devidsketchbook:

Times Square’s New Heart Formed with Salvaged Hurricane Sandy Debris

A sweet yet meaningful new art installation was recently unveiled in Times Square. Brooklyn-based design firm Situ Studio created Heartwalk, a heart-shaped enclosure made from boardwalk boards salvaged from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Collected both from New York and New Jersey, the boards form a slatted construction that lifts from the ground and is illuminated from within. Visitors are encouraged to enter the installation and literally stand in the heart of the city. (via: mymodernmet)

Heartwalk website

somme:

WOODwave paneling by Eliza Mikus

lostsplendor:

The Louvre, Paris c. WWII

latimes:

The pope has left the building

Outgoing Pope Benedict XVI has departed the Vatican and will spend the final hours of his papacy at a summer retreat, soon leaving the Catholic church without a figurehead while the church tries to sort out who his successor will be.

Pope Benedict will now be known as the “Pope Emeritus,” becoming the first living ex-post in hundreds of years.

From the scene in Italy:

The courtyard at the Vatican was lined with clapping well-wishers, church officials and the plume-hatted Swiss Guards, the pope’s protectors, as Benedict left the papal apartment for the last time. On the Vatican’s helipad, he raised his arms in farewell, still wearing his white papal vestments, and the chopper lifted off into blue skies. The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica pealed during the departure.

Read more on his departure here, via World Now.

Photos: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images, Guido Montani / EPA, Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press

nevver:

Thank God it’s Frida

visual-poetry:

“the thickness of books” by cia rinne

from the book “zaroum” (download this book for free from ubu, or have a look at the interactive version on her homepage)

Marcin Górski

abandonedporn:

Abandoned Island in the Middle of NYC

Located in between Queens and the Bronx, in 1885 the island was used to build a hospital complex to quarantine and treat people suffering from smallpox and typhoid fever. In the 1950’s it was turned into a rehab center. The entire island has been abandoned since 1963.

(source)

mstgx:

iconic architecture illustrations - andré chiote - parte 3

nevver:

Word on the Street

nevver:

How to bend light

betonbabe:

CRAIG ELLWOOD

WEEKEND HOUSE PROJECT, 1964

enochliew:

Sedus Research Center by Ludloff + Ludloff Architekten

A textile skin made of glass fibre fabric, suspended in two layers, giving the building an appearance ranging from solid structure to just about to dissolve.

cjwho:

Out of Disorder: Topographical Maps Carved from Electrical Tape and Intricate Thread Sculptures by Takahiro Iwasaki

sfmoma:

photojojo:

The Rubikon 2 is the world’s smallest pinhole camera!

And you can make one of your own at home!

All it takes to build this minimalist beauty is card stock paper, scissors, and glue. Czech artist Jaroslav Juřica’s designed the camera, and put together a PDF for you to build your own at the link below.

The Rubikon 2 - World’s Simplest Pinhole Camera

via Pop Photo

This is… SO COOL!

tender-isthe-night:

Greta Garbo & Marlene Dietrich (Edward Steichen - photomontage 1934)

filmtodigital:

Red stockings in hallway. 1975.

drawingarchitecture:

Field of Walls

Dogma

Buddhist monks at Pongour Falls, the largest waterfall in Dalat, Vietnam. Photographer Dang Ngo http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151190880169394&set=a.390790484393.166300.35974999393&type=1&relevant_count=1