Home & Living

These Wiggly ‘Nervous Chairs’ by Wilkinson & Rivera Channel Our Collective Anxiety

All images by Zelie Lockhart, courtesy of Wilkinson & Rivera, shared with permission If home is a feeling, then the wriggling furniture collection by husband-and-wife Grant Wilkinson and Teresa Rivera are apt representatives of our collective anxieties. The design duo opts for squiggles rather than clean, straight lines in their collection of wooden pieces— the internet dubbed them...

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Energised Modern Interior With Glass Wall Home Office

Lustrous gold accents, a prominent glass wall home office, and an eye-catching illuminated cactus terrarium add unique character and high energy to this modern interior design. Visualised by morede.studio, this light and spacious apartment design is located in the heart of Moscow, Russia. The contemporary apartment spans an area of 162 square metres, which allows plenty of room...

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summer wandering

Ah, summertime. This year's holiday felt longer, hotter and brighter than other summer breaks in recent memory - but it was a lovely one. We spent lots of time on and by the water, mostly with family but I also managed to see old friends, too. We didn't take any of it for granted - we know how...

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Ceramic Figurines by Claire Partington Put a Contemporary Twist on Historical Symbols

All images © Claire Partington, shared with permission Citing traditional portraiture and figurative ceramics, London-based artist Claire Partington (previously) sculpts grand characters with a dose of contemporary wit: Lavishly outfitted women lose their heads to anthropomorphized octopuses, a flip flop-wearing fairy dozes alongside empty beer bottles, and sneakers and a cellphone lie next to “Sleeping Beauty.” Infused with...

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Rare Footage Captures the Luminous Tentacles of the Psychedelic Jellyfish as It Floats Through the Pacific Ocean

The findings coming out of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Insitute continue to amaze us: new footage from a recent ROV dive into the midnight zone of Monterey Canyon in the Pacific Ocean captures the incredibly rare psychedelic jellyfish and its vibrant body. First discovered in 2018, the elusive creature has luminous, spindly tentacles that, when drifting in...

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Brezhnevka Night Lights and Planters Recreate Soviet-Era Housing as Functional Goods

All images courtesy of Nikita Anokhin St. Petersburg-based designer Nikita Anokhin references the industrial, streamlined architecture that populated much of Soviet-era Russia in his functional home goods. Based on the iconic Brezhnevka complexes, Anokhin’s plywood and concrete lamps are comprised of multiple stories of conformist features, including angular balconies and rows of tall windows. Each contains tiny, multi-colored...

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Dig Into an Enormous Archive of Drawings Unveiling the Complex Root Systems of 1,180 Plants

All images courtesy of Wageningen University & Research It’s generally understood that terrestrial plant life evolved from algae, one key to its successful adaptation being roots that sprawled underground to absorb important nutrients and water. Billions of years later, the fibrous networks are essential to life across the planet as they ensure the growth and health of individual...

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Exquisite Architectural Photos by Andrew Moore Glimpse Life in Late ’90s Cuba

All images © Andrew Moore, shared with permission Between September 1998 and January 2001, Andrew Moore traveled around Cuba meeting residents and photographing them among their built environments. He snapped more than 700 8 x 10 color negatives during that period, producing a staggering visual record of a particular moment in the country’s history primarily shown through its...

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