I spent some time this week checking out the exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art—online of course, since I’m not in NYC
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Triptychs of Strangers #19, The Sunday Faced Cupholder – London (by theblackstar)
I was about to leave Spitalfields Market and recognized our stranger leaving with a so called “early morning sunday face”. Sundays – speaking of which. If you ever thought about doing strangers, consider starting on a Sunday. Most shops are closed and everyone seems to enjoy just sticking around – waiting for you to take advantage of moments like these.
Where Children Sleep
Where Children Sleep presents English-born photographer James Mollison’s large-format photographs of children’s bedrooms around the world—from the U.S.A., Mexico, Brazil, England, Italy, Israel and the West Bank, Kenya, Senegal, Lesotho, Nepal, China and India—alongside portraits of the children themselves.
via Where Children Sleep: James Mollison’s Poignant Photographs | Brain Pickings
(He reminds me of the kid from UP.)
Get more pictures and more of their stories here.
the Movie title stills collection
the Movie title stills collection
Here’s a collection of stills from the title sequences of movies from the 1920 through the present.
The 1% More Savings Calculator
The 1% More Savings Calculator
Little changes add up to big differences.
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The NYT has a handy calculator to show you how much money you could save over time if you just increased your savings rate by 1% per year.
Philographics
Philographics is a project by Designer Genis Carreras that seeks to capture and sum up various philosophical schools of thought in minimalist posters.
For example:
You can see them all on her site.
Road trip! American student joins rebels in fight for Qaddafi stronghold. (via The National)
Chris Jeon, a 21-year-old university student from Los Angeles, California,shrugging cooly, declared: “It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels. This is one of the only real revolutions” in the world.