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Source: expensivelife

littledallilasbookshelf:

Glass Walled Library, Germany

fastcompany:

“It fascinates me that older objects were so well-built, and were most likely put together by hand. These items were repaired when broken, not discarded like our devices of today.” —Photographer Todd McLellan tears apart objects to expose their hidden complexity.

The Smith-Corona typewriter from 1964 has 621 parts. The Swiss Army Knife? 38. 

More awesome examples here.

fastcompany:

There are a lot of roads just sitting there in the sun, doing nothing with all that energy. Why not use them to collect it? Introducing the Solar Roadway, a road built out of solar panels. 

The road is made of three parts: a hard-wearing translucent top-layer with the solar cells, LED lights (for road markings) and a heating element (to keep off snow and ice); an electronics layer to control lighting and communications; and a base plate layer that distributes power to nearby homes and businesses (and perhaps electric vehicle charging stations). Plus, there’s a channel at the edge to collect and filter run-off water (including anti-freeze and other chemicals that normally leeches into the ground). 

More…

designboom:

‘18.36.54 home’ by daniel libeskind, connecticut, united states
all images © nikolas koenig, more info/photos here

designboom:

‘exploded flowers’ series by fong qi wei

xxthewriterxx:

dolly-chic:

Little Rebel

Ira Glass on creating

The audio version of the awesome typography I re-posted earlier today.