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"... Birds are not welcome under rooftiles anymore, so they lost a beautiful place to make nests." Klaas Kuiken (source)

#klaas kuiken #design #adaptation #bird #birdhouse #tiles #nature

"Alphabet with Tools" (1977), by Mervyn Kurlansky. Everyday objects found in homes and workshops organized into the letters of the alphabet. (via brain pickings)

#alphabet #alphabet with tools #mervyn kurlansky #brainpickings #letters #art

Shout Out Louds – Blue Ice, The Ice Record Project. Ice molds were designed so listeners could freeze, then listen to their own records.

A winter classic?

#ice #music #sound #shout out louds #blue ice #the ice record project #record player

Photograph of a bathing Ghat, taken in 1885. (Varanasi, India.)

#ghat #photograph #varanasi #water #india #architecture #ganges

“BEYOND” is an exclusive documentary featuring photographer Joey L. Set in Varanasi, India. The documentary by filmmaker Cale Glendening follows Joey and his assistant Ryan as they complete their latest photo series- “Holy Men.” (via vimeo)

The incredible city of Varanasi. One of the world's oldest and most continuously populated cities, defined by it's relationship with water.

#beyond #varanasi #india #joey l.#cale glendening #photography #water #ganges river #holy men

GravityLight: lighting for developing countries. A realistic alternative to Kerosene lamps by harnessing the power of gravity. (via indiegogo) More here.

#gravity #indiegogo #gravitylight #africa #kerosene #light #design #invention

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Centrum Warenhaus Suhl, (Germany). Heinz Luther BdA-DDR. Facade by Fritz Kühn, 1967, Stairs by Waldo Dörsch, 1972

#stairs #concrete #architecture #facade #Waldo Dörsch

"Falling snowflakes were collected at -22 degrees Fahrenheit on Bearded Mountain, West Virginia. Images © Electron and Confocal Microscopy Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture" (via designboom)

#USDA #snow #snowflake #microscope #west virginia

Created by Italian designer Giorgia Lupi at Accurat.

"Visualized for each laureate are prize category, year the prize was awarded, and age of the recipient at the time, as well as principal academic affiliations and hometown. Each dot represents a Nobel laureate, and each recipient is positioned according to the year the prize was awarded (x axis) and his or her age at the time of the award (y axis)." (via brain pickings)

#giorgia lupi #accurat #map #nobel prize #education

"The eCLOUD is a dynamic sculpture inspired by the volume and behavior of an idealized cloud. Made from unique polycarbonate tiles that can fade between transparent and opaque states, its patterns are transformed periodically by real time weather from around the world.

It is a permanent sculpture between gates 22 and 23 at the San Jose International Airport and was a collaboration between Dan Goods, Nik Hafermaas, and Aaron Koblin.

More about the piece can be found at ecloudproject.com" (via vimeo)

#eCLOUD #art #sculpture #airport #weather #dan goods #nik hafermaas #aaron koblin

Seen in Águeda, Portugal, and captured by photographer Patrícia Almeida.

#Águeda #portugal #patrícia almeida #photograph

"Firewall." An interactive installation by Aaron Sherwood in collaboration with Michael Allison.

#art #interactive #aaron sherwood #michael allison #nyc

The Geometry of Conscience Memorial by Alfredo Jaar (Santiago, Chile)

"The silhouettes belong to victims of the pinochet regime as well as to anonymous Chileans living today. ‘The Geometry of Conscience’ is therefore a memorial not for victims, but rather for the 17 million Chileans who are alive today and trying to retrace their common history." (designboom link)

#memorial #santiago #chile #alfredo jaar

Jerry Gretzinger, Mapping the Void. (Directed by Gregory Whitmore).

#art #map #earth #void #jerry gretzinger #gregory whitmore

A water-colorful kind of map by Stamen Design. (See more types here.)

#map #art #watercolor #earth

(Above) The "Open Tree of Life" project, mapping ~ 10 percent of known tree species.

"In 1837, Charles Darwin opened a notebook and drew a simple tree with a few branches. Each branch, which he labeled with a letter, represented a species. In that doodle, he captured his newfound realization that species were related, having evolved from a common ancestor. Across the top of the page he wrote, “I think.” (NYT link)"

#tree #map #charles darwin #species

The Waldseemüller map (1507) is the first map to include "America."

#Waldseemüller #map #america #earth

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