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fuckyeahillustrativeart: by Simon Eckert...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:07 -0400

by Simon Eckert http://scebiqu.cghub.com/

"We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face, they’re not stupid...."

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:46 -0400

“We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face, they’re not stupid. They see the loudest applause is for the kids on the field. They know teachers are paid poorly and don’t drive fancy cars. They know people plan Super Bowl parties but mock the National Spelling Bee. In other words, they see the hypocrisy, and we can’t expect society to correct itself. If we want to have any lasting influence on the way our kids approach education — the way future generations approach education — then we have to grab our pom-poms and paint our faces and celebrate intellectual curiosity with the same vigor we do their athletic achievements.”

- Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com

(via crocbonker)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:25 -0400

bookshelfporn: A Library Slide We love this wooden slide that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:57 -0400

bookshelfporn:

A Library Slide

We love this wooden slide that is slotted into a combined staircase and bookshelf of a house in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea,

Designed by Moon Hoon.

Submitted by Bookshelf Porn reader Jesse Richardson via Colossal.

bassaniogratiano: Going on from my previous post, I wanted to...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:16:11 -0400

bassaniogratiano:

Going on from my previous post, I wanted to showcase some of Cheeming Boey’s art.

The thing that really strikes me about Boey’s work is how playful and innocent his art is. Just look at the kind of imagination he puts into each cup! The medium alone takes me back to my childhood when in a restaurant every napkin, place mat, and paper item was a canvas.

How does one put so much joy into one little cup?

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:31:24 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

fairytalemood: “Flowers in Rapunzel” by maca

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:56 -0400

fairytalemood:

“Flowers in Rapunzel” by maca

chechitout: “3113 AD - Remnants of a species felled by their...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:04:19 -0400

chechitout:

“3113 AD - Remnants of a species felled by their own hearts (this was incomprehensible to the robots of 3113 AD)”
(pen & watercolor, 2.5” x 3.25”)

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Thu, 09 May 2013 19:02:28 -0400

bibliobimbo: in my house there are only two water temperatures: winter is coming and fire cannot...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:05:39 -0400

bibliobimbo:

in my house there are only two water temperatures: winter is coming and fire cannot kill a dragon

"I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:58:59 -0400

“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”

- Oscar Wilde (via plussh)

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Wed, 08 May 2013 17:58:32 -0400

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Wed, 08 May 2013 09:12:34 -0400

catfromwonder: yingxi chu

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:49:31 -0400

catfromwonder:

yingxi chu

nprradiopictures: Todd McLellan must have a lot of fun at his...

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:19:40 -0400

nprradiopictures:

Todd McLellan must have a lot of fun at his job.

How else to explain someone who meticulously dismantles, then painstakingly rearranges hundreds of tiny parts of machinery. And that’s before he throws everything into the air.

The Toronto-based commercial photographer was the kind of kid who always took things apart, including an entire 1985 Hyundai Pony in secondary school. He said that if an object interested him, it would soon be in pieces.

“I’ve always had a technical grounding trying to figure out how things work,” he said in a phone interview.

That fascination followed him into adulthood, when he decided to disassemble 50 design classics for his book Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living. The objects range from modern “smart” technology to older things that he collected on the street and at thrift shops. He looked for objects that were outdated but still functioned.

“I remember thinking, ‘Wow, all this technology still works,’ ” he said.

To photograph the objects, he first tried conventional portraits but found the results “boring and stuffy.” Eventually he decided to take the objects completely apart and lay out all of the pieces on a white backdrop.

Things Come (Very, Very) Apart

Photo Credit: Todd McLellan/Courtesy of Thames & Hudson

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Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:28 -0400

I'm actually a really shy person.

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:02:08 -0400

Like when you first meet me, our conversation is going to be awkward no matter what because I wouldn’t have any idea what to talk about. It’s also worse when you’re cute. But if you wait a little I’ll get comfortable talking with you. Then I’ll start talking so much that it’ll annoy you. I really do talk a lot.

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:02:01 -0400

fiolee2444: Photoset of marceline fanart done by...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:39:36 -0400

fiolee2444:

Photoset of marceline fanart done by Natasha

favorite this is just my favorite

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:34:12 -0400