometimes I like to sit around at home in my underwear with just a drink for company.  Is there  a word for that? Indeed there is! Finland's Tourism Board put together a dictionary of "hard-to-describe Finnish emotions, words, and customs."  Kalsarikännit (pronounced cal-sar-y-cuhn-eet). describes the "feeling when you are going to get drunk home alone in your underwear — with no intention of going out."

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Shroud of Turin bedding

I dare you to get a good night's sleep on these sheets.

  Dangerous Minds Via my friend Alan

Hand-Crafted Flipbook Of Mt. Fuji

Yusuke Oono's hand-crafted ‘Mount Fuji 360’ book, published by Counter-Print displays a 360-degree panoramic scene of layered silhouettes.

New stock of the ‘Mount Fuji 360’ 🗻  books have finally arrived! Find your copy on Counter-Print.co.uk Limited copies available #counterprintbooks #mountfuji

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How Deep Sea Creatures Emit Their Own Light

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How women got dressed in 18th century England

This re-enactment video from theLady Lever Art Galleryand National Museums Liverpool, Englandshows a wealthy English woman is dressed by her maids, and there's much more to the process than meets the eye.



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Architecture Projects Would Have Changed New York But Were Never Built

Numerous building projects were envisioned for New York City but were never realized. Never Built New York is a book written on these "what ifs" by architecture critic Greg Goldin and journalist Sam Lubell, as well as the title of an exhibition the pair curated, which opens at the Queens Museum this September.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Key Project for Ellis Island(1959) would have housed
7,500 residents in seven candlestick-shaped towers orbiting around a giant globe.
Residents would have access to all the amenities of a big city,
including hospitals, movie theatres, restaurants, and more.

Rufus Henry Gilbert, Gilbert’s Elevated Railway(1870)His plan for an Elevated Railway included a series of elevated tubes 24 feet above the
 ground, which he patented in 1870.

Buckminster Fuller, Dome Over Manhattan & Dodger Dome (1961 & 1955)

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Visual Sounds of the Amazon

Andy Thomas travelled to the Amazon rain forest to collect the sights and sounds of one of the worlds most amazing jungles.

Visual Sounds of the Amazon from Andy Thomas on Vimeo.

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New Toile With A Twist

Traditional toile, the cotton fabric produced in the town of Jouy, in France, features scenes of provincial life: shepherds driving sheep, lovers meeting beneath trees. Toile has never gone out of fashion but fabric designers have been using less traditional patterns more reflective of life today:

Glasgow toile includes scenes of a junkie passed out on a bench, and a man taking a leak in a park
It's available for £108 per meter from Timorous Beasties.

Toile de Derby in Driver's Door, $150 per roll from Flat Vernacular.

Dino wallpaper in Grey, $100 per roll from The Pattern Collective.

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*I'm a fan of toile and have posted toile links previously on NOTL: Beth Katleman's Three Dimensional Toile de Jouy,  Brooklyn Toile Wallpaper and Dr. Who Toile

Porcelain Figurines Highlight Europe's Refugee Crisis

Earlier this year Australian artist and ceramist Penny Byrne asked her social media followers to donate to her Great Blue and White Figurine Hunt. She received 80 figurines which she has clad in the orange life jackets that have become synonymous with refugees and the life-threatening journeys they have taken.

Adrift in an assortment of porcelain antique household serving plates, gravy boats, cups, and bowls, (delicate vessels that reflect the determination to find any means necessary to cross seas), the figures are stranded around the gallery in various states of safety. The crudely constructed bright orange rings that hang around the necks of the figurines are clumsily constructed, a statement from Penny on the worrying trend of refugees being given fake or faulty life jackets.

Europa Europa opens at the Michael Reid Gallery in Berlin Oct. 6

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Jerry Orbach Memorial Art Car

Los Angeles artist Brandon Bird made a custom memorial art car as a tribute to the late Law&Order star Jerry Orbach.



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Low Cost Cosplay

Anucha “Cha” Saengchart aka Low Cost Cosplay has a Facebook following of  2.77 million. They love his hilarious budget cosplays and so do I.

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Look At Those Fonts!

A gallery from collector Tony Nourmand's X-Rated: Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s  published by Reel Art Press in September.

I Want You! (1970)
A housewife with a not so happy sex life goes to a psychiatrist
and explains in detail about her fantasies.

I Was a Man (1967)
Female actor Ansa Kansas plays a man trying to obtain
a sex-change operation in Finland.
 

Smoke and Flesh (1968)

More: The Guardian 

Divine Doggie Digs

Twitter user @Al_Chris16 posted pics of a charming home renovation. His brother built a fabulous under-the-stairs bedroom for his pet that would be the envy of all dogs (and some humans).

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US Army is developing heat-generating fabric

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Army researchers may make bulky winter clothing a thing of the past. They’re using a coating of fine silver nanowires on ordinary fabrics, such as cotton or polyester, as a way to keep soldiers warm in extreme cold. The nanowire-coating is so fine that it doesn’t alter the flexibility of the fabric and is also washable.  A professor at University of California-San Diego has devised a flexible, stretchable battery that can be incorporated within the textile and is weightless. The technology could ultimately make its way into consumer products. I hope so. I hate it when I'm wearing so many layers that I can't lower my arms.

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