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wnycradiolab: exhibition-ism: Get lost in Kristiina Lahde’s...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:30:59 -0700

exhibition-ism:

Get lost in Kristiina Lahde’s measuring tape art. Taking optical illusion art to the next level.

Pretty hard not to like this.

metamuseum: George C. Blickensderfer, American, 1850-1917,...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:28:21 -0800

metamuseum:

George C. Blickensderfer, American, 1850-1917, Model 6 portable typewriter, c. 1906, aluminum, steel, copper, Manufactured by Blickensderfer Manufacturing Co., Stamford, Connecticut, The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota 98.276.279.1

When George C. Blickensderfer unveiled his Model 5 at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, it caught the imagination of Americans and Europeans alike with its ingeniously simple design.

The world’s first truly portable typewriter, it used a rotating type wheel, which allowed for a speedy change in typeface, and contained about 250 parts – a tenth of the parts that made up its desktop contemporaries.

Blickensderfer would present an even lighter take on the Model 5 in 1906: the Model 6, a lightweight typewriter manufactured exclusively in aluminum. Dubbed the “Five-Pound Private Secretary,” the Model 6 was portable and durable; the company touted it in advertisements as being, “in every way, a high class machine.”

Jennifer Komar Olivarez

Associate Curator, Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculpture
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
http://artsmia.org/

nevver: I want! I want! — William Blake

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:12:08 -0800

nevver:

I want! I want! — William Blake

Dillon Marsh captures the handiwork of weaver birds building...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:50:28 -0800

Dillon Marsh captures the handiwork of weaver birds building nests in Kalahari power lines. (via Notcot)

From Benjamin Betts’ Geometrical Psychology. (via Data Is...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:10:44 -0800

From Benjamin Betts’ Geometrical Psychology. (via Data Is Nature)

Unbelievable paper work in this stop-motion video for Shugo...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:58:34 -0800

Unbelievable paper work in this stop-motion video for Shugo Tokumaru’s “Katachi” (via pitchforktv)

"The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good,..."

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:28:55 -0800

““The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.””

- Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness (via freedomdesires)

I love Bukowski
(via fred-wilson)

From Hiroshi Sugimoto’s movie theatre series—decades in...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:16:37 -0700

From Hiroshi Sugimoto’s movie theatre series—decades in the making—in which the shutter remains open for the entire duration of the film.

kariusbaktus: Best client ever

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:34:26 -0700

kariusbaktus:

Best client ever

Designer Gerhard Steidl and Perfumer Geza Schoen have teamed up...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:28:11 -0700

Designer Gerhard Steidl and Perfumer Geza Schoen have teamed up with Wallpaper magazine and Karl Lagerfeld to create a clever little folly: perfume inspired by freshly printed books.

The packaging and branding are a bit of a missed opportunity, I think, but anything that smells like ink on paper is worth noting.

Lovely work by André Feliciano. (via Collosal, once again)

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:56:46 -0700

Lovely work by André Feliciano. (via Collosal, once again)

More of Guy Laramee’s incredible topographic sculptures...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:13:46 -0700

More of Guy Laramee’s incredible topographic sculptures carved from books. (via Colossal)

by Portland-based artist Mengyu Chen, for her upcoming comic The...

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:14:23 -0700

by Portland-based artist Mengyu Chen, for her upcoming comic The Encephalic Cinema. (via Collosal)

windjammerstonight: Type work for C R O W N S I recently...

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:32:41 -0700

windjammerstonight:

Type work for C R O W N S I recently did…

From the brilliant Kevin Harris.

100,000 blue LEDs swarming Tokyo’s Sumida River (via...

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:05:56 -0700

100,000 blue LEDs swarming Tokyo’s Sumida River (via Colossal)

Artist Mark Formanek made a clock constructed in real time with...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:44:00 -0700

Artist Mark Formanek made a clock constructed in real time with boards and nails. The site updates in sync with your computer’s clock. (via @aplusk)

wnycradiolab: This thing is a camera! Specifically a Fusil...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:18:00 -0700

wnycradiolab:

This thing is a camera! Specifically a Fusil Photographique, or “rifle camera.” It was built by Etienne-Jules Marey, who used it to photograph birds in flight, and it’s been called the world’s first portable motion picture camera.

wnycradiolab: endomusia: This Thermometer Lets You Actually...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:21:08 -0800

wnycradiolab:

endomusia:

This Thermometer Lets You Actually Feel The Temp Outside
The Cryoscope Haptic Weathervane, created by Robb Godshaw of Syyn Labs, conveys the temperature by allowing you to experience it. Syncing with Wi-Fi to online weather reports, you can touch this aluminum cube to actually feel the outside temperature rather than simply reading about it through numbers or whimsical sunshine icons.

Unnecessary, sure…but awesome.

Fantastic.

yanuncatebajasporno: I N F I N I T U M

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:41:20 -0800

yanuncatebajasporno:

I N F I N I T U M

Brilliant.

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:48:48 -0800

Brilliant.