30.10.14

flemish farms




From "Van komwoning tot vlaamsche boerderij" - part of the book series "Seizoenen", 1941. 


29.10.14

surround yourself with beauty









At the fortifications of Retranchement, 
a cultural monument surrounding this village in The Netherlands.


28.10.14

Smile69


From Lach69, Het blad voor de man van nu ('Smile69. The magazine for today's man'), Nr. 2, 1969

24.10.14

Museumjournaal




from Museumjournaal, no.3, 1984

21.10.14

national galleries everywhere, holding anything you can think off

Makonde, Tanzania, Dance Mask
Unknown, 17th century, Lady Catherine Hutchinson aged 102
Yoruba, Nigeria, Nut container

From the book "National Gallery of Rhodesia"

20.10.14

hoolawhoop

Anne Krönker, 'Hoepel', 2012

Gert Robijns

Katinka Bock, 'Kleine Kreise', 2011

19.10.14

Boetti in action

'Gemelli' (Twins), 1968
'San Bernardino', 1968/1978

'Guatemala', 1974
'Strumento Musicale' (Musical Instrument), 1970


From 'Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan', Tate, 2012

17.10.14

Hyderabad's wind catchers




Photos of Hyderabad (a city in Pakistan). The triangular structures on the rooftops are wind catchers, funnelling the cool breeze (a 'moug') into the homes below.


from Architecture without Architects, A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture, by Bernard Rudofsky, Academy Editions London, 1964.