http://towerofbabel.com Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:29:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maya Lin has a new exhibit at Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art. It grew out of a desire to take what I do outside and bring it inside .... I thought, what if I could bring a hill inside - take it up to the ceiling, maybe even let ... http://towerofbabel.com/2009/03/16/maya-lin-systematic-landscapes/ Amy: "We've got Jeremy Melcamp from Borders here today -- and he's got something really special for us.  Now, what am I holding here? Jeremy: We call it Book.  Now Amy, try to find the plug on there. Amy: I don't see one! Jeremy: That's because Book is the new wireless ... http://towerofbabel.com/2009/03/12/book/ Artful and practical at the same time: I like it a lot. From Instructables. Via Apartment Therapy. Via Boing Boing. ~ Karl Jones http://towerofbabel.com/2009/03/03/design-and-build-cardboard-furniture/ Icehouses that look like dice:  dICEHOUSES. The dICEHOUSES Shanty "reminds folks that there is no more efficient source of warmth than sitting across the table from one's family, some good friends or strangers and playing some good ol' table top games. Each of the five dICEHOUSES is stocked with The Book ... http://towerofbabel.com/2009/02/05/the-dicehouses-shanty/ Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota features forty oversized kimono created by Master Kubota. Kimono will tour the United States for six months with only two stops: San Diego, California and Canton, Ohio. Kimono as Art: Link. ~ Karl http://towerofbabel.com/2009/02/04/kimono-art-display/ by Rossitza Ohridska-Olson Dedicated to Dr. Georgi Kitov [caption id="attachment_1569" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Seuth III Tomb and Temple"][/caption] One of the most impressive monuments of the Thracian civilization in the Valley of the Thracian Kings, is the Heroon (a Temple-Tomb of a Hero of Royal status) of Sueth III. It was discovered on September ... http://towerofbabel.com/2009/02/02/the-kosmatka-tomb-seuth-iii-temple-and-tomb-in-the-valley-of-the-thracian-kings/ For about a year I had been worrying that maybe I have never really been in love. As a woman 6 months shy of 40, this is saying something. And then recently I realized that the feeling a friend was describing to me about falling in love with his partner was ... http://towerofbabel.com/2008/12/28/love-epiphany/ Hello all, Sorry I've been away for awhile.  I've been licking my wounds and starting new projects.  Of the many artists I am writing for, I'd like to introduce two of them.  Both are based in San Francisco.  One is a fantastic young photographer named Paula Poortinga.  Her work can be ... http://towerofbabel.com/2008/10/23/1181/ "Bees are dying everywhere but in cities .... The bees are speaking to us." - Olivier Darne There are more than 300 known colonies in the French capital, up from about 250 five years ago, according to the National Beekeepers' Association. Hives have appeared on the roof of the Opéra Garnier, on ... http://towerofbabel.com/2008/10/07/where-honeybees-are-thriving/ "World leaders and philanthropists have pledged nearly $3bn (£1.6bn) to fight malaria at a summit in New York." The meeting, at the UN, is looking at ways of meeting the Millennium Development Goals -- targets on reducing global poverty by the year 2015. Donors hope the money will be enough to eradicate ... http://towerofbabel.com/2008/09/30/malaria-battle-given-3bn-boost/