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1. Possibly the Coolest Swimming Pool in the World Once a quarry in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the deeper part of the pool’s stairs, which once served as an access road for vehicles to enter and exit the quarry, were overlaid with gunite to create an easy entrance to the pool and to close off [...]
Although so many of you wonderful readers leave amazing and encouraging comments on this space, occasionally there’s someone out there that leaves a negative one and it seems to have the power to grab my attention more than any other comment and consume and torment my soul … or at least bug me for a [...]
1. Art Excavation by Shan Hur I love the make-believe element of Shan Hur’s installations, offering the viewer an appreciation for the art itself, but also for the adventurous ways in which objets d’art can often be discovered. via TheKhooll.com 2. Vintage Luggage Stickers You’d be surprised how hard it is to find a cool shop online that [...]
I do love a good subculture story and after my third accidental encounter with a stylish Youtube series exploring and defining today’s underexposed lifestyles and communities, I knew it was time to find out who was behind The Subculture Club. A quick look at the credits in small print and a name next to ‘Executive Producer’ [...]
“La Cabande du Sucre”, built by Richard Greaves in Quebec. “I don’t like concrete. A tree moves and also I’m silent. With a nail or a saw. you’d know I was there. I am like a raccoon” – Richard Greaves Greaves makes inhabitable structures out of garbage that look pretty impressive if not confusing. Having [...]
“What brings us together and what keeps us apart” “All Star Nobody” “Play Fighting” You might find Slinkachu, an artist in his mid-thirties from London, crouched down on all fours on the pavement, and mistake him for someone that has keeled over in distress. In fact this once happened to him in the middle [...]
1. The totally insane Marie Antoinette Helicopter Had the helicopter been invented during the reign of Marie Antoinette, artist Joana Vasconcelos decided to imagine what the French Queen’s would look like. Using a Bell 47 helicopter, the artist decorated it with ostrich feathers, thousands of rhinestones, interior woodwork, gilding and lavish pink upholstery for a 2012 [...]
1. Couples that should have been… Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway via here Elvis & Sophia Loren via here Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe via here 2. Just a 1980s Hairdryer I found one available on Etsy for a whopping $475, images via here. 3. Baguette Tables Made out of actual pieces [...]
1. Alfred Hitchcock being Alfred Hitchock… Hitchcock with his kids. In the Thames. Who’s looking forward to seeing the new biopic starring Anthony Hopkins?! via Pinterest 2. Michael’s rock is an island in the Atlantic Ocean 12 km off the coast of south-west Ireland. Perched high at the summit of a 230-metre-high rock is an ancient [...]
It was once known as the “Paris of the West”, the birthplace of the middle class, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, an industrial utopia. The Detroit we know today is an American city so broke that last year half of the street lights in the city’s sparsely populated communities were [...]
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