13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 663)

1. This penthouse by Le Corbusier in 1920s Paris During the Parisian annèes folles, he [Carlos de Beistegui] selected Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret to design a machine à amuser, a penthouse on the Champs-Élysées dedicated entirely to entertaining and hosting crazy Parisian parties typical of those years, characterized by a brilliant and festive atmosphere of…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 662)

1. Billy Burke (aka Glinda the Good Witch) was the Original Fashion Influencer Before the runway there was Broadway. And before fashion influencers there was Billie Burke. And before she was Glinda the Good Witch, Billy Burke was the original fashion influencer. Burke was a stage actress in the early 1900s at a time when…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 661)

1. The Motormat, a Los Angeles drive-in where the food was sent out on conveyor belts right to your car, 1948 Found on Vintage Everyday. 2. These lovely sketches by Jeanne Lanvin from 1929 Found in the French National Archives. 3. Taiwanese couple in their 80s pose with clothes forgotten at their laundromat, become fashion…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 660)

1. Chinese ghost town of mansions reclaimed by farmers Cattle wander between the concrete shells of half-finished mansions in Shenyang, northeastern China, some of the only occupants of a luxury complex whose crumbling verandas and overgrown arches are stark symbols of a housing market crippled by its own excess. Found on France 24. 2. A…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 659)

1. The understated, underrated photography of Evelyn Hofer When she was still alive, the art critic of the New York Times, Hilton Kramer championed her as “one of the most illustrious of living photographers”, but as Kramer pointed out, “She seems not even to have been heard of”. Hofer, who died aged 87 in 2009 but…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 658)

1. This Historic Home and Shop in Bath, England, is For Sale Biscuit factory, apothecary, emporium, and pub, this Bath property lived many lives before being converted into a house and shop by husband and wife duo, Patrick and Neri Williams, founders of Berdoulat. The Georgian live/work space has spectacular heritage bones and Inigo is marketing the historic…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 657)

1. Owlsley Stanley, the Acid King of the 1960s Stanley was a rather famed clandestine chemist who manufactured large quantities of LSD in the 60’s, provided LSD to the Beatles during the filming of “Magical Mystery Tour”. He also designed the Grateful Dead’s early sound and was the inspiration for the Bear logo (he was…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 656)

1. The colourful covers of a Japanese lifestyle magazine, in production since 1948 The magazine is Kurashi No Techo, found via Present & Correct 2. Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864) Lewis Carroll’s original manuscript of Ailce in Wonderland (then titled “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground”) is littered with thirty-seven of his own…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 655)

1. Avast online archive of vintage interior advertising ADSAUSAGE preserves material relating to 20th-century advertising and popular culture, with a focus on film and Los Angeles history. Holdings maintain a collection of over 40,000 artifacts, encompassing newspapers, magazines, slides, and photographs. Found via Present & Correct. 2. This virtual hotel wants you to vacation in…

All Aboard the Doomed Art Deco Floating Palace

Seventy-five years after she lay burning and capsized in the New York harbour, the French SS Normandie still holds the record as the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. She is considered one of the greatest of ocean liners in history, a floating palace of Art Deco majesty so dazzling, they nicknamed her the “Ship of Light” similar…