Monthly Archives: November 2019

Taxi Fabric Fills Plain Cab Interiors with Vibrant Original Artworks

When thinking of decor inside an American taxicab, your imagination is probably limited to an LED payment screen blaring annoying ads and maybe a pine tree air freshener dangling from a rearview mirror.Β In India, a new firm is thinking a … Continue reading

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I Made A (foodsafe) Hack On Kintsugi…

Alex Traditional #Kintsugi Technique takes months, but this version only needs a day… update : My cookbook is #1 on Amazon : http://smarturl.it/FrenchGuyCooking Food Safe Epoxy Glue : https://amzn.to/2wWR84W Gold Food Coloring : https://amzn.to/2Cy0SbB Sugru : https://amzn.to/2MYbRQz After 3 different … Continue reading

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Journalist Rachel Lopez Documents the Delightfully Diverse Patterns on the Ceilings of Mumbai Taxis

Rachel Lopez Β has a thing with… taxi ceilings. Instead of joining the 200,000+ Instagram posts hashtagged #ihavethisthingwithfloors, the lifelong Mumbai resident flips her phone’s camera into selfie mode. Lopez documents the vast array of eccentric plastic patterns covering the ceilings … Continue reading

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Kintsugi: The Art of Broken Pieces

Kintsugi (or kintsukuroi)Β is a Japanese method for repairing broken ceramics with a special lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. . The philosophy behind the technique is to recognize the history of the object and to visibly incorporate the repair … Continue reading

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The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing

We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam — and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs haven’t disappeared … Continue reading

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The World’s Oldest Construction Project | Sagrada Familia

Credits: Writer/Narrator/Camera Operator: Brian McManus Editor/Camera Operator: Stephanie Sammann (https://www.stephanie-sammann.com/) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel

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πŸ™ƒπŸ“š Upside down! Painted on the town’s library πŸ™ƒπŸ“š (4 photos) – Street Art Utopia

Street Art byZABOUatEternelles Crapulesin Moutiers, France. Source: πŸ™ƒπŸ“š Upside down! Painted on the town’s library πŸ™ƒπŸ“š (4 photos) – Street Art Utopia

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11838. San Francisco Chinatown : Fortune Cookie Factory β€” One Million Photographs

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El Cabanyal β€” Victoria’s Secret Blog

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Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology

It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work — including iconic stage … Continue reading

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