Pattern! Robert Duchesnay, Walking on the top-level platform, 1984.
Joseph Beuys in Buckminster Fuller’s iconic geodesic dome of the Expo 67 pavilion on Montreal’s Île Sainte-Hélène. via softpyramid
Via design-voyager.
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Check out the pattern on his feathers…gorgeous.
Via pagewoman: Churchyard Owl by Phil Homer.
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Color! So Much, by Clare Elsaesser, 2013.
acrylic on watercolor paper
8 x 10 inches
In the Bathhouse: one of our new wallpaper patterns for Spring 2013
Inspired by a wayfaring Rockaway monkey from a 1904 New York Times article, it hosts playful simians slurping oysters, smoking pipes, and lounging on an afternoon at the shore. Click through for the full story!
Baby+Elephant! Baby+Elephant!
Bostock & Wombwell Circus, c.1920.
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Color!
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Introducing the Planter Brick!
Your minimalist desk will appreciate this.
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I love the fan shape of this dance card!
Via theoddmentemporium:
Dance Cards
Originating in the 18th century, but growing in popularity throughout the 19th century, dance cards were small, decorative notebooks used by women to record the names of the men who had promised them a dance at a ball.
As can be seen in the fan-shaped example above, the names of each dance that will be played at the event are noted already on the blue “Dances” sections, whilst the “Engagements”, or the names of the men with whom the woman intends to dance, are marked in ink beside them. Apparently the men would just have to remember by heart with whom they had promised the dance.
The dance cards came in particularly handy at the massive 19th century balls of Vienna, especially those during Fasching, just before Lent. Most dance cards incorporated a pencil and a cord to attach to the woman’s wrist, however, more elaborate dance cards of the elite were sometimes decorated with precious metals or jewels.
