Moddea. This beautiful Framehouse is a wooden inside playhouse with clean and open structure for kids’ imaginary play. It’s created by North Forty Design. Check price and availability Taped Up is a playful cable organizer that can be used as a wall hook as well. It looks as if the items are fixed with tape. The holder smoothly opens by pulling the front part; the back remains attached. Made of plastic, it’s designed by Hojin Choi for Lufdesign. This minimalist candleholder resembles a traditional night light. South Korean designer Jung Hwajin had the idea for a product that could give birth to new life in “nailed and dead space”. Inspired by a couple of cherries, this LED pendant light features a magnetic cylinder, which helps for easy arrangements of two or more lights.
Here is a stylish toilet roll holder from the Tulip collection by the Italian company Arblu. Leaf is a paper thermometer that shows the room temperature by changing its color. Keef. Movies in Color is a blog that pairs motion picture film stills with their corresponding color palettes. Since my go-to point and shoot camera (Yashica T4) died on me, I’ve been making do with my iPhone (using Hipstamatic and Afterlight ). I’m late to the chase, as this is over a year old, but that makes it no less lovely. To celebrate the best actors of 2011/12, the New York Times created this video gallery of short cinematic vignettes inspired by dark icons of film and starring the top performers.
They don’t sound very good, but Amanda Ghassaei’s laser-cut wooden records with tracks by Radiohead, Joy Division, and The Velvet Underground look really neat. Sacred Ink is the result of photographer, Cedric Arnold’s four and half year long journey to document traditional tattoos of Thailand. I don’t know how well it rides, but aesthetically speaking, this plywood bike is super sexy. File under BILF. The interior carpet of the Overlook Hotel in Kubrick’s The Shining recreated as wallpaper . NOT WORKING: IN MY WOODSHOP — FREE RANGE. How did Bellboy get it's start? I decided to leave full-time to restore life outside of work. The problem was just as much my personality as it was the demands of the industry.
But things had gotten too far out of control. My dad actually told me he wouldn't come visit because he knew I would spend half the weekend at the office. Ironically, my work ethic comes from his side of the family, and was the reason I would never think about leaving the office until 7 or 8 o'clock. I had always seen myself having a workshop – to create real , 3-dimensional, physical objects. A few weeks later I packed up and moved to a small town on the coast of Maine. Dear Photograph. Maria Popova On Making Communities Using Cool Content. This article titled “Maria Popova: why we need an antidote to the culture of Google” was written by Kathy Sweeney, for The Observer on Sunday 30th December 2012 00.04 UTC You describe yourself as a “curator of interestingness” and run a website from New York called Brain Pickings, which covers all things curious and inspiring – books, art, science, photographs etc.
What’s the common denominator for publishing something? If something interests me and is both timeless and timely, I write about it. Much of what is published online is content designed to be dead within hours, so I find most of my material offline. I gravitate more and more towards historical things that are somewhat obscure and yet timely in their sensibility and message. We really need an antidote to this culture of “if it’s not Google-able, it doesn’t exist”. There’s a wealth of knowledge and inspiration offline, ideas still very relevant and interesting. Why do people pay for what they can get for free? I do. About. For those inquiring minds, we’ve put together some answers to the most frequently asked questions we get about TGD: Why did you create TGD?
Mostly because we’re curious. We have a lot of questions: Why do people create? Where does that desire to create come from? How do internal and external forces influence creativity? Is it possible to be satisfied creatively? What drives someone to continue to create, even when it involves taking a big risk? The Great Discontent is our attempt to explore answers to those questions by asking people about their own experiences and hearing their stories. The other reason we created TGD was for inspiration—for ourselves and others.
How do you choose people to interview? It depends. We also want to hear from our readers (email us!). What is your publishing schedule? We typically publish a new interview every Tuesday morning. How much work goes into a single interview? A lot. First, we contact people we’re interested in interviewing. 40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind - StumbleUpon. Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. Also, check out our sister site, Thought Questions, for more photo-illustrated questions like these; and check out The Book of Questions if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer. August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness. Slutty Brownies - StumbleUpon. Now I don’t want to over sell this, so I’m going to be conservative and simply say, that these are… The Best Brownies In The WORLD.
I know, big statement. They’re called Slutty Brownies because they’re oh so easy, and more than a little bit filthy. They’re best served warm from the oven, with good quality vanilla ice cream (devastatingly I didn’t have any in the freezer this time, so I guess I’ll just have to make them again). They take about 45mins to make, including baking time. The ultimate comfort food, whipped up within the hour. You will need… 1 Box of cookie mix, 1 Box of brownie mix, 2 Eggs, 2 Packs of Oreos (double stuffed ones are even better if you can find them) Some oil & your favourite ice-cream (optional) Preheat your oven to 350F, 180C, gas mark 4.
Line a baking tray with grease proof paper. Squidge (technical term) the cookie dough into a lined baking tray, until it covers the bottom. Cover this layer with your Oreos. Mix up your brownie batter. & pour over your Oreos. Bake for 30mins.