El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor best known for using common materials (e.g. bottle caps in attached photo) to make tapestry-like pieces. The idea is the use objects with which thousands of people have interacted. See more here.
The Crown - Peter Morgan
This series that follows Queen Elizabeth has it all: great stories, acting, sets/costumes, filming, etc. The 3rd season seamlessly replaces the younger cast with older actors playing the same roles. A+
Strandbeest
Check out these lovely, creepy kinetic creatures by artist Theo Jansen.
Bionic Limbs - MIT Media Lab
Phenomenal research and development is going into smart prosthetics. Some are better than the real thing. Check out more here.
NPR’s 2019 best book picks
I look forward to this every year. Go here to see more.
Mies Van Der Rohe - Architect
Mies was arguably one of the masters of minimalism. The image below is from the Farnsworth House - completed in 1951. His limited palette paired with bold moves (ext. walls of glass) highlight his impressive editing skills.
Farm Powered - Waste Not, Want Not
Check out this piece on how farmers are creating electricity from animal and food waste in Massachusetts.
Casa Sperimentale by Giuseppe Perugini, Uga de Plaisant and Raynaldo Perugini
I love how this brutalist architecture from the 60’s-70’s looks like a ruin from a 1000 years ago. It was this family’s experimental project. See more info here.
The Ocean CLEANUP
Just what it sounds like. Danish company has high goals for preventing rivers from distributing garbage to oceans and collecting anything that’s already gotten through. Watch animation here.
Studio Arquitectos
Nice layers of hard and soft surfaces, inside and outside spaces. Check out more here.
Happy Thanksgiving
Don’t forget to finish everything on your plate today.
Henri Cartier Bresson - Photographer (Aug 22, 1908 – Aug 3, 2004)
Bresson pioneered 35mm street photography and was a master of composition. Check out more pictures and 10 things HCB can teach you about photography here.
Tom Waits - Musician, Actor, Old Man
It’s been interesting to watch Waits’ music evolve over the years. His first album Closing Time is still a favorite. Unlike many other musician, he’s seemed only to become more experimental throughout his career.
Recommended albums: Heart of Saturday Night, Rain Dogs, Bone Machine and Swordfish Trombones
Lars Von Trier - Director
Breaking the Waves is one of those rare and fearless movies that manages to have a hyper real quality that quickly ties you to the characters, environments and story. Much of it was shot on handheld 35mm by Robert Müller and lit mostly with natural light.
Sunday Sketches - Christoph Niemann (Illustrator)
Niemann is best known for illustrating over 2 dozen New Yorker covers. He began posting these inventive Sunday Sketches on Instagram as a way to stay loose and explore. See more of his woks here.
Rhiannon Adam - Photographer
Adam’s photographs are thoughtful constructions from the eye of an insider and outsider. See more here.
Highly Efficient Electric Vehicle - Helia
Cambridge University students have created this new EV - it gets over 550mpg. Read more here.
Cabin Case Study - Build LLC
I like that BUILD LLC does these case studies projects. Check out more here about this exploration.
Bat Bridge - Next Architects
Bikes, pedestrians and bats. Read more here to to find out about the bat chambers.
Liquid 3D Printer
High tech printing with Terminator 2 technology. More here.
