Maybe it’s just in America, but it seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are. Tim Burton (via jmaisonlilhouse) Best quote ever.
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sunlightcities: Duncan Smith, a researcher at the London School of Economics, just launched a spell-binding visualization of population and employment density across British cities that turns otherwise dry government data on urban form into something akin to art. Read more at Atlantic Cities
3D printing: From dental braces to astronauts’ seats | The Economist
futuramb: dellarucker: futuramb: Far from spelling the end for traditional factories, it is being adopted by them and incorporated into existing processes to provide the best of both worlds. 3D-printed tools, jigs, moulds and dies allow production lines to be set up more quickly. Workers in BMW factories design and print custom tools to make …
Continue reading 3D printing: From dental braces to astronauts’ seats | The Economist
The D from Windsor. Looks downright pretty from here. Wish I could remember the name of the tall peaked building…Aztec Revival. Seriously. Only one I have ever seen. Just got informed that I screwed up. The Aztec one is hidden or something. My architecture geek certificate has been revoked.
Powerful. True. Umair is for my money one of the top thinkers out there today.
Sucky pic but wanted to put this out there. Early construction of the Container Park in Downtown Las Vegas in May. I find this project fascinating because it’s such a novel (in the US at least) approach to creating something communities desperately want (engaging and flexible public space) in a place with a low density …
Why I Dont Take Pictures At Concerts.
Whups. Didn’t mean to post a pic of my lunch. But heirloom tomatoes rock.
3D printing: From dental braces to astronauts’ seats | The Economist
futuramb: Far from spelling the end for traditional factories, it is being adopted by them and incorporated into existing processes to provide the best of both worlds. 3D-printed tools, jigs, moulds and dies allow production lines to be set up more quickly. Workers in BMW factories design and print custom tools to make it easier …
Continue reading 3D printing: From dental braces to astronauts’ seats | The Economist
And yet the indie crowd and much of the media still slam them. Many critics can’t accept a bridge that unites the seemingly incompatible kingdoms of Morrissey and Bruce Springsteen, and therefore an incredulous, bullying tone follows the Killers everywhere. There’s the implication that frontman Brandon Flowers’ Mormon faith and apparent lack of self-destructive tendencies …
The Local Economy Revolution Has Arrived 