// Forgive me, Mr. Palmer, but I can’t resist the urge to give you one of my all-time favorite pieces of advice: "If you’re going through hell, keep going." //
[ Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard; NCIS; Season 14, Episode 13: Keep Going ]
JOHN BERGER / WAYS OF SEEING
// A woman is always accompanied, except when quite alone, and perhaps even then, by her own image of herself. While she is walking across a room or weeping at the death of her father, she cannot avoid envisioning herself walking or weeping. From earliest childhood she is taught and persuaded to survey herself continually. She has to survey everything she is and everything she does, because how she appears to others – and particularly how she appears to men – is of crucial importance for what is normally thought of as the success of her life. //
[ John Berger - The Ways of Seeing ]
[ source: Dazed ]
THE ISHU 'PRIVACY SCARF' / SAIF SIDDIQUI
// The two-toned geometric-patterned "privacy scarf," invented by 28-year-old entrepreneur Saif Siddiqui, is made up of special light-reflecting crystals that bounces back a flash at the offending camera, rendering pictures dark, grainy, and useless. (It also works with video camera lights.)
The young creator was quoted as saying the point of his product is to make people more aware of the importance of privacy and allow us to be better in control of it. In the meantime, it's a great solution for stars who don't want to interact with the public
It’s no surprise that high-profile, constantly papped people are drawn to these scarves, but regular folks are buying them up, too. In a world where nearly everything seems to end up on social media, with or without one’s permission, it's nice to have the option to not accidentally be in somebody's selfie. While most of us don't spend our travels trying to avoid TMZ photographers camped out at LAX, there seems to be a growing interest in privacy and the internet, or at least in controlling one's own literal image. //
The young creator was quoted as saying the point of his product is to make people more aware of the importance of privacy and allow us to be better in control of it. In the meantime, it's a great solution for stars who don't want to interact with the public
It’s no surprise that high-profile, constantly papped people are drawn to these scarves, but regular folks are buying them up, too. In a world where nearly everything seems to end up on social media, with or without one’s permission, it's nice to have the option to not accidentally be in somebody's selfie. While most of us don't spend our travels trying to avoid TMZ photographers camped out at LAX, there seems to be a growing interest in privacy and the internet, or at least in controlling one's own literal image. //
VANTABLACK / SURREY NANOSYSTEMS
//There's black, and then there's Vantablack.//
Developed by a British company Surrey NanoSystems, Vantablack is currently the world's darkest material, absorbing up to 99.965% of light in the visible spectrum. It is so dark that the eye has difficulty understanding what it is seeing and the perception is thus limited to 2 dimensions. Vantablack ("Vertically Aligned Nano Tube Arrays") consists of a "forest" of carbon nano-tubes that are so densely packed that most of the light gets trapped inside the material.
Vantablack is mainly being used in research applications now from stealth aircraft and weaponry to calibrating space cameras and telescopes and increase their optical efficiency.
British contemporary artist Anish Kapoor has exclusive rights to use the Vantablack pigment in his art. //Vantablack seems a natural choice for Kapoor's experimental inclinations given his forays into working with stainless steel and mirrors. Kapoor's sculptures are designed to unsettle the viewer and distort their surroundings, so working with a material that functions as a portable abyss seems like a nice step up.//
[ Sources: dezeen, cool hunting, dazed digital ]
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
// Women's Day can be a reminder to women and lovers of women to band together and support each other! Remember the incredible accomplishments of historical women, and celebrate the accomplishments of women today! Be confident in your own sexuality, beauty, ability, belief and body and show trust and kindness towards other women of all races, bodies, backgrounds and beliefs. //
[ Frances Cannon: What it means to be a woman today, illustrated; Dazed Digital ]
[ Source: Dazed Digital ]
BLOODROOT BLADES / VAN WYK & SNYDER
//Unlike knifemakers who start by grinding down stock pieces of metal, these highly sought-after blacksmiths go to junkyards and auto yards to find recyclable metals they can manipulate, whether old springs from a 1954 Chevrolet or discarded brass from a shipwreck. They transform selected scrap metals into one-of-a-kind knives so stunning that customers are willing to order the blades more than two years in advance.//
//The word cleave can mean two different things: The word cleave can mean to bring apart as in cleaver" but the word cleave can also mean bring together. And the knife does both of those things at the same time, which I think is an incredible thing. It is cleaving food from itself to cleave people together. And that's a really neat characteristic of how knives work with people.//
WOOL AND AIR COLLECTION / MALAFOR
With furniture like this moving apartments would be much more easier. The AIR collection, by polish design studio MALAFOR, consists of a sofa, armchair and three variations of stools. Each piece consists of a metal frame and inflatable pillow, they are light and easy to dismantle.
Inflatable pillow comes in a pillow cover and both are made of modern textiles. Inflatable bags are very durable and can withstand the pressure of 2 tons. If pierced, they can be quickly and cheaply replaced. The pillow cover is made of an extremely durable, non-flammable and easy-to-maintain textile.
[ Notcot, Feel desain, Malafor, Design and paper ]
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