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kogumarecord:

懐かしいデザイン！「サクラクレパスタオル」 | プレゼント-キュレーター「プキュラ」

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4art:

Architect: INABA, New York
Lighting: Ljusarkitektur, Stockholm; Kai Piippo, Paul Ehlert
Location:Stavanger, Norway
Project year:2012
Photography: Ivan Brodey

littleangstontheprairie:

today at the community center i found a lot of amazing books at the free book bins, most notably, this book for children about aids by nicki de saint phalle, yeah that niki de saint phalle!!!

the book is called “you can’t catch aids by holding hands,” but the french title translates to something like,”aids is easy to protect yourself from.”

my camera is broken, and for some reason i can hardly find any pictures of the illustrations, but basically this book tells you everything you need to know in a very straight forward and stylish way.

it’s written by the artist as a letter to her son about what to do in every possible scenario. it deals with the  emotional and physical, and is written with such kindness, humor, and sensitivity. what a rad lady and a rad book! 

they should give every kid a copy of this in sex ed. it’s pretty much the best thing i have ever read regarding sexual health.

yetisnaps:

Close up of La Cabeza, a sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008.

Sculptural photography by Szymon Roginski and Kasia Korzeniecka

whatchathink:

While researching for my thesis I came upon the work of the french architect Jean Renaudie. Work in particular that has really stood out are his housing complexes in Ivry sur Seine near Paris. 

‘His two housing complexes in Ivry sur Seine near Paris (see previous post) and in Givors near Lyon are two very successful examples of architecture becoming urban in an era (50’s-60’s) that created what is now famous as the French suburbs catastrophe. In fact, those two housing complexes are extremely interesting in the fact that they embody a real urban density, mix several social levels, organize urban life on a multitude of storeys, blur the limits between private and public areas and supply a little piece of garden to every apartment. This architecture is full of episodes, surprizing moments of beauty in an urban artefact/landscape full of hideaways.’

Text pinched from here

Amazing stuff!