Compelling story of some photographs of the devastation in Hiroshima taken in the weeks following the atomic bomb, and their journey through the decades since. The original purpose of the photographs, and the way they entranced and affected the various people in possession of them, is fascinating.
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Some cool long exposure pictures of planes taking off.
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Breathtaking picture of the space shuttle Endeavour’s final ascent into space before retirement.
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Strange and beautiful animated gifs
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If your house was burning, what would you take with you?
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Stack Magazines subscription service is a great idea – one for Marc I think. It claims to collect the best independant magazine titles from around the world every month and deliver them to you. It’s not clear how many magazines you get though, and the subscription fee seems suspiciously cheap!
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The Selvedge Yard has presented a fascinating collection of customized Zippo lighters that were owned by Soldiers in Vietnam and became a powerful mechanism to express their frustration, fears, and loathing of the war.
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The LEGO Architecture series features Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater house, and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, alongside American landmarks like the Empire State Building.
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A very nice looking site with very interesting posts.
For authors, choosing a book cover is the fraught moment their very private creation starts putting on its game face and getting ready to enter the market.
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Yesterday I went to have a look at the newly re-opened Holburne Museum.
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Unfortunately I can’t read Danish but as far as I can work out this studio creates sculptural installations and furniture out of LEGO, amongst other materials.
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