Madame Rossetti's corner

If you have ever had to write a resume for work or for an application, then you know the hardest part is figuring out what type of words to use that sound professional and and intelligent.

Example: If an application asks you if you have any relevant experience for a job at a day care center and you have experience, like you have babysat children. You would look at the words in the columns to see what words you should use that will help your resume stand out. You might put down “Have supervised and attended to children on a regular basis.”

(via Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #15) by Yao Xiao

Helen Musselwhite works with paper to create magical illustrated models and sets. Cutting by hand, she uses coloured and painted paper as she builds detailed and multi-layered scenes inspired by the natural world and its inhabitants. Her clients include brands such as Audi, McDonalds, Cadburys and Nokia as well as numerous publications.

The family home of architect Sami Angawi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

So I looked at it and knew it was using the open courtyard and the pools and fountains to do a lot of the work of cooling the house, but it’s also got drip irrigation for all of those plants (which adds more moisture to the air and also helps cool it in addition to being an effective and efficient way of watering the plants), it’s got a roof garden and other eco-conscious stuff. It combines modern construction techniques with classic Arabic art and architecture.

And his home is a cultural center.

He holds lectures, concerts and salons in his home, with guests and speakers from around the world. He’s founded multiple institutions to preserve Islamic history and architecture. He’s an activist against the extremist factions he says are trying to hijack Islam.

His home is going to be part of an international institute offering degrees in Islamic history and science, as his legacy, housing a collection of over one hundred thousands of his photos, drawings and writings about Islam and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

This is serious real-life Islamic solarpunk for real.

Tumblr likes the idea of solarpunk, even if there’s not a real body of work about it yet. Well, we’re missing that people are already doing this for real, and have been for a long time.

Thoughts with Nepal

This isn’t a Miyazaki film. It’s a gorgeous homage by a French animation student.

The Extraordinary Fine Paper cutting Skill of Hina Aoyama

Using a simple very sharp pair of scissors Hina Aoyama has developed an amazing skill, and supreme patience, and makes almost lace like patterns out of paper. She has won numerous prizes around the world, and her work is in many museums, she now lives in France.

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Huichol Beaded Skulls