“Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960-1980" opens today.

A 3D Printed Chess Set That's Also a Micro Planter

Before & After: 30 Photos that Prove the Power of Designing with Pedestrians in Mind

A space filled with rare vinyl records is the centrepiece of this music library in Seoul:

Squeeze the brilliant ‘EggMap’ to zoom in and navigate through a city

A young Syrian girl is held by her mother next to railroad tracks where migrants wait to cross

How to Give Your Macro Photography a Fine Art Touch in Post-Processing

Lanterns in Hoi An, Vietnam (Photo by Munetaka Hirosaki, on Flickr)

The camera primed to take on Islamic State 'within weeks'

Find a literary agent to represent your books. The 2016 GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS is out now!

Bookish! Sand! Sculptures!

The number of Americans living in extreme poverty doubled in 15 years. Could you survive on $2 a day?

Salman Rushdie: These Days, 'Everyone Is Upset All The Time'

Our latest Tate - a very odd family album from the Tate Collection

“Every poem holds the unspeakable inside it." ― Marie Howe

Happy b-day, Mr. Cage! "Things Heard During John Cage’s Folsom Prison Performance of “4’33”":

If you want to complain about curriculum, you need to read the books

Last tweet of the night, folks: the Official Cookie!

8 women who are redefining design in the Middle East:

Best Labor Day Weekend Ever? Join our celebration at North Ave Beach & cool off at the Art Institute!

This , LACMA invites you to enjoy art, music & family (and we’re open Monday)

Quotes that describe why you love books (so much), via :

Announcing our Fall events w/ these fine dates at City Lights bookstore in the month of Sept:

A three-wall installation by , on view at in Chelsea, a vivid work by the late artist

Francesca Woodman: On Being an Angel

"I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry as I need it." –John Cage, born on this day in 1912

A fine day when is trending! May we suggest some Clyfford Still?

Why Memorizing Poems Will Make Your Life Richer

On Ethelind Fearon's manual “The Reluctant Hostess.”

In honor of , behold a selection manicured beards from the collection.

You probably didn't know that these gorgeous James Turrell works existed

An adorable octopus with a heart-shaped mouth is our entry!

Delicate portraits from West Africa reveal 100 years of life across the Atlantic

peter rose constructs martha's vineyard property as movable concrete blocks:

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Taking inspiration from ’s new logo, tomorrow’s theme is doodles. Post your favourites from noon

100,000 balloons fill London's Covent Garden and it looks incredible:

2015 Solar Decathlon: Nest Home by

5 Photographers Share Getty Images’ $50,000 Grants | Photo: Souvid Datta

Learn how to use Lightroom's Secret Website for your Clients

New post : Ten Exercises to Become a Better Photographer

Tag someone you'd love to watch the sun go down over the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia with! Awesome shot from

for artist Jo Chorny's amazing hand-cut animal silhouettes

See the week in black and white photography

BRAZIL. City of . . Municipal ball. 1973. (© / )

He covered them in flour and turned on his flash. The results? A new way of looking at parkour

: In 1972, terrorists attacked the Israeli team at the summer games in .

ATTN: the Rebel Alliance book club is meeting today in the medal courtyard on Yavin IV, NOT Yavin II. Don't be late!

Most Native tribal disenrollment fights involve mostly white folks telling other mostly white folks they're too mostly white.

I posted some behind the scenes shots and a bts video from my fashion shoot in the desert

Tamron Announces SP 35mm & 45mm f/1.8 with Image Stabilisation.

From the archive: Aperture Foundation editor-in-chief Melissa Harris talks w/ Richard Misrach

Bang your head to these 10 literary punk rock songs

I arrived 5 minutes after Serena's split. (Heard the roar.) But nearly every shot is a bit of concussive genius.

Jenny Uglow on the portraits of Jean-Étienne Liotard: “In grasping the fleeting moment, he casts us too back in time”

Burning Sky by Taisen Lin:

Photos: The beautiful architecture of India's ancient stepwells:

Iguazu! Brazil-Argentina. More great photography on Empowr!

I find that discussing an idea out loud is often the way to kill it stone dead. J.K. ROWLING

Kitten collaborator. (Whatever it is, it isn't good enough. Delete & try again.)

ON WRITING, a collection of Charles Bukowski’s letters on the writing life:

What are you reading this weekend? Books chat and favourite literary links: (Pic: karislaat)

Tomorrow 10:30 am, don't miss our final screening of all 5 Cremaster films by :

Want more Vermeer this fall? See 's "A Lady Writing" in "Class Distinctions" at , opening Oct 11.

London's Battersea Power Station is undergoing a transformation, and the plans are stunning.

This is the last weekend of summer to add your wish to ’s “Wish Tree for Washington, DC” (2007).

Art International: the art fair the Istanbul Biennial wanted to squash

Sharif Abraham Architects builds a sculptural and cavernous house in Australia:

This library shelf wraps readers in a glorious cocoon of books:

Monet painted this view when Sargent visited him in 1885. See it alongside their correspondence in .

Curious about the inspiration rooms in our ? There are three. Discover them yourself!

Shadows in Typography, Then and Now

A budget-friendly shipping container home in Costa Rica:

Free ebook on mobile UI design patterns:

How Star Wars' BB-8 Droid Works

If you are 1). An up-and-coming photographer 2). Interested in being featured in Emerging Photographer, read this:

Breakthrough transparent battery captures and stores energy from the sun.

Bellino Drive in by Mayes Office

What’s the difference between New Orleans and Amsterdam?

Incoming for the . New direct mail campaign.

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