Wildlife

Serval Kitten / Capron Park Zoo

Zuberi is a two-month-old Serval kitten whose name means strength in Swahili. His strength is exhibited by the playful exuberance he uses to approach life. The small one (with the big ears) was born 9 December at Capron Park Zooin Attleboro, Massachusetts, to mom Summer and dad Sav — via ZooBorns

Art

Let’s Play War! / Nathan Vincent

When it comes to fibre art, Nathan Vincent doesn’t mess around. Or he does, but in a very tenacious manner. He uses yarn to create remarkable works that challenge our expectations of the materials, as well as the imagery he depicts. He does this through a cunning combination of processes, and subject matter. The processes he uses are traditionally considered feminine activities, such as: knitting, crocheting, sewing and embroidering. The subjects he chooses are traditionally masculine objects, like: slingshots, video game controllers, and super hero capes. This juxtaposition of the familiar in an unfamiliar context is what makes Vincent’s work so striking — via MAKE:

Design, History

Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance / Blank on Blank

Any man who really has faith in himself will be dubbed arrogant by his fellows — Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957, as told to Mike Wallace.

Hear more outtakes and watch the full interview @ Blank on Blank.

If you’ve ever been to Illinois, you’ll know all about the defining features of its landscape – namely, that it’s pretty much flat. But architect Frank Lloyd Wright did something new when he made buildings that somehow became one with the prairie. Long, low lines, and interiors that brought the light and space of the outside in. With the same approach, he built homes in the woods around waterfalls, on high bluffs that take in the stretch and space of the land below. If you’ve ever visited one of his houses, you’ll know how they manage to make you understand more about exactly where you live — via Youtube

Design

Maison Bernard / Antti Lovag + Odile Decq

Maison Bernard, Antti Lovag’s lesser-known first home from 1971, was recently spruced up by Odile Decq, who maintained the bubble like forms Lovag is famous for (created with a steel rod and sprayed concrete) while upping the colour contrast to highlight hues reminiscent of the south of France. The restored home, first built for an industrialist and his family, offers a radical rejection of modernism’s straight lines, and is available for tours on select Tuesdays — via Curbed

Design

Servicing An Omega Speedmaster / Manfredi Jewels

Consider there are significantly more old watches that need service each year than there are new watches that need to be made, and yet the Swiss invest so significantly into watchmakers for creation and yet barely consider after-sales service. In this video, Hodinkee head up to Manfredi Jewels in Greenwich, CT, to talk about this, and see why now more than ever we need qualified repairmen via a detailed look at servicing one of the most iconic timepieces in history — the Omega Speedmaster Professional — via Servicing An Omega Speedmaster At Manfredi Jewels from HODINKEE on Vimeo

Art

Professional Notebook Maker / José Naranja

A good notebook in your pocket inspires you to jot down your thoughts. It summons forth the inner workings of your mind that otherwise might be lost in the moment. It can thus be a precious possession.

For José Naranja, a Moleskine notebook isn’t just a handy tool for everyday carry, but a work of art. He crafts elegant notebooks with hand-penned words and illustrations around other pieces of paper that he pastes in — via Neatorama

Design

Tarzana House / Richard + Dion Neutra

This home in Tarzana, California, was originally designed by architect father and son duo, Richard and Dion Neutra in 1972.

Still looking like it was built yesterday, this home exemplifies how good architecture can stand the test of time, and still be relevant and livable 44 years later.

The home is currently listed for sale through Sotheby’s — via CONTEMPORIST

Craft

How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop: Part 3: Making The Washers And Screws / Clickspring

Plenty of lathe work in this video, making the brass washers and mild steel screws for the John Wilding Large Wheel Skeleton Clock project. Chris also tackles a problem that has been bugging him for a while — how to get a decent scratch free polish using diamantine powder. Far from a perfect finish, but a big improvement on my previous efforts at a black polish — via Youtube

Wildlife

Cheetah Cubs Play / San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Six cubs, four female and two male, were born to mother Addison and sire Duke on November 15, 2015 at the Cheetah Breeding Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. This is Addison’s second litter, and the largest litter to be born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park — via Youtube

Art

Refugio para un recuerdo / Alexandra Kehayoglou

Strands of discarded yarn from a textile manufacturer become the sky, water, sand, bark and moss in realistic large-scale landscapes by Alexandra Kehayoglou in project intersecting fine art and carpet making. The artist retrieves scraps and unwanted materials from her family’s Buenos Aires factory, El Espartano, and painstakingly manipulates the threads into a point-by-point weft to create layer after layer of each composition — via Dornob

Art, Science

Visions of the Future / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Imagination is our window into the future. At NASA/JPL we strive to be bold in advancing the edge of possibility so that someday, with the help of new generations of innovators and explorers, these visions of the future can become a reality. As you look through these images of imaginative travel destinations, remember that you can be an architect of the future — via Visions of the Future