Vox 2008-07-23T00:40:20Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c225286a34f219/ Buckminister Fuller's Projection Map tag:vox.com,2008-07-22:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fa9689eada0002 2008-07-22T20:57:26Z 2008-07-23T00:40:20Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fuller projection Chris Rywalt's animation of the Dymaxion projection

"The Dymaxion Map is the only flat map of the entire surface of the earth that reveals our planet as it really is: an island, in one ocean, without any visible distortion of the relative shapes and sizes of the land areas, and without splitting a...

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]]> "An exciting but penniless Spanish artist" tag:vox.com,2008-07-22:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fa968a89a90003 2008-07-22T19:21:07Z 2008-07-23T07:27:04Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

"Picture it: Sicily, 1912."

R.I.P. Estelle Getty and her exquisite sense of timing:

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Earth Lights, NASA Visible Earth

In human society, all violence can be traced back to these seven recurrent blunders: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and...

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]]> Stop-motion pasta tag:vox.com,2008-07-16:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fa9688a9890003 2008-07-16T20:32:22Z 2008-07-23T18:58:57Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

"Western Spaghetti" by PES

I. Making dinner, from a new collection of animated short films: II. Food of a summer night Requirements: penne cherry tomatoes garlic olive oil mascarpone cheese basil (shredded fresh leaves, or dried), salt and pepper 1. Heat a pot of water...

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]]> Some girls tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fa96877a4d0002 2008-07-14T21:51:00Z 2008-07-14T22:00:21Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Photograph by Helmut Newton for Paris Vogue, 1975 Photograph by Helmut Newton for Paris Vogue, 1975

Germans in Paris, in the quartier Saint-Paul:

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]]> Le 14 juillet (July 14th) tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fad699972e0005 2008-07-14T15:21:43Z 2008-07-14T22:25:25Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

"14 juillet", sketch by Picasso, June 13, 1936. From the Musée Picasso in Paris.

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]]> Le quatorze juillet, la fête de la Bastille tag:vox.com,2008-07-13:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fae8cbb9f5000b 2008-07-14T13:21:18Z 2008-07-14T15:17:23Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Watercolor, 1789, by Claude Cholat (a wine seller), depicting the fall of the Bastille "La prise de la Bastille," engraving from a popular newspaper, early 19th Century Carla Bruni Barbara biography "Si la photo est bonne" Barbara

Vous aimez le flash-mob, mes amis? 219 years ago, a makeshift army of French citizens stormed the Bastille prison. The Bastille was a symbol of the monarchy, torn down in reaction to King's disinterest in the peoples' supply of flour (to make b...

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]]> Flash-forward to Paris in autumn tag:vox.com,2008-07-12:asset-6a00c225286a34f2190100a7e7d736000e 2008-07-12T19:55:47Z 2008-07-12T20:12:02Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Photograph by Bruce Weber, Paris Vogue, novembre 2007 Photograph by Bruce Weber, Paris Vogue, November 2007

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]]> Tiger hunt tag:vox.com,2008-07-10:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fae8cabb24000b 2008-07-10T14:23:29Z 2008-07-14T22:01:43Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Akbar the Great, his horse, his servants and tigers

From the Akbarnama, an illustrated biography of Akbar the Great circa the late 16th Century. Learn all about it via the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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]]> Getting to know you tag:vox.com,2008-06-17:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900fa967f4caf0002 2008-07-09T23:42:23Z 2008-07-14T21:58:46Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Insalata Caprese Path by lake

Exhibitionism being the font of blogging, my acerbic yet jolly neighbor, W.B. Mook, sent me these questions; I answered. Once upon a time, signor, I refused any form of revelation for fear of some future employer Googling and disagreeing with my r...

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