13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 667)

1. Reading in Paris Dokusho no Aki: a Japanese saying that means, “Autumn is a good season to catch up on one’s reading”. A themed compilation of 1950s photographs found on Live Journal. 2. A Beautiful Collection of French Sign Designs for Inspiration Available to download from Gallica. 3. Peter Hunt’s DIY folk Art Style seen here…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 666)

1. Ford Almost Made the Perfect Camping Car In an archived July 3, 1958 issue of the Washington Post, a 1959 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon is presented as a “pushbutton camper” concept. Unfortunately, while Ford was happy to show consumers just what the big Country Squire could do, it didn’t leave the concept stage. In the archived issue…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 664)

1. It’s Mushroom Hunting season! Here’s an 1827 Atlas of Mushrooms The edibles… Mushrooms that can cause mild illness (from vomiting to indigestion)… Poisonous mushrooms… Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s Atlas des Champignons (1827), found on The Public Domain Review. 2. Rainbow Clouds, aka Iridescent Pileus Clouds A group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar…

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. DLXXX)

1. The Cinéorama At the 1900 Paris Exposition, the Lumière brothers, who had made the first public projections of a motion picture in 1895, presented their films on a colossal screen, as well as a primitive talking motion picture. An even more ambitious experiment in motion pictures however, was the Cinéorama of Raoul Grimoin Sanson, which simulated a voyage…

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…