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condenasttraveler: The 100th Annual Chelsea Flower Show | The...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:22:43 -0400

condenasttraveler:

The 100th Annual Chelsea Flower Show | The Lupin display in the Great Pavilion

thecuratorsprints: Set of Constellation

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:46:16 -0400

thecuratorsprints:

Set of Constellation

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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:44:29 -0400

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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:44:22 -0400

modernizing: The juvet landscape hotel by Jensen &...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:40 -0400

modernizing:

The juvet landscape hotel by Jensen & Skodvin.

Located in Norway, The Juvet Landscape Hotel is based on the idea that a structure should blend into its surrounding environment, offering amenities that are oriented outwards towards the surrounding nature. The minimal design features floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows installed in all the rooms and even the hotel’s spa, giving guests a splendid, uninterrupted view of the forested landscape outside. Inside, the rooms are sparsely but stylishly furnished as to keep the focus on what’s available to see and do outdoors.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:19:13 -0400

bluesunshine23: Joseph Mallord William Turner, “The painter of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:19:07 -0400

bluesunshine23:

Joseph Mallord William Turner, “The painter of light” (1775-1851)

“You should tell them that indistinctiveness is my forte.” — Turner’s reply when hearing that some rich douchebag that purchased one of his paintings complained about it and called it indistinct (Willy’s taking none of your shit)

British Studies throwback!

"On its own, it is a wonder, but viewed in isolation its complexity and very existence is..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:02 -0400

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On its own, it is a wonder, but viewed in isolation its complexity and very existence is inexplicable. Darwin’s genius was to see that the existence of something as magnificent as a blade of grass can be understood, but only in the context of its interaction with other living things and, crucially, its evolutionary history. A physicist might say it is a four-dimensional structure, with both spatial and temporal extent, and it is simply impossible to comprehend the existence of such a structure in a universe governed by the simple laws of physics if its history is ignored.

And whilst you are contemplating the humble majesty of a blade of grass, with a spatial extent of a few centimeters but stretching back in the temporal direction for almost a third of the age of the Universe, pause for a moment to consider the viewer, because what is true of the blade of grass is also true fro you. You share the same basic biochemistry, all the way down to the detail of proton waterfalls, and ATP, and much of the same genetic history, carefully documented in your DNA. This is because you share the same common ancestor. You are all related. You were once the same.

”

- Brian Cox channels Richard Feynman in this reminder that viewing science through any single lens is an incomplete view of its magnificence. In other words, physics is beautiful, but it’s a periscope view of life’s majesty.

From his new book to accompany the BBC series, Wonders of Life.

via Brain Pickings

(via jtotheizzoe)

Lose Yourself Image courtesy Laura Hendriks and Wim Noorduin By...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:00 -0400

Lose Yourself

Image courtesy Laura Hendriks and Wim Noorduin

By growing his flowers on a metal plate placed inside the beaker, Noorduin can sculpt a lot of them at once. This can yield beautiful fields of microscopic structures.

“This is one thing I must say that I like the most,” Noorduin said. “If you look under a microscope, these fields are really large. You can get completely lost in this whole world on the slide.”

renlybaratheons: TV MEME: [5/5] Female Characters - Cassie...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:02:13 -0400

renlybaratheons:

TV MEME: [5/5] Female Characters - Cassie Ainsworth

Do you know what hurts most about a broken heart? Not being able to remember how you felt before… try and keep that feeling, because… if it goes… you’ll never get it back.

ianbrooks: Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:01:56 -0400

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me

ianbrooks:

Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman

Says Thomas about this project: “The final book sculpture of my major project series. Like the previous two sculptures it uses a visual metaphor to convey the emotions of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and embodies my research by visualising an expression used by a sufferer of OCD. The expression was ‘derailing my train of thought’, because the person felt that the rituals they had to perform were disrupting their day. Where the compulsions and worry would side track them from doing everyday activities.

To convey this metaphor the sculpture shows a train travelling on a journey that has become disrupted, leading it to derail from its set path. Typography was used on the tracks for the title of the piece, also type was used for the coal. In the scene it shows the coal cart tipping over where the type has become mixed up to symbolise the mixed emotions during anxiety and panic”.

Artist: Behance / Website / Previously!

"Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress...."

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:46:33 -0400

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does..”

- Margaret Atwood (via biscodeja-vu)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 19:46:21 -0400

thekhooll: Cambodian Tree Projections Clément...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:29 -0400

thekhooll:

Cambodian Tree Projections

Clément Briend :“Cambodian culture is deeply rooted in a spirituality - marked by a belief in genii and fantasy creatures. In a dark cityscape, night reveals the presence of divine creatures on trees and subsequently makes them alive and real. Such nocturnal visions allow us to grasp the way magic profoundly influences how Cambodian people perceive the world.”

duttonbooks: kateoplis: Shiba Ryotaro library | Tadao...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:56:52 -0400

duttonbooks:

kateoplis:

Shiba Ryotaro library | Tadao Ando

Get a load of this library.

Patti Smith's Advice to Young Artists

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:56:28 -0400

Patti Smith's Advice to Young Artists:

tea-and-thorazine:

Watch this, it’s wonderful.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 12:52:00 -0400

Vampire Weekend are streaming their new album, Modern Vampires...

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:11:00 -0400

Vampire Weekend are streaming their new album, Modern Vampires of the City, a full week ahead of its release date (May 14th via XL Recordings). Take a listen at the iTunes Store.

Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Usher, Major Lazer, Charli XCX) and the band’s own Rostam Batmanglij, the follow-up to 2010′s Contra was recorded in both New York City and Los Angeles.

In a past interview with Q Magazine, frontman Ezra Koenig called their latest effort “dark”, “organic”, and that it “really does feel like the third chapter in a book.” He added: “We created some characters on the first record, some of which are real people, some of which are ourselves, so it’s not so hard to keep following them and see what their concerns are now and how their lives have changed.”

Pre-orders are ongoing.

Modern Vampires of the City Tracklist:
01. Obvious Bicycle
02. Unbelievers
03. Step
04. Diane Young
05. Don’t Lie
06. Hannah Hunt
07. Everlasting Arms
08. Finger Back
09. Worship You
10. Ya Hey
11. Hudson
12. Young Lion

suicideblonde: The Great Gatsby costumes by Catherine Martin

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:32:18 -0400

suicideblonde:

The Great Gatsby costumes by Catherine Martin

mountainish: Huangshan cliff (by J W CRUX)

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:32:07 -0400

mountainish:

Huangshan cliff (by J W CRUX)