During Baselworld 2011 the German watchmaker has presented a number of watches, all of them beautiful in their own way. But one of the most interesting (at least, to yours truly) timekeepers that were exhibited in Basel, was the gorgeous Glashutte Original Senator Navigator WorldView automatic GMT watch (Ref. 39-47-07-07-04) — via World Watch Review
When this landed in my inbox, I couldn’t wait to share it with you as part of our Geek Crafts month! From Justine at Cast Away:
Last year Ray Cannon started coming into Cast Away for supplies to begin learning how to needle felt. Without knowing anything about the medium he quickly connected with this art form and found it similar to Scupley, a medium he’d used a few times before. Ray enjoys the felting medium for its molding ability without actually carving into the form. He soon began creating amazingly life-like, detailed animals. His pieces are so captivating — be sure to come see the sculptures and meet Ray Cannon.
Ray’s art will be on display at Cast Away in Santa Rosa, beginning Thursday, May 5th. From 6-8pm snacks will be served, and he will on hand to demonstrate his techniques — via CRAFT
2011 marks the 100th anniversary year of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal home and laboratory
in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Taliesin represents more than just great design—it exempli?es Wright’s philosophy that the true sense of organic architecture is the integrated oneness of the land, the building and spirit of life — via ArchDaily
Three drunken revelers rescued after being adrift in a toy dinghy in the English Channel for 11 hours greeted the authorities in French, thinking they had sailed across the stretch of water separating the two European nations.
Instead the men, equipped only with only a bottle of wine and one paddle, were only 3.2km out to sea off the English coast, London’s The Daily Telgraph said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I’m always using whatever’s at hand for bookmarks – bus tickets, junk mail, etc. But these adorable page corner markers by Tally of I Could Make That make me want to change my ways. Her tutorial is excellent, and she demonstrates a more decorative approach as well as this monster design — via CRAFT
Sometimes a motorcycle built purely for function can have beautiful form as well. This vintage 50cc racer from the Spanish Derbi factory is packing just 15hp, but it could reach an extraordinary 200 kph (124 mph) on the track. And as you can see, it also looks good standing still. It’s a Angel Nieto Replica
, a short run of bikes built in 1973 to honor the success of Spain’s leading motorcycle racer — via Derbi Angel Nieto Replica
Stockholmwatch with a special lapis lazuli dial which I thought you might enjoy. Price is $13,900. A white mother-of-pearl dial version is also available for $12,600 — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
How do you put a penthouse for a grown child on top of their parent’s home? A strange situation called for something unique – an independent and differentiated addition that works both with and against the historic stone walls and foundation.
Grupo Aranea created a space for the client to call home, reaching out to surrounding views of southern Spanish landscapes, while providing privacy and connections to the old home below — via Dornob
My entry for the Newborn contest on Conceptart.org. Mine was for newborn imagination or creativity. My first moment was with crayola crayons mmmmm :9 I’d love a box of 24 right now — via deviantART
Together with the gorgeous Louis Moinet Geograph, the Swiss watchmaker has issued another limited edition of the beautiful GMT chronograph watch: the Louis Moinet Geograph Rainforest [Ref. LM-24.30.56].
Having its chronograph totalizers made from genuine petrified palm wood, the watch will be issued in a very limited edition of 120 pieces — via World Watch Review
A tornado has cut a path of devastation through Auckland this afternoon, causing injuries and damage — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In the late 1930s, Panerai created a few examples of the Radiomir with a unique dial design. Today, only two examples survive. Why they were created is not known. Their history washed away with the Panerai archive in the Florence flood of 1966. The new Radiomir 3 Days Platino [PAM00373] picks up this dial design, which has never before been revived — via WatchTime
This project [Williams Boag Architects] is about centralising the City of Port Phillip’s staff in one location to maximise efficiency in delivery of services and the administration of the city. Part of the project was to retain a specific community hub within the South Melbourne Town Hall to respond to services needs in that suburb — via ArchDaily
A house that endured a leaking pipe for many months dialed 911 on Wednesday, finally bringing town officials to the rescue.
The homeowner gone — no one yet knows where — the house likely sprang a leak during a past freeze and began spraying water all over. Water came down inside the walls and through the ceiling,
said Health Director Wayne Attridge. The (wood) floors have buckled. The ceilings are sagging. It filled the basement with (5 feet of) water
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A giant octopus swims in a sea haven with a curling golden song of watery warmth and a flaming body of liquid gold.
This Original Water Color Painting measures 22 inches by 30 inches and is delicately painted on a full sheet of beautiful Arches Cold Pressed Water Color paper using high quality Grumbacher water color paint. The painting is hand signed and titled and will arrive in an integral mailing tube at your front door — via Etsy
Sean Ragan spotted this swiss cheese scarf blocking photo in the MAKE Flickr pool. Luscious! — via CRAFT
A lot of custom motorcycles are capricious creatures: pretty but impractical. Others are bikes that you can jump on and ride to the shops, and this is one of them. It’s the latest build from the Spanish workshop CRD, and follows the current European trend towards pared-down, blacked-out machines. The base is a 2004 Triumph Bonneville, and it shows how Hinckley’s modern classic can be transformed by relatively subtle modifications — Bike EXIF
Our friends from Angular Momentum have just revealed their new Angular Momentum Longitude 12 Traveler Timepiece Concept hand-wound GMT watch that combines their beloved Verre Eglomise technique with a simple but beautiful second time-zone complication — via World Watch Review
For this project Terry & Terry Architecture maintained certain portions of this original Victorian layout, including the compartmentalized front rooms and the wide hallway that contains the stairs and bathrooms and leads to the kitchen. As one moves to the rear of the house, traces of the original Victorian house dissolve — via ArchDaily
Australia secretly worked with the United States to weaken a key international treaty to ban cluster bombs, leaked US diplomatic cables show.
Despite taking a high-profile stance against cluster munitions – condemned as the cause of large numbers of civilian casualties – Australia was privately prepared to pull out of international negotiations on a global ban of the weapons if this threatened ties with US forces.
The US continues to use cluster munitions as a legitimate and useful weapon
, including in Afghanistan, and has affirmed that it will not sign the treaty to ban them. The disclosure comes as Federal Parliament prepares to consider a bill to ratify Australia’s signature of the Convention on Cluster Munitions — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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