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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

Baua Electric

If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques.

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James Wimshurst’s Electrostatic Immortality

Cars That Think

de Queiroz /Wikipedia Wimshurst’s electrical pursuits were entirely a hobby, something he did in his spare time at his house in Clapham in southwest London. Most fit easily on a tabletop, such as this one preserved at the Science Museum London, which measures 56 by 67 by 30.5 Antônio Carlos M. centimeters.

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