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Jan 30

rhea137: Dr. Rosemary Firman, librarian of Hereford Cathedral, uses a conservation vacuum as she finishes cleaning one of the historic manuscripts in the cathedral’s peculiar Chained Library during the annual spring clean on Jan. 24 in Hereford, England. The famous library contains 1,500 books, including 227 medieval manuscripts. Given the delicate state of the literary works, specialists and trained volunteers must spend a week out of the year cleaning the entire collection.   Chaining books for security was widespread in libraries from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, and Hereford Cathedral’s 17-century Chained Library is the largest to survive with all its chains, rods and locks intact. MNN’s photos of the week

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Dr. Rosemary Firman, librarian of Hereford Cathedral, uses a conservation vacuum as she finishes cleaning one of the historic manuscripts in the cathedral’s peculiar Chained Library during the annual spring clean on Jan. 24 in Hereford, England. The famous library contains 1,500 books, including 227 medieval manuscripts. Given the delicate state of the literary works, specialists and trained volunteers must spend a week out of the year cleaning the entire collection.
 
Chaining books for security was widespread in libraries from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, and Hereford Cathedral’s 17-century Chained Library is the largest to survive with all its chains, rods and locks intact. MNN’s photos of the week

(Source: mothernaturenetwork)

Jan 05

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Jan 04

Have you all seen tweepsmap? It analyzes your followers and locates them on a world map. Here’s ours - it’s a blast to see where everyone is from and how far our reach goes.

Have you all seen tweepsmap? It analyzes your followers and locates them on a world map. Here’s ours - it’s a blast to see where everyone is from and how far our reach goes.

Dec 27

Oy!

Miserable failure to update the tumblr site with project highlights. Vowing to do better as plans have been revised and we will leave this site up for another few months at least. Happy new year, one and all. 

Nov 29

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Sep 28

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Sep 07

bi (k)o garden at 4Culture for parking day Melissa Glenn and Matt Inpanbutr of SHKS Architects bring their aLIVe project Bi (k)o Garden to 4Culture as part of the AIA Seattle Design Festival and Parking Day in downtown Seattle. The “garden” is an elegant, sculptural form that occupies the footprint of a typical parking space.  Within that car-sized rectangle, a slim slot houses a retro looking bike – an effective visual reminder of how much room is devoted to parking in modern American cities.  The garden uses plant materials and construction techniques found in green roof and bio filtration systems, offering a poetic avenue for pondering the connection between paved surface run-off and water quality. They’ll be installing the 15th in front of our building. Friday, September 16th is Parking Day. 

bi (k)o garden at 4Culture for parking day

Melissa Glenn and Matt Inpanbutr of SHKS Architects bring their aLIVe project Bi (k)o Garden to 4Culture as part of the AIA Seattle Design Festival and Parking Day in downtown Seattle. The “garden” is an elegant, sculptural form that occupies the footprint of a typical parking space.  Within that car-sized rectangle, a slim slot houses a retro looking bike – an effective visual reminder of how much room is devoted to parking in modern American cities.  The garden uses plant materials and construction techniques found in green roof and bio filtration systems, offering a poetic avenue for pondering the connection between paved surface run-off and water quality. They’ll be installing the 15th in front of our building. Friday, September 16th is Parking Day. 

Jul 27

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Jul 26

Mustering out for The Long Walk. Susan Robb in the house along with flags, coolers &tc. Hair marginally on fire here in Public Art. All part of the job, people.

Mustering out for The Long Walk.

Susan Robb in the house along with flags, coolers &tc. Hair marginally on fire here in Public Art. All part of the job, people.

Jul 13

50 tweets from AFTA LA - from groupofminds