Grow Food, Not Lawns posted this image of an ingenious garden made from rain gutters, which are arranged to let water drain down from the top — via MAKE
Mudgee Tower from Traces Films on Vimeo.
Commissioned by Rob Brown of Casey Brown Architecture. This film looks at the inspiration, design and construction of this unique and totally sustainable shelter. A beautiful combination where the raw natural materials and elements have created a stylish elegant structure of sophisticated solitude. With a voice-over narration by Rob Brown.
Manuel Maia Gomes converted House Antero de Quental, the home of a 19th-Century poet, into a contemporary literary centre in Portugal — via Dornob
Set the watch to the any one of the cities of your choice and the corresponding time zone is shown by the numbers engraved on the bezel
If you need to make a straightforward, simple web site, Strikingly makes that process very simple. After choosing the site you want, you add a few images and some text and you’ll have a page up in minutes — via Lifehacker
Excavation, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Shattered Dreams, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory
ok, so there’s an architectural style from the early/mid 20th century that is either called moderne
or streamline moderne
or houses that look kind of like grounded ocean liners
.
and la has a lot of these streamline moderne houses that look vaguely like ocean liners from 1930
. not enough, as they’re pretty great, but still: a lot, comparatively speaking.
and this one is arguably the prettiest of the bunch — via Moby Los Angeles Architecture
Corner Framework, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, builds Jaime Lannister’s sword from Game of Thrones. This blade will be crafted from scratch, with a hilt forged from molten bronze, and then taken outside for an epic battle against a windshield
Igor Sikorsky and Orville Wright, 1942 — via Awesome People Hanging Out Together
Color.hailpixel is the handiwork of coder-extraordinaire Devin Hunt. It’s easy: move your cursor left and right to adjust hue, up and down to adjust brightness, and scroll to adjust saturation. When you find a colour you like, give ‘er a click to pin it in your browser and keep on going. Aside from providing a hassle-free way of comparing and coordinating colours for any use (particularly the web), Hunt’s creation just makes you appreciate the awesome and vibratory power… of colour
. It’s also a great way to waste away a lazy afternoon — via Gizmodo Australia
This piece is an elegant and understated version of an ancient and timeless symbol — via Etsy
This sculpture is one of Alexandre Arrechea‘s interpretations of famous skyscrapers in New York City — via Neatorama
Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, City Museum in St Louis, Missouri, is an eclectic mixture of children’s playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. At one time, these were chutes in a factory for sending shoes down to lower floors — via Neatorama
The Oktopus toilet plunger is a concept design developed by Art. Lebedev Studio that makes it look like a large tentacled creature is emerging from your toilet — via Laughing Squid
Lucca Uitzicht opTorre dei Guinigi met Eiken, originally uploaded by Alex Janssen.
The city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, is famous for its medieval architecture and intact city walls. Yet among all of its exquisite buildings one stands out. The Torre Guinigi or Guinigi Tower in English towers over the city.
At the top of the 44.5 meter high tower is something of a surprise – a garden containing, of all things, oak trees.
High above the city this small wood has provided a haven of peace for centuries — via Kuriositas
IMG_9209, originally uploaded by vebests.
Bethlehem Chapel is a chapel dedicated to the Roman Catholic worship, located in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau in Loire-Atlantique, along the main road 58 between Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau and Le Pellerin.
Classified as a historic monument in 1911 and restored between 1993 and 1995, the present chapel pinnacles where some of the newly created chimeras are derived from the American film culture and Japanese animation
— via Youtube
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