(via Eerie Photos of a Replica Town Demolished by an Atomic Test (1955))
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More and more I’ve come to the conclusion that a principle isn’t a principle until it costs you money.
— Bill Bernbach (via rickwebb)
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Gabriele Basilico, San Francisco, 2007, 2007; digital pigment print; Collection SFMOMA
via Open Space
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Anselm Kiefer, Osiris und Isis (Osiris and Isis), 1985-1987; oil and acrylic emulsion with additional three-dimensional media
via ArtDaily.org
This painting is now on view as part of Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present.
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It’s just so dull. Sadly, I just, ugh, God.
— California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, on life at the Capitol.
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The Museum of Useful Things: Put a Twist on It →
With a simple turn of the wrist, these small tools produce big results. The C-Clamp Tripod, with non-slip pads, will adjust to grip most surfaces. The chrome-plated, tempered steel Can Opener is a streamlined, pared down workhorse. The smooth crank action School House Pencil Sharpener is both…
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The theory of machinery is that it saves time, but Stanford himself noted of such machinery that “if you could limit man’s wants it might be called ‘labor saving,’ but as there are no limits to his wants, the machinery really increases the power of production.” That is, the industrialized world wants more goods, not more time, and so the machinery doesn’t increase freedom and leisure, it increases production and consumption.
— From Rebecca Solnit’s River of Shadows (via viafrank)
