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    illustration     birds     print     posters    
    design     Eames     patterns     print    
    art     design     unusual     portraits     currency     money    

    The Magnificent Seven, a series of portraits made from folded banknotes by French photographer Philippe Pétremant

    (via Phaidon)

    papercut     books     illustration     lettering    
    vintage     photography     NYC     design     architecture     fashion    
    photo of Vera Neumann at “Scarves by Vera” in NYC, dated June 20, 1952
(first discovered via @SllabStudios, via Shorpy)

    photo of Vera Neumann at “Scarves by Vera” in NYC, dated June 20, 1952

    (first discovered via @SllabStudios, via Shorpy)

    design     posters     typography     science     minimal    
    typography     cameras     alphabets    
    alphabet made from deconstructed camera parts by Stefan Abrahams
(via lomography)

    alphabet made from deconstructed camera parts by Stefan Abrahams

    (via lomography)

    art     silly     food     fun     photography    
    photography     history    
    natgeofound:

Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel kissing within a tetrahedral kite, October 1903.Photograph courtesy Library of Congress

    natgeofound:

    Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel kissing within a tetrahedral kite, October 1903.
    Photograph courtesy Library of Congress

    books     sculpture    
    Built of Books building sculptures by Dutch artist Frank Halmans
(via My Modern Met via Visual News)

    Built of Books building sculptures by Dutch artist Frank Halmans

    (via My Modern Met via Visual News)

    food     photography    
    Still life for Atelier Food by PJADAD, photography by Henrik Petersson
(via It’s Nice That)

    Still life for Atelier Food by PJADAD, photography by Henrik Petersson

    (via It’s Nice That)

    cameras     products     DIY    
    words     LEGO     typography    
    matchboxes     design    
    Strike Matchboxes designed by Shane Schneck and Clara von Zweigbergk
(via dezeen)

    Strike Matchboxes designed by Shane Schneck and Clara von Zweigbergk

    (via dezeen)

    Pantone     food     humor     design     photography     color    
    Pantone color swatches revisited as “Pantone Pairings” with food and condiments series by David Schwen
(via instagram)

    Pantone color swatches revisited as “Pantone Pairings” with food and condiments series by David Schwen

    (via instagram)