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We are magnificent
“It was an impulse. I was so angry, I just went out into the street,” Asplund told the Guardian. “I was thinking: ‘hell no, they can’t march here!’ I had this adrenaline. No Nazi is going to march here, it’s not okay.”
The paper reported that Asplund stands just 5’2” and weighs about 110 pounds — yet she stood in the path of some 300 marching neo-Nazis, one of whom shoved her out of the way.
KNOW👏🏼HER👏🏼NAME
Tess Asplund. 52 year old hero.
Hand-Painted Carpets by Jason Seife
Reinventing his favorite eras in Art History, mostly Renaissance, through the mediums and techniques that were not yet discovered or utilized at the time, Miami-based artist, Jason Seife (born 1989) bases his approach on merging tightly rendered images with thick layers of color that create distinctive texture. His newest body of work shows his interest in the geometric pattern of old Persian carpets.
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I’m in love with him omg
Antonio Sola Townhouses in Mexico City
In the words of the architects Ambrosi | Echtegaray:
The commission ask to design four living units on a site where a registered house with a historic facade was to be preserved. This condition inspired us to rethink life inside the old house and translate the schema into the new building.
The project’s intention was to create interior spaces mimicking the original patios while maintaining privacy of these spaces from the other apartments.
These patios allowed each apartment to be naturally lit and ventilated. Garden beds where also incorporated at the limits between the interior and the patios in order to incorporate the landscape within the architecture. This process helped us understand how to treat a valued heritage with awareness and care and the result is an juxtaposition of memory and urban development.
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Contemporary Sand Castles by Calvin Seibert
Artist Calvin Seibert, also known as Box Builder, constructs architectural sand structures, which are famous for their modern and sleek design. Cubist, mosaic and abstract, Seibert’s pieces are true exploration between nature and artifice. Although the designs are a man-made product, their destiny is determined by nature’s temperament.
R.I.P. Kenny Baker (1934 - 2016)
Kenneth George “Kenny” Baker was an English actor and musician. He was well known for portraying the character R2-D2 in the popular science-fiction movie franchise Star Wars. He passed away today at the age of 83.