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Cartography portraits (via patternbank)

Man races the Tube. Wins. (via helloyoucreatives)

Learning a new language in 22 hours

That's what Joshua Foer attempted to do before taking a trip to the hard-to-reach Congo. The approach and results are fascinating:

For motema, which means heart, I visualised a beating organ dripping blood on a blinking and purring computer modem. To remember that bondoki means gun, I saw James Bond pointing a gun at Dr No, and saying, "Okey-dokey." If this all sounds a little silly, it is. But that's also the point. Studies have confirmed what Cicero and the other ancient writers on memory knew well: the stranger the imagery, the more markedly memorable.

The chemistry of 'Breaking Bad' characters

The final eight episodes of Breaking Bad begin Sunday. Feed your fix with the Shutterstock library's “chemical” diagrams of each character.

#breaking bad #walter white

Minimalism meets the movies

Twenty-eight-year-old Swedish illustrator and graphic designer Patrik Svensson rethinks classic movie posters with this stylishly simplified series. (via thought catalog)

#minimalism #movies

Illustrated maps

Ingrid Dabringer turns maps into unique illustrations. This one shows Ireland and the UK. (via fuckyeahcartography)

#maps #illustrations #ingrid dabringer

Slacklining between Paris' two highest towers. Crazy -- even with a harness.

#slacklining #paris

Bottle cap design

Gail Anderson assembled a cool collection of bottle cap designs. (via Kottke)

#bottle caps #design #gail anderson

For only $800 a month, this 78-square-foot Manhattan "apartment" could be yours. (Claustrophobia included free of charge.) (via Thought Catalog)

#manhattan #apartment

Faux logos

Fauxgo (faux + logo) offers a collection of fictional symbols and signs you see on TV and in the movies. The one above is from Toy Story. (via nevver)

#fauxgo #logos #fake