A Gorgeous Streamlined 1930 Art Deco Henderson Motorcycle

by Andrew Hazlett on July 19, 2010

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Definitely click through the photo to see more angles on this stunning piece of work. [By way of http://piratepickings.tumblr.com/]

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John Ford’s combat footage from the Battle of Midway – June 4, 1942

by Andrew Hazlett on June 7, 2010

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Amazed to see this short color film via Vanished Americana… we forget how bleak and uncertain things looked for the allies in 1942.

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An Interview with Anya Kamenetz about student loans, higher education, and her book “DIY U”

April 19, 2010

Anya Kamenetz is the author of DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. She’s also the subject of our very first (and very beta) video interview: DIY U is about the future of higher education: It’s a story about the communities of visionaries who are tackling the enormous challenges of cost, [...]

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The Arab as “white foreigner” – the contested heritage of Timbuktu

April 12, 2010

The legendary city of Timbuktu – a center for trade and learning for centuries and is the home of the oldest library south of the Sahara. Now, African and Saudi donors are joined in a contest to reframe the cultural heritage of a continent: No one in Timbuktu has forgotten how the Moroccans conquered the [...]

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An interview with Stephen Fry

February 23, 2010

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Music video: “Little Dolls” by Indochine

February 23, 2010

Best extant pop song dramatization of the 20th century… Indochine’s “Little Dolls”

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“Nuit Blanche” A romantic surrealist short film?

February 5, 2010

This short video captures, in a striking fashion, a fleeting moment between two strangers…

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Links on Art and Design: A digest of short items from Twitter and other sources

February 1, 2010

Some interesting links and short items on Art and Design from The New Modern twitter stream and other sources. Architecture President Obama’s new budget would end Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America for lack of “metrics.” [read] Unhappy Hipsters: A new blog invents amusing captions for stark Dwell mag photos [view] via @KateC Mies masterpiece [...]

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A sparkling blue “alien” in our own seas

January 29, 2010

Vivid blue creatures with sparkling bioluminescence… not just the province of expensive special effects in sci-fi movies. Here in earth’s own oceans you can find the lovely Corynactis viridis: You can read more about this intriguing little organism (and see other beautiful videos of sea creatures) at the blog of Morphologic Studios – a “scientific [...]

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How a carefully disguised corpse helped win World War II

January 25, 2010

On April 30, 1943, the body of Glyndwr Michael, disguised as Major William Martin of the Royal Marines, was dropped into the sea off Huelva on the Spanish coast. In his briefcase were letters, meticulously faked by British intelligence officers to give the impression that the Allies intended to attack Greece, and not Sicily. So [...]

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