This building evolved from significant public conversations with students, parents, teachers and community activists, working with historians, curators, folklorists, artists and architects to envision a community gathering place [Kell Muñoz Architects] — via ArchDaily
The small Swiss watchmaker that is mostly known for its skeletonized timepieces will soon introduce its new creation: the Claude Meylan Eclipse wrist watch.
As the name implies, the Claude Meylan Eclipse is presented in a glossy jet-black PVD treated stainless steel case — via World Watch Review
This house, project by Progetto Arquitetura, is situated in a rich neighbourhood in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Its construction has been finished in 2010 — via ArchDaily
Scientists at the UK’s Institute of Cancer Research have prevented breast cancer spreading to other organs in mice by blocking a chemical.
In their experiments, they showed that blocking the enzyme LOXL2 prevented metastasis — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I’ve been following Alpina for years now and I’ve always been fascinated if not a little off-put by their styling. Finally, howeover, we have a chrono that’s actually worth a second look. This is the Startimer Pilot running an in-house automatic movement, the AL-860. It will be on sale this year alongside the AL-950, the Startimer Pilot Regulator that they’re most famous for — via Wrist Watch Review
The relation with the verticality of the mountain at the back of the house and with the sea horizon in the far distance represents the generating element of the development of the volumes. Their simple shapes and the compact horizontal fronts express, by refusing the doubled elevation, an architecture [SM-arch] which proposes an actual integration between what is built and the ground and takes roots thus recalling the idea of chunks of rock broken off the flank of the mountain — via ArchDaily
5×7? gouache and ink on Canson paper — via CrashOctopus Blog
This watch, designed by Christian Mikkelsen and Lau Liengaard Ruge, is an ultrathin, fairly handsome sports watch with a thin quartz movement and PVD-coated case and band. I, personally, am not a fan but it does look better than the thin stuff Skagen has been selling for years now and it could make someone with a fetish for ultrathin watches quite happy — via Wrist Watch Review
June Gilbank made a crocheted presentation of Discworld in the amigurumi style. When Sir Terry Pratchett saw this work, he commented Well, if you’re going to crochet Discworld then that’s the way to do it
— via Neatorama
Tea time, tea time!. This smug little Octopus is a true tentacular tea connoisseur. How do you like your tea?. One sugar — or maybe eight?!
This 8×10 inch print is a reproduction of my original gouache and watercolour painting. It is professionally printed on Kodak Endura Metallic paper, a unique dimensional surface that results in sharp details and beautifully saturated colours — via Etsy
A strong earthquake has struck Christchurch in New Zealand and there are reports of major damage in the city — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Whether you want to look at two PDF pages side-by-side or you want two Twitter accounts open at once, sometimes OS X requires a separate instance of an application to be open. Here’s how to do it with a simple Terminal command — via Lifehacker
Australian consumers may not get the best deal out of next-generation mobile broadband services because of problems with spectrum allocations.
Carriers are quietly campaigning for larger blocks of 1800MHz spectrum in order to make the most of new generation mobile broadband technology known as long term evolution — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Italy seems to be full of workshops making stylish, rideable customs, but Ggarage is one I haven’t heard of before. The company specializes in bikes from the 1970s onwards, and operates just outside Rome. This is their latest build, a simple but very effective flat track conversion on the evergreen Triumph Bonneville — via Bike EXIF
Bookworm, or booksquid?. So many interesting things are waiting to be read. Careful with those stacks of books! I wonder if anyone has suggested an e-reader to him yet?
This 5×7 inch print is a reproduction of an original gouache and watercolour painting. It is professionally printed on Kodak Endura Metallic paper, a unique dimensional surface that results in sharp details and beautifully saturated colours — via Etsy
— via Jake’s Rolex World
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