Histomap.

Old-timey map of world influence for major political and cultural groups.

Coffee of Damocles

Origo, by Lama Architectura, is a coffee shop by day and a cocktail bar by night. Lightbulbs housed in coffee drippers descend from the rafters above. "Our goal was to create a relaxed atmosphere using natural materials and colours, but also to have a little tension using contrasts," explain the architects. [via designed-for-life.]

Bou Inania Medrassa, Fes.

[via Sabino Parente via ae5alid.]

Service Notice

Helm’s Deep, which is apparently on the 7.

Butcher Block Table

Cedar Creek Treehouse

Mount Rainier National Park. [via damonnomad.]

What was the saddest moment of your life?

"When we landed in Vietnam. I accidentally left my flak jacket on the plane. The commander pointed me to a pile of used ones. They were all bloodied, torn to shreds, and covered with flies. Then for the first week I was there, all I did was carry the wounded from the hospital to the … Continue reading What was the saddest moment of your life? →

Dre by Beets

[via evanrose.]

Around Saturn

Assembled by Fabio Di Donato from Cassini-Huygens images. [via evan.]

Automation Anxiety

In his review of a prescient work called The Shape of Automation (1966), by Herbert Simon, a manifold genius who would go on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, Heilbroner scoffed at Simon’s notion that the average family income would reach $28,000 (in 1966 dollars) after the turn of the century: “He has no … Continue reading Automation Anxiety →