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Nantes named 2019 European capital of innovation
Nantes, France, has been named the 2019 European Capital of Innovation award for its ability to improve the lives of its residents through innovation. The €1 million prize, which is designed to recognise the most innovative cities in the EU … Continue reading
How Yayoi Kusama’s Outdoor Pumpkin is Protected During Hurricanes – Spoon & Tamago
photo by spoon & tamago (2017) If you’ve ever visited Japan’s magical art island of Naoshima you’ll most certainly have visited one of its most iconic pieces of art: Yayoi Kusama’s yellow pumpkin that sits at the tip of an … Continue reading
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My Unusual Life | The Man Who Lives With a Magpie
BBC Three Published on 27 May 2017 SUBSCRIBED 1.6M Last year, Charlie rescued a baby magpie. Now it has taken over his life.
Watercolor Paintings of Imagined Trash Structures Packed With Advertising by Alvaro Naddeo
Brazilian artist Alvaro Naddeo‘s watercolors imagine a dystopian world left in ruin by overconsumption and littered with the branding and logos of the past. Store walls, rusted out vehicles, and arcade machines gain new value as building materials and are … Continue reading
JAVIER RIERA CENTRO NIEMEYER
Javier Riera Published on 20 Jun 2014 Centro Niemeyer. Junio-septiembre de2014 El elemento central de esta exposición es una serie de siluetas lumínicas de ciervos que caminan por distintos lugares de la cúpula del Centro Niemeyer, integrándose de un modo … Continue reading
A Retired Bike-Share Bicycle Upcycled to a Beetle-Shaped Mobile Library
Seeking to provide a new use for China’s enormous surplus of bike-share bicycles, LUO Studiorecently designed a mobile library in the shape of a winged beetle. The studio’s founder Luo Yujie was inspired to create “Shared Lady Beetle” by a friend who teaches … Continue reading
A New Book Explores the Wide Range of Charming Homemade Cat Ladders in Switzerland
Switzerland-based graphic designer and writer Brigitte Schuster chronicles the unique phenomenon of outdoor cat ladders in her forthcoming book, Swiss Cat Ladders. Focusing on examples in the city of Bern, Switzerland, Schuster shows how humans facilitate the comings and goings of their feline … Continue reading
The Abandoned Grandeur of Crumbling Palaces Showcased in Large Format Photographs by Thomas Jorion
Whereas many photographers seek to capture beautiful ephemeral moments with their camera lens, French photographer Thomas Jorion is drawn to a more eternal timeline. Using an analog 4×5 camera, Jorion focuses on abandoned places: spaces and structures lost to the nature and … Continue reading
50 Photos That Show Just How Insanely Cold It Is In America Right Now
Extreme weather events are becoming more and more common, with records shattered down under during Australia’s recent heatwave, and now, at the opposite end of the spectrum, the ‘polar vortex’ bearing down on Midwestern U.S. […] Source: 50 Photos That … Continue reading
Ducks and the City: how birds thrive in urban spaces – City Metric
New York may be well known one of the most diverse, cosmopolitan places on Earth, but the arrival of one East Asian migrant in October 2018 still managed to surprise and delight the city. One lonely male mandarin duck – … Continue reading
