nevver:

Jeffrey Meyer

some of the guys i’ve had the pleasure of knowing

audiovision:

Chinese photographer Ziang Xiao photographs strange moments on the Chinese coast.

See more images of the infamous face-kini that took the Chinese coast by storm last summer on NPR’s The Two Way.

paper-dragons:

The Mansoojat Foundation

The Mansoojat Foundation is a UK registered charity founded by a group of Saudi women with a passionate interest in the traditional ethnic textiles and costumes of Arabia.

Where We Go In The Future Is Determined
By Where We Have Been In The Past.

The Mansoojat Foundation’s mission is to revive and preserve the traditional ethnic designs and costumes of the various regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; to promote and conduct academic research important for the understanding of the history and culture of the region, and to raise public awareness for the appreciation of this unique heritage.

back in tha good ol daze

tastefullyoffensive:

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Painting through the power of thought enabled by scientists
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent, telegraph.co.uk

A computer that enables users to paint through the power of thought has been developed by scientists.

To the view­er it is an accom­plished semi­ab­stract image of flow­ers and clouds, but in fact this paint­ing was pro­duced by a paral­ysed wom…

learning-through-osmosis:

Seriously. IN. LOVE.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

336bc:

Hundertwasser-Waldspirale Building

A residential building in Darmstadt, Germany

This is gross, anachronistic, and disturbingly orientalizing. 

n-architektur:

The definition of upright by stst31415

Arctic Sea Ice: The Death Spiral Continues
Joe Romm, thinkprogress.org

The story of the decade is the collapse of Arctic sea ice and its impact on our extreme weather (see “CryoSat-2 Confirms Sea Ice Volume Has Collapsed“).That merits the latest monthly update of sea ice volume by creative tech guru Andy Lee Robinson…

So glad I live inland.