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test tubes & pushpins

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wow, just check out these recreated dutch master portraits by artist michael mapes

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mind-blowing is an overused & often misused term, but i would tend to agree with ‘wired’ in this case; these are absolutely fabulous…

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m / 24-01-2014 08:46 - tags: , , ,  

everything handmade

lernert & sander talking about their work (dutch only) following on from their nomination for the rotterdam designprijs 2013 (voting ends 30th of january) and below some new (commercial) work from the terrible twins…

this one is worth a watch too

m / 23-01-2014 13:29 - tags: , , ,  

emptied gestures

m / 22-01-2014 09:34 - tags: , , ,  

wellcome

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the wellcome library: one of the largest collections of (mainly) medical images has placed over 100,000 pictures from its archives online, to be used freely… great move

similar decision to the british library and the rijksmuseum recently…

m / 22-01-2014 09:30 - tags: , , , ,  

fold lines

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some incredible pieces from german artist simon schubert who has got the science of paper folding down to a fine art

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m / 20-01-2014 10:23 - tags: , ,