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INSMED | UNBREAKABLE

For exclusive Making of >>> follow us on instagram 🙂 instagram.com/roofstudionyc/ “Unbreakable” is the story of Barbara the Bunny. When she begins to persistently cough, “Quality Control” at the toy factory labels her “defective,” and so her search for treatment … Continue reading

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DAY RELEASE (FREIGANG) (2019)

Original title: FREIGANG Mid-length feature film (35 min.) Director: Martin Winter Screenplay: Sebastian Schmidl Producer: Victoria Herbig & Sebastian Schmidl D.O.P.: Aram Baroian Cast Anna Suk Christopher Legedza Birgit Linauer Patrick Schmidl Daniela Zacherl Plot summary: Single mother Kathi receives … Continue reading

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Why Belgium Has The World’s Best Fries | Food Secrets Ep. 2

For Belgians, fries are holy, something you shouldn’t mess with. You might think: what can go wrong when deep frying potato sticks? Quite a few things. First of all: don’t call it French Fries, at least not when in Belgium. … Continue reading

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Running into WILD POLAR BEARS in Canada!

Filmed in October before the travel ban, and I had the most incredible experience with the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. If you ever get the chance to go up North, you have to go! You won’t regret it. … Continue reading

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48hrs on VIA Rail’s MOST NORTHERN TRAIN in Canada

VIA Rail in Canada has a number of Adventure Routes, and this train heads straight north from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba, also known as the Polar Bear Capital of the World. Watch Part 2 and our Polar Bear tours here: … Continue reading

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What is: Brutalism?

ne might consider Brutalism as the ‘marmite’ of architectural history: it is a style that is systematically loathed and revered. HRH Prince Charles once compared one of the icons of Brutalism, Britain’s National Theatre, to a nuclear power station. A … Continue reading

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FedEx Shipping Damage Creates Fractured Artworks

Since 2007, artist Walead Beshty has been cleverly using FedEx’s shipping infrastructure to create a series of artworks. He constructs glass objects that fit exactly into FedEx’s shipping boxes and then ships them to galleries and museums without any protection against … Continue reading

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Photorealistic Figures Embody Childhood Wonder in Dreamy Murals by Lula Goce

From New York City to Azerbaijan to Kristianstad, Sweden, artist Lula Goce transforms blank walls into ethereal artworks that illustrate childlike wonder and growth. Her murals merge photorealistic renderings of adolescent subjects with otherworldly surroundings: plumes of flowers and vines … Continue reading

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Gravity Energy Storage : A very uplifting technology!

Gravity energy storage is not actually a new concept. We’ve been doing it with pumped hydro for more than a century. But that’s very expensive to build and needs an awful lot of space. Now though, two new companies have … Continue reading

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Free As In Frequent Flyer Miles | Kottke

Buried deep within Jamie Lauren Keiles’ NY Times article about frequent flyer miles and The Points Guy is this economic observation: A major reason points-and-miles trips exist is because airlines turn a more stable profit by minting their own currencies … Continue reading

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