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

1. Turn-of-the-Century Women in Autochrome Cowgirl 1910 Dancer wearing Egyptian-look costume with wings reaching to the floor, 1915 Woman in pink cape and bonnet, 1915 Woman in Oriental inspired gown, sitting in wooden throne, 1915 Woman posed as sphinx, 1910 Girl with a Collection of Dolls, 1910 Woman in…

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

1. The Transformation of a 19th Century French Castle Artist Okuda San Miguel recently transformed a 19th-century castle in Château, France in a work titled Skull in the Mirror. After stints as a school and holiday center for children, the castle was abandoned for nearly 30 years. Five years ago it was acquired by the local Town Hall. Recently it…

Saving the Carmen House on the Seine

At approximately 1.45pm this afternoon in Paris, I received a text message from my friend who has a restaurant in the 11th arrondissement: “There’s a woman here who says she wants you to help save the Carmen House,” it read. I raised an eyebrow. My phone buzzed again. “She came in for lunch, figured out that I knew…

The Strangely Underrated Artistry of Japanese Playgrounds

I don’t know about you, but the playgrounds where I pottered around in my day, eating too much sand and earning my first set of stitches on the jungle gym, did not look like this. Surreal nocturnal scenes of colossal, if not slightly traumatising cement playground equipment in Japan, that looks better suited for a contemporary art sculpture…

Ghosts of Nigeria: A Colonialist’s Photo Album

I had a good dig through the British National Archives this morning and began fixating on the “Nigeria” album, containing over 900 photographs from the Colonial Office photographic collection. It’s an exhaustive album of portraits and documentation of the photographer’s tour through what was then Colonial Nigeria in the late 19th century. The photographs capture so…

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

1. Faceless Portraits Artist Camilla Catrambone‘s portraits aim to represent her family members through the objects they’ve owned… #grandma Ilva. Mario’s wife. #grandpa Mario. Ilva’s husband. #grandma Ilva #nanny Renata #grandpa Antonio #mother By Camilla Catrambone 2. Japan’s awesome Underground Bicycle Parking System See the Japanese bike storage live in action…

The Hidden Speakeasy Room found at Pixar Studios where Steve Jobs Hung Out

At the Redbull headquarters, you can take a carbon slide down to the ground floor instead using the stairs, at Google you can sit around and talk strategy in ski gondolas, but at the Pixar offices, there’s something special that didn’t require all the big budget bells & whistles to count the animation company amongst the coolest workplaces on earth. Did you hear…

The Girl with the Impossible Waist

If you look up “hourglass figure” in the dictionary, Betty Brosmer’s picture should probably be next to it (if you Google it, she’s right there next to Kim Kardashian). Meet the highest paid pin-up girl of the 1950s, considered by many as the first true supermodel, Betty appeared in thousands of magazine including LIFE, Time, Fortune,…

London has a Subterranean Veggie Farm in an Abandoned WWII Bunker

We’re all trying to switch to local produce these days and for Londoners, it doesn’t get much more local than the 2½ acre farm growing fresh veggies right under their feet. Growing leafy greens and herbs without any natural light 100 feet below the streets of central London in an abandoned air raid shelter is…

Inside the Mansfield Mansion

It just doesn’t get much more kitsch (or pink) than screen siren Jayne Mansfield’s Sunset Boulevard home circa 1960. Floor to ceiling shag carpets, heart-shaped swimming pool, fireplaces and bathtubs, gold-plated fixtures a plenty, and of course, pink f**king everything. Photographed by LIFE photographer Allan Grant in 1960, the mid 20th century sex symbol shows…

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