Recreating childhood photos are nothing new, but this whole ‘conscious awkwardness’ thing has been catching on in recent years. Which ma...
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JR Presents the Many Faces of the Pantheon
Street artist JR has been plastering city streets with the portraits of strangers for years, including his TEDPrize project from 201...
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Found a T-Rex fossil in your cookie? Sugar killed the dinos, duh
Sure, there are cookie dinosaurs that you can make in 3D for a good laugh , but let’s get serious: too much sugar can kill T-Rex and co. ...
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Antique book bound in human skin found at Harvard
The book Arsene Houssaye’s Des destinees de l’ame (On the destiny of the soul) is part of the antique book collection of Harvard Univer...
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Audio on a Roll
Rolling Konus is a pioneering chassis for various types of speakers, including woofers, tweeters and more. At the heart of the design is a...
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Riva Lofts: a design hotel in Italy’s beautiful, historic Florence
Riva Lofts , nestling quietly on the banks of the Arno river in Italy’s beautiful, historic Florence, is variously referred to as a desi...
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These starfish just love to stand tall and tiptoe
Zoologist Christopher Mah , who keeps a fascinating blog about marine invertebrates dubbed The Echinoblog, once wrote about the unique b...
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Beyond the Presentations at the Core77 Conference
It’s just a few short days away. The inaugural Core77 Conference is this Thursday, June 19! If you’re not sure about going, keep in mi...
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This dad has been making awesome doodles on his kid’s lunchbag every day for the past 2 years
I wish my dad drew cool illustrations on my lunch bag instead of, you know, not drawing cool illustrations on my lunch bag. Graphic desi...
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Daft Punk, the art exhibition
Talk about taking music to new frontiers. Daft Punk Deux — a group art show comprising over 40 commissioned works by painters, sculptor...
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Murrine Core: Loren Stump’s Sliced Glass ‘Paintings’ Mark the Intersection of Art and Craft
Reportedly developed some four millenia ago and revived by Italian artisans in the 16th Century, murrine is among those crafts that l...
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Retire your prozac and put on the Happy Sunglasses instead
Spy Optics, a Californian firm specializing in eyewear, has claimed their sunglasses will make you mighty happy. And it’s all due to thei...
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This is not actually an abandoned building with overgrown plants
This may seem like a not-so-lovely tenement building with a jungle for a rooftop garden, but look closer – or farther, rather – and you’l...
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