chicago

10 things that made my week #9

Art, blog, design
  1. This animation of a ‘Back to the Future’ hover board assembly line.
  2. This Bicycle Alphabet Typography is super nice to look at.
  3. This photographer’s haunting images of Soviet nuke sites are really beautiful.
  4. These portraits of bodies wrapped in flowers are gorgeous.
  5. These drone photos of Hong Kong covered in fog are wild.
  6. I’m just a little obsessed with this Instagram account right now.
  7. These Origami street art installations, by Mademoiselle Maurice, are pretty impressive.
  8. Ikea is set to launch a low-maintenance bicycle aimed at urban dwellers.
  9. This is a great article on ‘The Psychological Cost of Boring Buildings’.
  10. These Cat Bags are too much.

10 things that made my week #8

Art, blog, design
  1. This is a good read about the history of women in Cartography.
  2. This desk unfolds in ten seconds, and helps with your posture.
  3. Tattly temporary tattoos are already amazing, then they went and made this Philodenron Monstera tat.
  4. Two things that will forever go together: Artists + Motorcycles. This BMW is a work of art.
  5. The history of GM’s first all-female design team, The Damsels of Design. Should have had a better ending.
  6. This film showing the lost-wax technique of bronze casting. I miss my bronze casting days.
  7. This photographer put peacock feathers under a microscope, it’s pretty incredible.
  8. This is a nice quick read on designing happiness.
  9. This Italian church has been resurrected in wire mesh, and it’s stunning. Also, this church turned skatepark, in Spain, is beautiful.
  10. This artist mixes paint, oil, soap, and milk, then films it up-close. Zone out for a few minutes.

10 things that made my week #4

Art, design
  1. Fonzie’s 1949 Triumph Trophy 500 Motorcycle is for sale on Ebay.
  2. This ‘Where’s Warhol?’ book. For the Art History nerd in all of us.
  3. Speaking of Art History nerds, Michelangelo’s Tuscan Villa is for sale!
  4. Lissie just put out a new album ‘My Wild West’, and it’s great!
  5. This 1920’s Smith Motorwheel “Bicycle Booster”is pretty dope.
  6. The Art Institute of Chicago re-created Van Gogh’s bedroom and listed it on Airbnb.
  7. I really dig this Jaswig standing desk.
  8. 2015 was a record breaking year for the CTA.
  9. Im sort of in love with this lunchbox.
  10. And finally, some NYFW dog news I can support. These Instagram famous pups are doing some serious werk!