It was a sunny summer afternoon, July 29, 1925. Harry Warnecke, a photographer for the New York News, got a phone tip that a cat trying to carry its kittens home was tying up traffic because a policeman had stopped the cars on a busy street (Centre Street) to allow it to cross. Warnecke arrived after the event was over, but he convinced the policeman and cat’s owner to allow him to recreate the scene. Despite the policeman’s initial reluctance, the cat’s inclination to cross the street diagonally instead of in front of the cars, and furious honking motorists, Warnecke finally got his shot — after three attempts. (x)
typethatilike: War and Type
On the home front during World War II, New Yorkers received a regular diet of good and bad news through screaming headlines on the front pages of the city’s tabloids. Illustrator and satirist Rick Meyerowitz’s father, Hy, kept dozens of these front pages. Rick has collected, framed and organized them to tell the tale of Nazi and Axis victories, missteps and ultimate defeat. The type on these pages, known as “woods,” dating back to old 19th century wood types, are the stuff of history. Newsprint is not easily preserved, but these were respectfully maintained and now enshrined. Read more: War and Type: World War II Tabloid Typography For great design products, visit our online store: MyDesignShop.com
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L’OBEL, Matthias (1538-1616)
Plantarum sell Stirpium Historia. Antwerp: ex officiana Christopher Plantina, 1576.
Part I
This is a renaissance hurdy gurdy based on instruments in paintings by Hieronymus Bosch
His most well known depiction of a hurdy gurdy is in his ‘Garden of earlthy delights’ in which a good amount of detail can be seen.
A lesser known depiction is from ‘The temptation of St. Anthony’ where a man with a wooden leg has an instrument slung over his shoulder.
The instrument above has English walnut back, ribs and fittings with boxwood pegs and sharp keys.
Elbsandsteingebirge mountains in Sachsen, Germany
Stony stairway from the 13th century.
Women in Science
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – born on this day in 1910 – is the only British woman to ever win a Nobel Prize in science. She was an expert X-ray crystallographer, who deduced the structure of vitamin B12, penicillin and the protein hormone, insulin. When Dorothy was admitted to study at the University of Oxford they were then imposing a quota on women such that they never exceed one in every four students. While this rule no longer applies, and society no longer expects women to give up their jobs to have a family, there are still few women in positions of scientific leadership. This short film introduces a jewellery heirloom scheme for women in science, run jointly by the Medical Research Council and University of the Arts, London. The aim of the scheme is to encourage women to pursue positions of power within the scientific realm.
Written by Brona McVittie
(Source: bpod.mrc.ac.uk)
