Protestor at Weinstein Hall (1970) Diana Davies

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prostheticknowledge:

Melt Chair by Nendo 

Japanese designer creates chair with unique back and arm made from a single bar from opposite sides:

The outline of this chair describes a continuous curve from the back legs through the backrest, arm and front legs. A form in which all of the structural elements of a chair seem to melt into one. 

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BUT is it comfortable? Ok, ok…It’s pretty awesome.
—Daisy

thedailywhat:

This & That:

Know This:

• Google Earth will use it powers for good — to help get mines out of the ground.
• Liberal radio host Bill Press is crusading against The Star-Spangled Banner. 
• A 6-year-old sent Brandon Jacobs $3.36 to stay with the Giants.

Read This:

• How a decade-long Internet cancer hoax unraveled.
• An interview with Aaron Sorkin in advance The Newsroom premiere.

Watch This:

• A little kid tries to encourage the Miami Heat after their loss in Game 5.
• Michelle Obama presents Letterman’s Top Ten List.
• An interview fail compilation from gaming expo E3.
• Make sure you’ve seen the new version of David After Dentist.

Look At This:

• The most gorgeous watertower in all the world.
• Remember perler beads? An ’80s craft icon gets a fashionable makeover.
• Finally — an infographic of Pulp Fiction in chronological order.

Other:

• Tea Time Twitter: #NASASummerVacation
• Tea Time Tumblr: Movie Simpsons
• Tea Time List: 20 Powerful Quotes By Ray Bradbury
• Above: brigittezieger

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Nightlight

timelightbox:

David Doubilet

Chinstrap and gentoo penguins on a small ice floe near Danko Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

The guest curators for this year’s LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph—beginning June 7 in Charlottesville, Va.—spoke to LightBox about how the festival came together. See more here.

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fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

Soviet cosmonaut and first man into outer space.

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The double spiral staircase in Graz, Austria (1438)

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Everson Museum of Art Syracuse, New York (1961-64) I.M. Pei

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