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www.guardian.co.uk - May 24, 8:58 PM

Mind the Map: a journey through London cartography

The London transport network has inspired a dazzling array of posters, designs and cartographic artwork for more than 100 years.

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chicagoist.com - May 24, 7:58 PM

See Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture By Bike

We already know that Chicago is a great biking city. And it's not just bike-friendly when it comes to cycling for transportation or exercise. It can also be a fun way to explore the area's amazing sites.

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vectroave.com - May 23, 9:58 PM

The Underwater Hotel

Water Discus Hotels comprise two discs – an underwater and above-water one. This combination will allow guests to admire the depths of the ocean while making the most of the warm climate.

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blogs.smithsonianmag.com - May 22, 9:35 PM

The 86-Year-Old Company that Still Designs Your In-Flight Experience

Seattle-based design firm Teague has designed every Boeing aircraft interior since the 1940s, from the post-WWII Stratocruiser to the 2009 Dreamliner.

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imprint.printmag.com - May 22, 8:20 PM

A Museum of Things Opens in NYC

Museum is a new free museum that preserves the often overlooked, unseen, and forgotten treasures from the streets, stores, and people of the world, most prominently New York City.

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www.standalone-sysadmin.com - May 22, 10:28 AM

Engineering Infrastructures For Humans

You don’t engineer your systems with the belief that none of your computers will ever break. That’s insane; you KNOW they’re going to break. So don’t assume that your users will never break the rules. Build in graceful failure as often as possible, whether you’re designing a user interface or a security policy.

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khooll.com - May 22, 10:21 AM

City Typography By Gokhan Guneyhan

Turkish designer Gokhun Guneyhan came up with this set of photographic typography, pairing characteristic fonts with imagery to reflect the personality of each city.

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mashable.com - May 21, 7:19 PM

15 Rad Robot Accessories for Your Office

If your workload is on the heavy side, enlist these office robot buddies to help.

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www.bitrebels.com - May 20, 10:18 AM

London In Puddles: Magical Photographs Taken In Rain Puddles

Musician and Producer Gavin Hammond has many talents. One of them is to crawl around on his hometown’s streets whenever it pours in order to shoot pictures for his magnificent 'London in Puddles' series.

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www.brainpickings.org - May 19, 8:27 PM

Visual Storytelling: New Language for the Information Age

'We now live in a world where information is potentially unlimited. Information is cheap, but meaning is expensive. Where is the meaning? Only human beings can tell you where it is. We’re extracting meaning from our minds and our own lives.'

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flavorwire.com - May 18, 5:45 PM

30 Gorgeous and Innovative Bookshelves

Some of them are even available to purchase, but even if the one you like best isn’t for sale, we daresay you’ll get some decorating ideas — or at least a yen to pick up your favorite novel.

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skyje.com - May 18, 5:04 PM

Great logo redesigns that communicate distinctively and effectively

A corporate logo serves to establish an identity and relationship for the company and its products with its target customers. The corporate logo form design and colors are usually preserved over many years to build instant customer recall.

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www.inspirefirst.com - May 18, 6:25 AM

Awesome Paper 3D Portraits by Bert Simons

After digitalizing the model and have reconstructed it in 3D with Blender 3D, an open source software, Bert Simons print every part of the head cut into polygons, and assembles them like a paper toy.

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artinfo.com - May 24, 7:59 PM

Is Fashion Art? Karl Lagerfeld Puts the Debate Back Into the Spotlight by Dismissing the Notion

As fashion and art collide with the multitude of artist-fashion collaborations and museum exhibitions, the line between the two becomes more blurred.

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londonist.com - May 24, 9:44 AM

London’s Top Brutalist Buildings

Do monolithic slabs of roughly-finished concrete make you go weak at the knees? If so, you are going to enjoy this particular Top 10 very much indeed.

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io9.com - May 23, 9:44 PM

The Gorgeous Matte Paintings that Made Lord of the Rings and Fifth Element Feel Real

You've seen the work of matte painter Wayne Haag in Lord of the Rings, Farscape and The Fifth Element, among many other works.

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www.stylelist.com - May 22, 9:34 PM

A Hand-Crafted iPhone Table

One of our favorite handheld devices gets super-sized with this iPhone-shaped coffee table from CustomMade Artisan Kyle Buckner Designs. Though a little strange, this giant iTable is constructed to work just like an iPhone dock, which makes it as useful as it is unique.

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www.dangerousminds.net - May 22, 7:56 PM

Books By Their Covers: Oliver Bevan’s Fabulous Op-Art Designs for Fontana Modern Masters

Fontana Modern Masters was a highly collectible series of books - not just for their opinionated content on the likes of Marx or Proust, Mailer or McLuhan, but because of Oliver Bevan’s fabulous cover designs.

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www.whudat.de - May 22, 10:25 AM

'Sign Language' by Marc Shur – A Vintage Sign Photography Project

Some great photography by Cali-based Marc Shur, an ongoing photo project called 'Sign Language', a photo series of vintage signs.

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www.slate.com - May 22, 10:19 AM

The Perfection of the Paper Clip

It was invented in 1899. It hasn’t been improved upon since.

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www.guardian.co.uk - May 21, 6:23 AM

Artists design Greece's new currency

Economic ­instability in Greece could soon force the country out of the eurozone, which means it will need to print a new currency – four artists decide to help them out.

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www.telegraph.co.uk - May 20, 10:11 AM

Pencil vs Camera by Ben Heine

Belgian artist Ben Heine blends photography and pencil sketches to create imaginary scenes. He explains: 'I find a location, do a drawing, then take a photo to combine with the drawing.'

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www.dezeen.com - May 19, 6:35 AM

Diagonal Tower by SOM

American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have designed a skyscraper with glazed triangular facets for emerging commercial centre the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul.

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www.ft.com - May 18, 5:05 PM

Gary Anderson: ‘I designed the recycling symbol’

With respect to the environmental movement, I’ll admit that most of my career has been more focused on paying the bills. But I got my green design certification; so while I’m not the world’s expert, I do my part.

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dirt.asla.org - May 18, 12:03 PM

The Psychology of Interior Design

'Architecture is now disconnected from other disciplines and the rest of humanity,' says Barbara Stewart.

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