British company Terry Lifts have designed a home elevator that looks like something out of Star Trek. The lift is made possible by cutting a hole in the floor, and having a lift pod travel along a track between two floors — via CONTEMPORIST
Yes, you read the title right. If you have a cat, it’s trying to send you signals via meowing, rubbing, and purring. But what are they saying? Learn how to interpret your feline friend in this instalment of The Science of Us
— via Youtube
Nicolas Roeg directing David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth — via Cinephilia & Beyond
Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inka engineering techniques to rebuild the Q’eswachaka Bridge. The entire bridge is built in only three days. The bridge has been rebuilt in this same location continually since the time of the Inka — via Youtube
British neurologist Oliver Sacks has died at the age of 82, it has been confirmed.
The acclaimed author, whose book Awakenings inspired an Oscar nominated film of the same name, reportedly died of cancer at his home in New York.
In February he wrote about his illness — and being face to face with dying
.
His publicist Jacqui Graham paid tribute to Dr Sacks, saying he was unlike anybody I have ever met
, while JK Rowling said he was inspirational
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Prolific horror filmmaker Wes Craven, who directed the slasher classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, has died aged 76, his family said in a statement.
Craven, who was also behind the 1990s horror hit Scream, died surrounded by his loved ones at his Los Angeles home after suffering from brain cancer, the statement said.
It is with deep sadness we inform you that Wes Craven passed away,
the family said.
Our hearts are broken.
Craven suffered from ailing health over the past three years, but continued to work on projects including several television shows, a graphic novel and a new film, The Girl in the Photographs, which is set to premiere at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival next month.
He was awarded lifetime achievement awards by the New York City Horror Film Festival and the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, according to the Internet Movie Database — via redwolf.newsvine.com
When Ivan Priatman Architecture designed this home in Indonesia, they included a gradient of small windows embedded in the walls on either side of the stairwell, which allow natural light to enter, while maintaining privacy for the people inside — via CONTEMPORIST
— via Cinephilia & Beyond
Comfortably Cushioned and Fuzzy originally uploaded by Red Wolf
*Yes. We know. Please form an orderly queue. Originally aired on ABC TV: 27/08/2015 — via Youtube
Paddy’s Brewery, Coopers Brewery Kegs, Coopers Brewery Kegs and Traffic Cones originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Hailing from Santiago, Chile, industrial designer Abel Cárcamo blends contemporary aesthetics with traditional materials, resulting in timeless tables, vases, lamps and even clothing. His latest project, the NÓMADA Collection, was made in collaboration with fellow designer Carlos León Astorga and features conical stools with storage space and minimalist side tables. Cárcamo stays true to his design principles by crafting the pieces from lenga—the native wood of Patagonia, Chile—and an aluminium that’s been finished with an electrostatic paint — via Cool Hunting
Ryan McAmis, an artist from Brooklyn, New York, is designing and building a miniature, scale model of a late Gothic Italian Cathedral, recreating everything from the stained glass windows to the vaulted ceiling, wall tombs and paintings. He first creates the pieces from a variety of materials, ranging from hand scribed brickwork on treated paper, to clay and wood. He then combines the materials together and creates a silicon mould, casting each piece in white plastic to be hand painted later — via ArchDaily
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Germen Crew just completed what could be one of the world’s largest murals in a small Mexican pueblo. The colourful mural was Commissioned by the Las Palmitas, Pachuca District municipality in the state of Sinaloa, long known for its role as the Drug Capital of Mexico
. The Nuevo Muralisimos of Mexico spent five hard months working with the community to realise this ambitious urban revitalisation program. A massive public art project comprising 209 homes and over 215,000 square feet, the Macro Mural reveals a hybrid style that leans heavily on the group’s graffiti background, deftly coaxing the country’s most recognisable art form into the 21st century — via Inhabitat
Frank Lloyd Wrights’s Unity Temple is undergoing a much needed $23 million restoration. The comprehensive overhaul is going beyond restoring the building’s to its original beauty; a geothermal heating system and air conditioning will be integrated into the building and site for the first time, allowing the uninterrupted services year-round. The refurbished temple will reopen in late 2016 — via ArchDaily
Homer Phobe, Policy Advisor to the Australian Government
Originally aired on ABC TV: 20/08/2015 — via Youtube
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