25 Vintage Magazine Covers from Japan 25 Vintage Magazine Covers from Japan This post began as a compilation of magazine covers from the website of a Japanese antiquarian dealer. I dug through all 1500 or so images and saved (like a good little digital hoarder) hundreds to feature, though only 8 made the first cut. This is because I decided to revisit Bookcover Design in Japan 1910s-40s (ISBN 4-89444-426-7; Amazon link). Edited by Masayo Matsubara and published in 2005 by PIE Books, this out-of-print treasure (Japanese-language only, unfortunately) features 650 book and magazine covers. See my earlier posts for more. 1946 [thanks Ingrid!] c. 1930s [update: found a better scan of this one] c. 1930s 1945 [thanks Ingrid!]
1000 modern art books to download for free Les grands musées américains ont pris la bonne habitude de proposer en libre accès leurs publications et catalogues d’exposition. Une collection hétéroclite mais d’une grande richesse. Certains de ces ouvrages consultables librement sont encore en vente sur les librairies en ligne. Voici trois collections regroupant près de mille livres d’art moderne et catalogues des grandes expositions. 200 livres d’art gratuits du Musée Guggenheim de New York. Le Guggenheim a numérisé catalogues et travail éditorial de ces cinq dernières années. 300 livres d’art gratuits du Getty Museum Même richesse des contenus offerts aux internautes passionnés du monde entier par cette grande institution culturelle. 500 livres d’art gratuits du Metropolitan Museum Le Met propose sans dote une des collections les plus riches de ces trois institutions américaines.
DIY Minimal Business Cards on the Go The ever-clever Mikey Burton has come up with a fun idea that I just may try out. He was asked to participate in the “Designer Challenge” for the October issue of Computer Arts Projects and was tasked to put a new spin on traditional business cards. So his idea was to pare down a card to the absolute essentials: name, website and possibly a stylized bear illustration, and print it in a unique way. What’s really neat about the cards that Burton made was the tool he used: a 3/4″ inspection stamp. Not exactly a paragon of style and modern design, but it works great for this purpose. I was really intrigued by this so I did some research and found a few places that will make fairly affordable, custom inspection stamps, in case anyone is inclined to try this out: 1) Fivestar Rubber Stamp 2) Stamp-Connection 3) Des Moines Stamp Manufacturing (via Mikey Burton)
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts | JCS This comprehensive resource offers instant, searchable access to over 170 books which combine visual inspiration with practical advice on idea generation, research techniques, portfolio development and more, across the main visual arts disciplines. It is an essential resource for students and educators globally, working across multiple fields of practice, including fashion and textiles, design and illustration, photography, film and media, architecture and interiors, marketing and advertising. Most of the books featured in Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts are taken from five core series: Visual Dictionaries, Fundamentals, Basics, Required Reading, and Creative Careers. You can find out more about these series here, and download the full title list. Features Access options IP Authentication, Referring URL, Single sign-on, Username and Password To find out more about how the different access options work please see our General Access Information. Usage statistics Yes. Who is the resource for?
9 hours (9h) Designer Capsule Hotel Review I’ve been lucky enough to stay at some very nice hotels over the past couple of years but in Japan I was on a tight budget and determined to try something a little different. Originally created for businessmen who worked too late to catch the last train home, capsule hotels (カプセルホテル) have developed as an economical alternative to normal hotels in a country where space comes at a premium. Consisting of a large number of extremely small coffin-like “rooms” big enough for a single person to sleep in, Japan’s first capsule hotel made its appearance in Osaka in 1979. Upon arrival the first thing you do is place your shoes in a numbered locker and give the key to reception while checking-in; I doubt they get many people running off without paying the bill! A night at 9h costs ¥4900 (£38) and the hotel’s philosophy is indicated in its name: 1 hour to shower + 7 hours to sleep + 1 hour to rest = nine hours (although guests can stay up to 17 hours if they wish). Map Data Map
Public Books Database (Academic titles) With university classrooms and libraries shuttered because of the COVID-19 crisis, scholars are facing disruptions not only in their teaching lives but also in their ability to access research materials. In response, many academic presses have made hundreds of their titles freely accessible online. The Public Books Database aims to catalog such resources in a single location and to highlight titles of particular interest. We’ll be updating the list regularly as additional materials are made available. • University of Arizona Press • Berghahn Books • Bristol University Press • University of Calgary Press • University of California Press • University Press of Colorado • Columbia University Press • Cornell University Press • Duke University Press • ETC Press • Fordham University Press • University of Georgia Press • University of Hawai‘i Press • University of Illinois Press • Indiana University Press • Johns Hopkins University Press • Lever Press • University of London Press • University of Maryland Press
lux ferre: Tori Lux's Guide to Perfect Anal Sex - Everytime! Anal sex: a pleasurable, albeit nerve-wracking activity that lots of people enjoy and many hope to enjoy but are too afraid of the potential risks. Will it hurt? How do you make sure you’re “clean”? Whether you’re giving up your ass virginity to the love of your life (congratulations!) Preface: Things you need 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step One: Pre-preparation The night before I have anal sex, I always eat VERY lightly. However, in the morning, it’s safe to eat a huge breakfast (minus the bananas - to be perfectly honest, I’m not sure why, this is just something I’ve heard), drink some coffee and take a nice big dump before the next step. Step Two: Cleaning out After taking your massive, tyrannosaurus-sized dump I previously mentioned, it’s time to clean yourself out. [[Before I clean myself out, I sometimes (not always - it’s NOT good for you - only when you really, really can’t stop shitting) take some Immodium AD to stop myself from any further shitting. Step Three: Weightlifting xoxo Tori Lux
Biodiversity Heritage Library - Download How To Back to HelpWhat file types are available for download?How do I generate a custom PDF?How do I download a single-page low resolution image?How do I download a single-page high resolution image?How do I download an image from flickr? Locating the article If you have a specific article in mind, for example, “Abundance and Distribution of Queen Conch Veligers (Strombus gigas Linne) in the Central Bahamas. Creating the PDF 1. If you have questions or need to report a problem, please contact us and include the PDF generation confirmation number.Back to top If you only need one page image from a book, you can right click (Command + click on your Mac) on the page you want, and usually choose "Save As" or "Open image in new window" - this will give you a screen-quality jpeg of the page. To retrieve a static JPG image from any page in BHL, use the following:
Mythical Creatures List, Mythical Creatures A-Z Book titles with full text online | MetPublications "The 1688 Paradise Lost and Dr. Aldrich": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 6 (1972) Boorsch, Suzanne (1972) 20th-Century Art: A Resource for Educators Paul, Stella (1999) 82nd & Fifth The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2013) Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis Gerson, Paula Lieber, ed. (1986) "About Mäda": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 40 (2005) Baetjer, Katharine (2005) "About the Sequence of the Tapestries in The Hunt of the Unicorn and The Lady with the Unicorn": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 17 (1982) Nickel, Helmut (1982) "About the Sword of the Huns and the 'Urepos' of the Steppes": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 7 (1973) Nickel, Helmut (1973) "Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln): A Bronze Statuette by Augustus Saint-Gaudens": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 48 (2013) Tolles, Thayer (2013) Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper. "The Abstract Expressionists": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 44, no. 3 (Winter, 1986–1987) Thaw, Eugene Victor (1986–1987)
Playtype | Typographer's Glossary Serif: Serif's are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). Some of the main classifications of Serif type are: Blackletter, Venetian, Garalde, Modern, Slab Serif, Transitional, and Informal. Fonts in each classfication share certain similiar characteristics including the shape or appearance of their serifs. Treasures of the Library : Nature printing This small volume of ‘nature printed’ leaves and flowers offers an intriguing insight into late eighteenth-century botany. It belonged to Charles Darwin (1758-1778), the eldest son of Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), of Lichfield, Derbyshire (himself the grandfather of the Charles Darwin of the ‘theory of evolution’ fame). As a child, Charles had been interested in botany, and had travelled with a botanical tutor in France when nine years old. He either made or acquired the book the year he went up to Oxford University, labelling it number eighty-four in his library, and noting the year as 1774. Charles’s death in 1778, while still a medical student at Edinburgh University, meant that the book reverted to his father, just when Erasmus Darwin was developing an intense interest in botany. Nature printing was a technique for making an impression directly from a plant by inking a flattened specimen and pressing the inked side onto paper. Dr Anne Secord Darwin Correspondence Project Download
Hemeroscopium House by Ensamble Studio (Video) By Eric • Mar 10, 2011 • Selected Work Completed in 2008, the Hemeroscopium House is like no other house. Located in Madrid and designed by Ensamble Studio, the 4,300 square-foot residence is an impressive combination of heavy infrastructural pieces. The entire structure took the studio a year to engineer but only a week to build. Check out the video below to see how. Hemeroscopium House by Ensamble Studios: “For the Greek, Hemeroscopium is the place where the sun sets. Hemeroscopium house traps, a domestic space, and a distant horizon. The order in which these structures are piled up generates a helix that sets out from a stable support, the mother beam, and develops upwards in a sequence of elements that become lighter as the structure grows, closing on a point that culminates the system of equilibrium. It took us a year to engineer but only seven days to build the structure, thanks to a total prefabrication of the different elements and a perfectly coordinated rhythm of assembly.
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