Learning To Lead

The wood siding could age badly unless it's well-treated, but otherwise cool.

Casa Sperimentale’ Ruins

Architect: Giuseppe Perugini

Location/Year: Via Porto Azzurro, 57, 00054 Fregane RM (Rome) Italie / 1971

Pictures/Source: Oliver Astrologo + Google / designboom 

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Pipette. Run. Cry. Repeat. Comic by www.facebook.com/sketchingscience.atgc/

AT-ATs went native...and domestic

Baumraum. Bachstelze. Eberschwang. Austria. photos: Alasdair Jardine

2016 wasn’t all bad as Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield explains. Humanity did some good this year.

The best squad. [ Via @awkwardyeti]

Residence in Woody Creek, Colorado

Perched at the rivers edge, this Pampiano Residence by Studio B consists of an addition to the existing house as well as a detached garage with a dwelling unit above. The new architecture reinterprets the existing house and marries the project as ‘a whole’ through its use of materials, patterns and massing.

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Science marches on, and our understanding of dinosaurs is constantly being updated.

And, sometimes, it’s funny how certain changes seem to be accepted by the general public easier than others.

This is an art project I made in seventh grade, and to this day is the coolest thing I’ve ever made. It can be a wall decoration or a costume peice or whatever you want to do with it short of stopping an actual sword. If anybody is curious as to how one makes something like this, you need: - a big ass piece of cardboard - a big ass piece of foil - a shitload of Elmer’s liquid glue - a box cutter or super strong scissors - masking tape - a sponge - shoe polish - steel wool - a pencil and eraser if you like - (a straightedge and/or yardstick?) - (protractor?) Take the bigass piece of cardboard and draw your design in pencil. You’ll be raising lines or areas with the glue, so keep that in mind with your design. The raised will be the lighter parts. If you like, you can use a straightedge or something to make it look neater. Put a layer of glue over every line you want raised. Do the edges of every large area, but don’t fill it in yet. Let it dry, then repeat until you have a sizable bump. Fill in any raised areas you want with more glue (you will need a ton). Try to not let the glue run over the raised edges of the planes. It’ll take a while to dry after that. Once your design is glued to your satisfaction, let it dry. Trim the edges using the box cutter to get it to the shape you want. Then spread a layer of glue over the top of your project and carefully lay down the big ass piece of foil over the top. Be very careful not to wrinkle it too much, but spread it down as close to the surface as possible without ripping it. Fold the excess foil around the back and secure it with glue and masking tape. Take a sponge and shoe polish and apply liberally over the top of your project. Let it dry. Take the steel wool and rub the shoe polish off of the areas that are raised and supposed to be silver as opposed to black. Voila! A beautiful shield of your own design. Depending on how you want to use it, you can either attach a handle or something to the back or a method of hanging it from the wall. Enjoy!