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Four-year-old Jivan lives in a skyscraper in Brooklyn, New York, USA Where Children Sleep, set to be published later this year by Chris Boot , is a collection of James Mollison 's photographs of childrens' bedrooms from around the world. The book also contains a portrait of each child and, as you'd imagine, the differences between the spaces each one calls their own are striking... The book has been designed to appeal to readers of all ages, with the texts apparently prepared with an audience of nine- to thirteen-year-olds in mind. "I hope this book will help children think about inequality, within and between societies around the world," says Mollison in his introduction, "and perhaps start to figure out how, in their own lives, they may respond." Here are a few examples from this really interesting and thought provoking book:
Where Children Sleep
(CBS) - Sometimes we watch a video online and it inspires us to dance or sing or ride a bike or... well, the list is pretty much infinite. This beautiful video will almost surely make you want to paint (or do something creative). Check it out. Truly amazing artistry and a video that really brings a sense of calm and serenity while watching. The work was posted by YouTube user "KduRochaY" and is entitled "SUPAKITCH & KORALIE Art".
Beautiful video that will make you want to paint - The Feed
Fascinating Lamps by Calabarte | Pondly
Article by Lily I'm a French full time student and a part-time blogger. I like Pondly because it allows me to share what I find on the Internet, for everyone to see. Calabarte is an artist from Poland. He sculpts elaborated patterns on gourds which come from Senegal.
Beautiful rugs aren't hard to find, but sometimes they're just not exactly what you're looking for. Or maybe the one you really love is just not in the budget. I've been lucky with two vintage kilim rug finds and also have a fun graphic rug from IKEA but still have some bare floor space that I've been wanting to cover.
A Beautiful Mess: DIY Projects
We like to feel superior to the people who lived centuries ago, what with their shitty mud huts and curing colds by drilling a hole in their skulls. But we have to give them credit: They left behind some artifacts that have left the smartest of modern scientists scratching their heads. For instance, you have the following enigmas that we believe were created for no other purpose than to fuck with future generations. The Voynich Manuscript
6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain
World's Most Advanced Crowd Simulator Predicts How People React In Emergencies | Fast Company
Humans react in a seemingly irrational manner during emergency evacuations; sometimes, people even get trampled in the process.
Where Children Sleep: A Diverse World of Homes
When photographer James Mollison was asked to do a project on children’s rights , he found himself thinking back to his childhood bedroom and the deep importance it played in his upbringing. Taking that idea with him around the world, he photographed a diverse cross section of children and the bedrooms they call home. His moving images remove the children from their home environment, showing them before a neutral background that mostly hides their economic status as if to say “kids are just kids.” Only when their bedroom is observed, however, does the full scope of their living situation become poiniently clear. Where Children Sleep, a beautiful hardcover book featuring 112 color photographs is now available from chrisboot.com .
Imagine Pot Was Legal. How Would You Brand It?
Woeful state budgets have relit the long-burning debate about pot legalization---couldn't California rescue itself by making weed legal, then taxing it?
10 Truths Black And Hispanic People Know, But White People Won’t Admit: 1. Elvis is dead. 2. Jesus was not White. 3. Rap music is here to stay 4. Kissing your pet is not cute or clean. 5.
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Creative Truths Nice series called Creative Truths by Shirley-Ann Dick . 28th of September 2010 Probably RelatedThis Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die | Design for Good
You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition.Today, I had slept in and was late going to school. On a note I wrote my reason for being late as "busy fighting crime" and I drew the Batman symbol under it. My mom laughed, signed it, and dropped me off to school. When I got to school I signed in at the attendance office, and gave my note to the secretary.
Life is pretty normal today
The greatest smart-ass responses to idiotic graffiti. posted 02/16/2013 Bathroom walls give opinionated urinators everywhere a makeshift, bacteria-covered forum for virulent racism, misogyny, homophobia and, worst of all, philosophy. Of course, we'd never advocate one of these obscene acts of vandalism — unless it's a smart-ass response to a previous act of vandalism.