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Yutaka Sone carves Manhattan out of a single block of marble

September 21, 2011 @ 11:03 pm

Photo: David Zwirner Gallery Right now until October 29th at the David Zwirner Gallery at 533 W. 19th Street, artist Yutaka Sone is showing her incredible talent at carving whole marble slabs with this exhibition of a scale model marble … Continue reading →

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Marble Machine at Johnny Cupcakes London store

April 2, 2011 @ 4:52 pm

The opening of the first international Johnny Cupcakes store in London features this lovely rustic marble machine custom-built for Johnny Cupcakes. I want one of these in my future home. [via]

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A look at the interior of Cipriani 42nd Street

October 28, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

Look at the grandeur of Cipriani 42nd Street. Continue reading →

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Fantastic black and white photo of the Earth

July 18, 2009 @ 8:42 pm

This is the first time I’m seeing a black and white image of the Earth taken from Apollo 11 and I think it is my new favorite photo of home. Does anybody know the NASA image ID to this particular … Continue reading →

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Lavabo washbasin by Cappellini

December 18, 2008 @ 9:06 am

Look at this beautiful and simple sink by Cappellini. Made exclusively for the SAIE Spring fair in Bologna, the sink is cut out entirely from stone marble using new manufacturing technologies that bring stone into the same arena as other … Continue reading →

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Binary marble adding machine (or MATH WITH MARBLES)

April 1, 2008 @ 4:03 pm

The Binary Marble Adding Machine by Matthias Wandel is just extraordinary. It’s a simple 6-bit calculator that’s completely analog, meaning that the entire thing is made of wood and is activated by marbles! There are no actual computer parts to … Continue reading →

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