links for 2007-08-14
14Aug07
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A large-scale data visualization of the textual analysis of English translations of the Holy Scriptures, illustrating the relationships between Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism & Judaism.
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Everything is relevant to architecture – from plate tectonics and urban warfare to astronomy and the melting point of steel. [...] Stop limiting the conversation. — #46 GEOFF MANAUGH
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Architects Takaharu and Yui Tezuka joined forces with Kashiwa Sato, one of Toyko’s most respected creative directors to build, and brand, a novel kind of kindergarten in Tachikawa. The spacious environment becomes a playground of education.
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The chic Perrinepod is a cute prefab home that can be built in 3 days and withstand everything from earthquakes to cyclones. This disaster-proof prefab is not only durable, but green in its material, systems, and long life-span.
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The Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban is the permanent home for the art exhibition “Ashes and Snow,” by Gregory Colbert. Built from 152 stacked shipping containers, the building forms a central walkway for viewing the artwork, suspended on either side.
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Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir have design a high-tech modern home that only used materials “in their most organic form and that used recycled materials wherever possible.” They are offering three modular versions.
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Tommie Wilhelmsen’s Kolonihagen Summerhouse is full of neat ideas. The big gesture is the sleeping loft hanging out over the entrance, creating a covered porch below and a lovely sleeping area above. The furniture is all built in; with minimalist kitchen.
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Peter Stemmler, 41, and Nana Rausch, 39, are Quickhoney, a duo who share a studio, a bedroom and a child. Together, Stemmler and Rausch create digital masterpieces for clients that include, but are not limited to, The New Yorker, Popular Science and MTV.
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The Japanese Ministry of the Environment has come up with a great guide on how you should wrap things using a traditional furoshiki (wrapping cloth).
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He dreams of making “it” on our design orientated planet. The best part of a design process must be the very beginning – when the birth of an beautiful idea is taking place in ones head. Beautiful objects may give birth to other beautiful ideas!
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The project has been developed as a parasite which started from adopting the structure of the host and gradually differentiated into its own unique organization and morphology. This partly accessible roofscape also determines the spatial character inside.
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More interior and exterior layout of Plasma Studio’s Esker Haus in San Candido, Italy. The project is formed by a series of steel and timber frames that deform to recreate the smooth hillsides of the surrounding dolomites.
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The wealth generated by Singapore’s much-touted economic success story has not benefited everyone, least of all its senior citizens, a.k.a. the nation builders. Filmed on the streets and back-alleys of downtown Singapore in July 2007, no acting involved.
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Singapore Airlines Uniform – Fashion – Wallpaper.com – International Design Interiors Fashion TravelIn 1968, the former Malaysian Singapore Airlines called upon French Couturier Pierre Balmain to design uniforms for their cabin crew, with just a minor tweak to the collar in 1974 they have been in continuous service ever since, with The Singapore Girls.
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“If the brain waves are in synch with the heart rhythms, this is the way the body moves into a state called ‘the zone’. It’s like playing in slow motion and you have gone beyond linear time.” “Slowing down” time we can extend our lives further.
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Generating song pattern from the input lyrics. Write a new lyrics and e-mail it.
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TextureKing is a project by REH3design. Throughout this site you will find a growing repository of high quality stock photos that are free for professional and personal use.
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The International House of Logorrhea (an online dictionary of obscure and rare words), the Compendium of Lost Words (a compilation of ultra-rare forgotten words), and many other glossaries, word lists, essays, and other language and etymology resources.
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Data presentation can be beautiful, elegant and descriptive. And there are much better, profound, creative and absolutely fascinating ways to visualize data. Let’s take a look at the most interesting modern approaches to data visualization.
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The onslaught of porn is responsible for deadening male libido in relation to real women, and leading men to see fewer and fewer women as “porn-worthy”: cybervision of perfection, utterly submissive and tailored to the consumer’s least specification.
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I started sewing my wedding dress when I was 14 years old. Most girls would never think of marriage at such a young age, but some of my peers were already wives and mothers. I knew it wouldn’t be long before I was married off, just like my mother.
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Sex shouldn’t resemble Naked Twister. Too much twisting and contorting can leave a woman feeling like a sexless member of Cirque du Soleil. “Unlike men, women can lose an orgasm almost in the midst of having one.” The solution? Sex it simple.
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