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Founded in 1999, designboom is the world’s first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine.
media is still the connective tissue of society, and compared to 1999, the internet has come a long way.
during this time, creating a digital publication was still primarily the business of tech-savvy nerds but online publishing has gone from something
abstract to being a central element in how many of us live and work. today, when people are searching for something, they’ll look it up online.
designboom aims to bring together professional and young creatives from a diverse range of backgrounds.
by publishing the latest news and key issues in the fields of architecture, design, technology and art, our mission over the past 13 years has remained
the same: unearthing the best projects and curating a selection of the most interesting aspects of contemporary culture… before you can find it anywhere else.
today designboom is the most comprehensive source with over 27,000 articles’ worth of useful information and insightful interviews, studio visits,
documentation of new products, reviews of exhibitions and books, and historical surveys.
TIME magazine chose designboom as one of the top 100 design influencers in the world, one of just eight online publications
to be so named. in 2011, the french magazine architectural digest called designboom one of the top ‘les 100 qui comptent’
(‘people who count‘) in the design world… from the forefront of contemporary culture and global lifestyle.
content featured on designboom appears in english, japanese and chinese.
in 2011 designboom launched a chinese-language version of its unique platform for chinese creative industries and consumers.
also, on a daily basis, the japan design association translates designboom articles into japanese language.
you can follow designboom on twitter, facebook, vimeo, and pinterest.
What is ClassDojo?
ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators.
Better learning behaviors, smoother lessons and hassle-free data - and its free!
FAQ: How much does it cost?
We intend to keep ClassDojo free, forever, for early-adopter teachers like you! Sign up below now to join our early-adopter teacher community.
(Source: classdojo.com)
How to Read a Ruler
While it may seem to be a very basic skill, being able to read a ruler is the foundation to just about any project you make by hand or even with a Shopbot! Reading a metric ruler is pretty simple- no fractions, everything converts nicely in factors of 10, and its pretty straight forward. The English system, however, can be kind of confusing- fractions, units, and symbols. This instructable will help you understand how to use a “standard” ruler better; specifically being able to read fractions of an inch or “Drawing the Inch” as I call it with my students.
(Source: instructables.com)
Our Story
The seeds of Instructables germinated at the MIT Media Lab as the future founders of Squid Labs built places to share their projects, connect with others, and make an impact on the world. One of these early places was a blog Zeroprestige, which was an open source hardware experiment for kitesurfing. Here they documented their hand-sewn kites, plywood boards, and other general mayhem that happens when PhDs and high winds collide.
As a result of freely sharing our work, we met a ton of great people, received great opportunities, and were smacked in the face with the need for a web-based documentation system.
Instructables became that documentation system in 2005, as an in-house project of Squid Labs. When they weren’t solving interesting problems like solar panels for driveways, efficiently harnessing human power, or strain sensing ropes, you could find them sharing Instructables from the workshop. From cooking to 3d printing, to making just about anything fly, Instructables became the recipient of countless hours of tinkering, soldering, stitching, frying, and fun, making just about anything.
(Source: instructables.com)
![Micah Albert, USA, Redux Images, 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Single. Taken on 03 April 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. Pausing in the rain, a woman working as a trash picker at the 30-acre dump, which literally spills into households of one million people living in nearby slums, wishes she had more time to look at the books she comes across. She even likes the industrial parts catalogs. “It gives me something else to do in the day besides picking [trash],” she said.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/f73b8a4c4e6aa4b03fd25e35495cfe85/tumblr_mkndvhngEZ1r69lj7o1_250.jpg)
Micah Albert, USA, Redux Images, 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Single. Taken on 03 April 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. Pausing in the rain, a woman working as a trash picker at the 30-acre dump, which literally spills into households of one million people living in nearby slums, wishes she had more time to look at the books she comes across. She even likes the industrial parts catalogs. “It gives me something else to do in the day besides picking [trash],” she said.
Nine letters of admiration sent between writers, and one scathing letter of scorn
An excellent letter of admiration from William Gaddis to Don DeLillo was recently published over at The Daily Beast. It’s a reminder that writers are the biggest readers of all, and, by extension, probably even bigger fanboys and fangirls than anyone. To that end, here are a few wonderful fan letters (and one pointedanti-fan letter) from famous authors to their fellow famous authors, ranging from short and sweet to long and flowery.
From Prestidigitation to Escapology, Manhattan Repository Holds Tricks of Trade
NEW YORK—Ricky Smith remembers vividly his first day at work. His new boss told him to keep his bag packed.
“I should probably tell you that tomorrow we are flying to Florida,” his boss said. “I am going to shoot David.”
“David” was the prominent magician David Blaine and Mr. Smith’s first assignment was to photograph him doing the famous “bullet catch.” His boss was going to pull the trigger.
Mr. Smith works at a library full of magic secrets: The Conjuring Arts Research Center, located a few blocks from the Empire State Building. The archive has over 15,000 books, plus manuscripts and letters serving magicians, historians and screenwriters. The documentation is all created by magicians for magicians.
More than fifty years after her death, Marilyn remains the ultimate Hollywood golden girl and sex symbol. What might surprise you is Monroe, who never finished high school, was also a voracious reader.
“Nobody could imagine what I was doing when I wasn’t shooting … I was going to school! I started going to classes at UCLA at night … I took courses in the history of literature and the history of this country and I started to read a lot, stories by wonderful writers,” she said in 1960 interview with French journalist George Belmont.
(Source: Yahoo!)
Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions
The Architectural Ride at Battersea Power Station by Atelier Zündel Cristea via Dezeen
London’s Battersea Power Station is transformed into a museum of architecture and encased inside a giant roller coaster in these competition-winning proposals by French studio Atelier Zündel Cristea.
The conceptual plans were awarded first prize in the international competition coordinated by ArchTriumph, which invited applicants to suggest how the crumbling brick landmark could be used as an exhibition centre dedicated to architecture.
An intuitive, comprehensive, and visually stunning drawing course whose goal is to teach art from a new perspective, literally and figuratively.
Watch the video which almost feels like short film.
(This is a for-profit KickStarter project. I usually only post to free sites, but I’m making an exception because of how extremely well made this course is.)
About
We wish to publish a unique, step by step approach to drawing. A teaching course inspired by Adventure Time, Monkey Island and Zelda.
reblogged from reachnerdisms -> beatonna
(Source: kickstarter.com)
