Clue or Clew

Find more of these cool mini lessons by Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel at Mysteries of Vernacular. Part of TED-Ed

Toilet Paper Roll Sculptures

Do not throw away those toilet paper rolls. Here is a group of amazing back lit toilet paper roll sculptures by artist Anastassia Elias.

More in her book Rouleaux (Rolls).

"Art is not a thing it is a way" 

                Elbert Hubbard 

On this day Jacques Cousteau

....explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea was born in 1910.





The Calypso a converted World War II British minesweeper Cousteau used to explore the sea's from 1950 till 1997.



Undergoing restoration Concarneau northwestern France 2007.

• Jacques Cousteau (Wikipedia)
• Jacques Cousteau Centennial: What He Did, Why He Matters (NatGeo)  
• Cousteau (Homepage)

Hand-carved relief print of the Moon

Carved from a single piece of 3/4″ birch plywood featuring various features of our Moon.

 Print run is limited to 200. Visit Tugboat Printshop for more.

 Amazing!

photos via Tugboat Printshop

The Emperor 1510 LX workstation

Designed and built by Canadian company MWE Lab this can be yours for a meager $21,500.

via Design Taxi

Cityscape made from moldy bread

 "I was inspired by an article about how well the earth would do without us. Within 500 years all buildings would be half fallen or fallen, perfect homes for animals and plants." 

  

 -Stockholm-based artist Johanna Mårtensson futuristic vision of our cities.|more|

photos via  Italian A'Design Award & Competition and Johanna Mårtensson

-more unusual cities-

Chewing Gum City

Jell-O Mold San Fransisco