Christopher Marsh

greatspaces: Iwan Baan amazed us with this project of an office...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:57:24 +0000

Iwan Baan amazed us with this project of an office in the woods by Spanish practice Selgas Cano: http://on.fb.me/XpTQFZ

Shelving books for serendipity

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:42:17 +0000

Shelving books for serendipity:

“Megan Shaw Prelinger: The library’s arrangement scheme was designed in response to several conditions: First, the collection is unique to our combined areas of particular interest. It has never tried to be a general-interest research collection. Second, therefore, the library did not really fit the taxonomic systems of either the Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal. For instance: Art and politics? Hand-made films? Nature-culture interface? History of the demonization of youth in society? These are just a few of our subject areas that are not clearly articulated in pre-existing taxonomic systems.”

Tidy Up Your Life : An Homage to the Vitsoe 606 Universal Shelving System

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:00:04 +0000

Tidy Up Your Life : An Homage to the Vitsoe 606 Universal Shelving System

Famous Quotes Illustrated Through Minimalist Posters

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:00:03 +0000

Famous Quotes Illustrated Through Minimalist Posters

Yes, No.

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:22:03 +0000

Yes, No.

Tentpoles made of air

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:31:52 +0000

Tentpoles made of air

"1. Victims were older, usually over 60. 2. Victims were overweight. 3. Victims led inactive..."

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:32:44 +0000

“1. Victims were older, usually over 60.
2. Victims were overweight.
3. Victims led inactive lives.
4. Victims were alcoholics.
5. Women were more prone to spontaneously combust than men.
6. At the scene there was often an external flame, such as a candle or fireplace.
7. Combustion was extremely rapid.
8. The flames were difficult to extinguish.
9. The flames produced a strong empyreumatic odor.
10. The surrounding room was coated with a thick, yellow, greasy film.
11. The first usually consumed the trunk of the body, but left the head and extremities intact.
12. Accidents occurred during fair weather, and more often in winter than in summer.”

- Are you at risk for spontaneous combustion? Check out these tell-tale signs from a physician in 1799. (via laphamsquarterly)

publicdomainreview: “River crossing”, an illustration...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:32:16 +0000

publicdomainreview:

“River crossing”, an illustration from Konrad Kyeser’s “Bellifortis”, the first fully illustrated manual of military technology, dating from the start of the 15th century.

artchipel: Claudia Rogge - Dividuum (2007-2008) This is what...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:21:37 +0100

artchipel:

Claudia Rogge - Dividuum (2007-2008)

This is what my current project is feeling like.

angelashetler: So Much To Do by Seb Lester

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:35:06 +0100

angelashetler:

So Much To Do by Seb Lester

betype: More Here

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:35:55 +0100

betype:

More Here

betype: Typographic Jokes.

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:35:33 +0100

betype:

Typographic Jokes.

Photo

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:32:33 +0100

laughingsquid: Will They Survive the 70s?, Circus Magazine...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:31:08 +0100

laughingsquid:

Will They Survive the 70s?, Circus Magazine (February 1970)

angelashetler: bookyard - an outdoor library by massimo...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:29:27 +0100

angelashetler:

bookyard - an outdoor library by massimo bartolini

italian artist massimo bartolini has developed an expansive outdoor public library entitled ‘bookyard’ for belgian art festival, TRACK: a contemporary city conversation in ghent. bartolini has employed his creative, mixed media talents to develop a set of twelve bookcases installed in st peter’s abbey vineyard, sint-pietersplein 14, the establishment originating in the middle ages.

Photo

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:28:58 +0100

photojojo: We challenge you to look at these photos without...

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:28:21 +0100

photojojo:

We challenge you to look at these photos without cringing! Henry Hargreaves took some of our move beloved tech gadgets and deep-fried them.

Henry Harvreaves Deep Fries Your Favorite Gadgets

via It’s Nice That

pretaportre: Simon Kneen, creative director of Banana...

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:23:26 +0100

pretaportre:

Simon Kneen, creative director of Banana Republic, sketching his vision for spring.

canisfamiliaris: The Emoticon Is Born by Scott Fahlman Yes, I...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:39:22 +0100

canisfamiliaris:

The Emoticon Is Born

by Scott Fahlman

Yes, I am the inventor of the sideways “smiley face” (sometimes called an “emoticon”) that is commonly used in E-mail, chat, and newsgroup posts. Or at least I’m one of the inventors. By the early 1980’s, the Computer Science community at Carnegie Mellon was making heavy use of online bulletin boards or “bboards”. These were a precursor of today’s newsgroups, and they were an important social mechanism in the department – a place where faculty, staff, and students could discuss the weighty matters of the day on an equal footing. Many of the posts were serious: talk announcements, requests for information, and things like “I’ve just found a ring in the fifth-floor men’s room. Who does it belong to?” Other posts discussed topics of general interest, ranging from politics to abortion to campus parking to keyboard layout (in increasing order of passion). Even in those days, extended “flame wars” were common.

Given the nature of the community, a good many of the posts were humorous (or attempted humor). The problem was that if someone made a sarcastic remark, a few readers would fail to get the joke, and each of them would post a lengthy diatribe in response. That would stir up more people with more responses, and soon the original thread of the discussion was buried. In at least one case, a humorous remark was interpreted by someone as a serious safety warning.

This problem caused some of us to suggest (only half seriously) that maybe it would be a good idea to explicitly mark posts that were not to be taken seriously. After all, when using text-based online communication, we lack the body language or tone-of-voice cues that convey this information when we talk in person or on the phone. Various “joke markers” were suggested, and in the midst of that discussion it occurred to me that the character sequence :-) would be an elegant solution – one that could be handled by the ASCII-based computer terminals of the day. So I suggested that. In the same post, I also suggested the use of :-( to indicate that a message was meant to be taken seriously, though that symbol quickly evolved into a marker for displeasure, frustration, or anger.

Within a few months, we started seeing the lists with dozens of “smilies”: open-mouthed surprise, person wearing glasses, Abraham Lincoln, Santa Claus, the pope, and so on. Producing such clever compilations has become a serious hobby for some people. But only my two original smilies, plus the “winky” ;-) and the “noseless” variants seem to be in common use for actual communication. It’s interesting to note that Microsoft and AOL now intercept these character strings and turn them into little pictures. Personally, I think this destroys the whimsical element of the original.

(via crookedindifference)

laughingsquid: 25,000 Post-it Notes Used in Animated...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:09:36 +0100

laughingsquid:

25,000 Post-it Notes Used in Animated Stop-Motion Music Video