The Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht, Holland has to be one of the grandest book stores ever to exist

Other than the Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen, there is a list of breathtaking book stores from around the world.

I had a grand total of zero Tamiya toys as a kid, but how I wished I had them

A brooding movie made with just paper models.

An outstanding playlist for all the 90s kids who grew up in the slipstream. Now, this is the kind Mambo night I’d have been keen on.

Yeah…

If I had money to afford one, that’s how my customised 458 Spider would look like.

Since I can’t afford one, it’ll stay as a screenshot of what may have been.

UV LEDs and photography and some post-processing is the story behind this piece of visualization

Unlike most data visualization techniques, this visualization of a holiday itinerary for an academic project used LEDs and long exposure photography to create the end product. Very interesting, but it feels like nothing more than a ‘because-I-can’ technique.

[Via Infosthetics]

Cameron Crowe and Eddie Vedder in the 90s

Pearl Jam Twenty is a great bit of documentary for anyone who’s ever been a fan of Pearl Jam. Highly recommended!

Now, will someone please do a documentary on Mudhoney and Alice In Chains?

A quite stunning metal sculpture by David Kracov

David Kracov makes fantastic metal sculptures.

Utterly beautiful paintings with ballpoint pen inks

[Via It's Nice That]

Excellent editing, set to a nice atmospheric track.

An uncommonly beautiful car with a 2.5 litre Audi engine

The million dollar question really is… “Does it come in black“?

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist.

›› Professor Stephen Hawking

Vertical gyms in the slums of Caracas

In the space scarce slums of Caracas in Venezuela, how do you build sports facilities to cater to everyone? The architects of Urban-Think Tank decided to build different facilities vertically, of course. A multi-purpose basketball court on the first floor, a gym on the second, a running track on the third and a football court on the roof. A brilliant idea to keep everyone fit and maybe even some kids off the streets.

Instead of futsal courts or isolated exercise corners, vertical gyms like these would be absolutely brilliant in HDB estates here in Singapore.

A chandelier with cameras for that Big Brother feeling in the comfort of your home

A story about a bunch of bugs that live in an old blanket and have never ventured outBugs in a Blanket is a charming book by Beatrice Alemagna about a a group of bugs who try to venture out of the old blanket which they live in. It was a wonderful gift The Kid got for her last birthday and she absolutely loves it.

I haven’t been posting much because of my customary year-end lackadaisicalness. And I’ve been experimenting with posting on Google+ as well. I’m still trying to figure out a system that doesn’t involve duplicating stuff.