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thisfeliciaday: Did you hear about this awesome event we’re making? Join me! More info here: http://bit.ly/tabletopday My friends have asked me to host a site for this. It falls on my birthday. There will be joy.
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hoticecream: A country without an expectation of minimal artistic literacy, without a basic structure by which the artists among us can be awakened and given the choice of following their talents and a way to get to be great at what they do, is a country that is not actually as great as it could…
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popmech: A few key tools, $1500 in materials, and three days’ worth of sweat equity turned what could have been a pedestrian building project into a sturdy—and stylish—8 x 6–foot shed. PM’s Associate Home Editor David Agrell shows you how to build your own; go here for the plans, shopping list and instructions.
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(via Information Design / unpacking data visualization)
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tanacetum-vulgare: I just read an article about science fiction and its relationship with “real science” and it was the most delightful thing. I mean come on, they talk about Star Trek and the X-Files, and prod at notions of masculinity that make (some) scientists terrified of “penetrative” influence from fanciful feminine fields like literature? Yes…
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collectivehistory: Floyd Norman, the first black artist at Disney, animating on Sleeping Beauty, 1958
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Disegno: Drawing in Europe, 1520-1600 (Getty Center Exhibitions)
Disegno: Drawing in Europe, 1520-1600 (Getty Center Exhibitions) Contorted, elongated forms and dramatically animated compositions characterize the emerging artistic style of the late Renaissance (about 1520–1600). Concerned with grace and virtuosity in the depiction of the human figure, this new style is best identified with the rise of the Italian concept of disegno, referring not…
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The business model is the new unit of design. Tom Hulme (via stoweboyd)
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austinkleon: Dave Gray’s illustrations for his book, The Connected Company
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Dr. Manhattan invoked in code, first attempt
Dr. Manhattan invoked in code, first attempt.