ABCDeology

Early Tools – MATERIALS > cast iron | lace wood

Okay, I punch you first. Then maybe you can punch me. I always win at rock-paper-scissors versus this guy.

Hand Wrench – MATERIALS > cast bronze

They should make a working version of this, with all of the fingers movable.

Cork Shell Chair – MATERIALS > cork upholstery

Cork chair? [...]

The mesmerizing surreal photography of Philippe Ramette.
‘Rational exploration of the undersea’

-Separate series -

via BOOOOOOOM

I stumbled into the image archives of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Most of the descriptions were in German, some things semi-translated into brief summaries in English. Although I could not fully understand the text, the images are by turns gorgeous, high definition, historic and scientific.