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The highway running through 17,000 ft plus highland near Barlacha pass in Lahaul valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
The Coles County Courthouse in the eastern Illinois city of Charleston was built in 1898 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The courthouse is located in a public square in central Charleston and houses most of Coles County administrative offices as well as its courts.
The building's exterior is faced in brown stone from the Embarras River, a 195-mile-long tributary of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois. Bedford stone is used for several architectural details.
The corners of the building feature pavilions topped by pyramids, and a clock tower topped with a pyramid is situated atop the center of the courthouse. The four main entrances, located on each side of the building, feature an arcaded porch with recessed doors.
The courthouse was designed by Chicago architect C. W. Rapp. Prior to designing the Coles County Courthouse, C. W. designed Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois (one of the five Altgeld’s Castles) and Wheeler Hall at Southern Illinois University.
Rapp was an independent practitioner until 1906, when he formed a partnership with his younger brother, George L. Rapp. The Rapp brothers were among a group of highly influential American theatre architects. The office designed over 400 theatres, including the Chicago Theatre (1921), Bismarck Hotel and Theatre (1926) and Oriental Theater (1926) in Chicago, and the Paramount Theaters in New York City (1926) and Aurora, Illinois (1931).
The Coles County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. As of the 2020 census, the population of Coles County was 46,863. Charleston, the county seat, is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.
Sources:
Coles County Courthouse, Wikipedia
Coles County, Illinois, Wikipedia
Rapp & Rapp, Wikipedia
Hampstead, London. No admiral has lived here since it was built in 1700 but it has had an interesting occupancy. The plaque is for George Gilbert Scott, the architect famous for designing the red phone boxes, who lived here from 1856 to 1865. An Admiral Barton who lived nearby used to fire a cannon from his roof and this was mistakenly attributed to this house. However, the tale became the inspiration for P.L.Travers character 'Admiral Boom' in her book 'Mary Poppins' and this house was used in the subsequent 1964 movie of the same name to film those scenes.
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Diseñando la ruta...
Serie - Foto Verano 2009 Asturias
Recuerdos del Verano, en ruta
Series - Photo Summer 2009 Asturias
Summer recollections, in route
I was doing a little designing and building and I liked the light and the way the shadows were falling on the things I was making. So, I took this shot
One of a handful of known pre-production examples of the 540 K,
An original U.S.-delivery example, with the most desirable “longtail,” “high door,” left-hand-drive configuration of the top of the line, 'Special Roadsters'.
The Special Roadster is the ultimate Mercedes-Benz 540 K. Remarkably, it effectively accommodates only two passengers. Yet, the Sindelfingen designers succeeded in designing a car that looks much smaller and lighter than it is. The gently sloping and instantly recognizable Mercedes-Benz radiator is tucked back at the front wheels’ centerline behind sweeping front fenders. The fenders then dominate the long hood before gently curving up to create the rear fenders, which in turn flow delicately down, wrapping into the tail. Two massive exhaust pipes emerge from the hood’s right side and disappear into the fender, suggesting the power that lurks inside.
With it's 180 hp, 5,401 cc OHV inline eight-cylinder engine with driver-activated Roots-type supercharger, the Mercedes-Benz 540 K was one of the most prestigious and, in the eyes of many, the most beautiful automobile of the interwar years. Its combination of power, light weight, and sheer beauty made it the master of the road, It was also breathtakingly expensive, guaranteeing exclusivity among its owners; just 419 chassis were built, and of those, only a handful carried the superlative longtail Spezial Roadster coachwork that may well have been the high point of the coachbuilder’s art at Mercedes-Benz’s own Sonderwagenbau in Sindelfingen.
Exceptionally priced at 28,000 Reichsmark, or about $12,000 US at the prevailing exchange rate, the Special Roadster was priced by New York importer Mitropa Motors at about $14,000 landed in the United States—about 40 percent more than the most expensive catalogue-bodied Cadillac V-16. As a result, only a mere handful of supercharged eight-cylinder Mercedes-Benz automobiles sold in the United States were Special Roadsters.
And this supremely special art deco beauty sold in Arizona in 2016 for a very special.............
$9.9 Million!! So start saving your pennies.......
I'm proud to present my single largest LEGO model commission to date! Recently at the Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards, we celebrated the launch of a one-of-a-kind vessel that stands out from the rest.
Measuring in at 11 ft long, and 2 ft wide, this built-in-Canada polar icebreaker is made entirely out of LEGO bricks.
The impressive build is the result of over 520 hours of construction (not including hull design, brick sorting, and planning) by LEGO artist Paul Hetherington Artist, with digital hull design by Lego certified professional Robin Sather (Brickville DesignWorks).
Designed in collaboration with Seaspan's engineers, the model mirrors the Canadian Coast Guard’s future heavy polar icebreaker — down to its bridge, lifeboats, engine room and more.
Built with over 152,000 Lego bricks, the ship model will do more than help to visualize the real polar icebreaker currently under construction— it will help inspire future shipbuilders.
On this project I partnered with LEGO Certified Professional Robin Sather. We started the design phase by deciding to make each internal floor of the vessel 7 LEGO bricks high. This would accommodate the height of a LEGO Minifigure and helped us determine how long the model needed to be.
Next my partner on this project Robin Sather, drafted up a digital design of the outline of the ship and later he used a digital program to map out the shape of the hull in LEGO form. Once we had this information in place we made our best guess on how many LEGO bricks and elements we would need to order. Once the bricks arrived it was up to me to spend the next 6 months designing and building the ship’s exterior and interior as well as creating the ice and underwater landscaping.
Early on we decided to include the surrounding ice and ocean floor. These elements were crucial to help to support the ship model since we were only building one side of the vessel. They also offered the opportunity to show some of the science and Coast Guard missions that would happen on and around the ship.
The model was built in 6 sections to allow for transport. The main structure is in 4 sections, and the super structure is built in 2 sections. The sections were built from the bottom up and lighting was added as I built. I really enjoyed doing research to try and get the colors and shapes of the machinery as accurate to the prototypes as possible. There are lots of fun scenarios happening in the model. I hope that you enjoy exploring all the details in the model and are inspired to learn more about ship building and science!
The model is on permanent display at Seaspan’s office located in North Vancouver, B.C.
i don't really get it... lately, i seem to have an easier time sketching my trees than designing clothes... i need to do 4 choices but so far i only did one... i ended up finishing my tree sketch instead...
Forget chasing - Be the magnet.
" In the pursuit of excellence, remember: Quality doesn't chase after, it's attracted!
The good stuff finds you when you focus on you. Let your energy do the talking. The most captivating people are those who 'don't try' 💕"
_______ Scarlett Saphira
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. . . Don't chase, Radiate . . .
To chase means pursuing what you know well you don't really deserve, then being what you deserve so you don't need to chase.
In the pursuit of our desires lies the essence of our being. Yet, before reaching out, we must first cultivate the intrinsic qualities within ourselves. It is in the nurturing of our confidence and the refinement of our character that we lay the foundation for what we seek.
For true fulfillment does not merely come from chasing after what we want, but from embodying the very essence of what we deserve.
" Let your confidence be your compass and your quality your currency, guiding you towards the abundance that awaits... 💕"
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Shana is one of my favorite of the new Jem dolls.
She has a gorgeous face, and her hair is unique, super curly and of course purple!
I brushed it (it was quite some work!) and it turned back naturally into ringlets, but they're different from her original ou-of-the-box hair ;)
Keeping up my tradition of designing a special model for each new year, I came up with this one, called 45² (pronounced “45 squared”). 2025 is a perfect square: 2025 = 45². It is the only such year I expect to see during my lifetime, the previous one being 44² = 1936, and the next being 46² = 2116, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity.
The model is folded from a 45×45 grid, consisting of 45² = 2025 little squares. In order to visualize this, I folded from a full grid rather than using my clean folding techniques that hide the grid. The finished model is 20×25 grid units (vertical×horizontal). I had to cheat a little this since the model resulting from the collapse of just the digits is slightly larger, and folded the edges behind in order to get the desired size.
Finally, the model is folded from banana paper. I selected it due to interesting looks, and since I wanted to test this sheet I got in the summer (long story short: it’s not well suited for tessellations). Finding the time to finish the model took me almost all of January, and this time gave me the impression that I can ascribe additional meaning to this choice since it seems 2025 is going to be completely bananas.
Hello everyone! I hope you're all well despite the chaos, frustration, and sadness happening across the globe right now.
Though I'm lucky to share with you all once again, a super quick build video. In this video, I'll be featuring items from the June round of Equal10.
I had several of you request that I return with yet once again a voice-over video with
a step process, however this time on how I plan and decorate my spaces.
I won't go into full depth of schooling, though as you may already know
I come from a family of Interior Design, I won't be drilling a full in-depth on 'how'
to decorate a space. However, I do have a couple of residents in Second Life which I've been mentoring so I thought why not do a video to help them but also show others how I plan and build in Second Life.
This video will demonstrate a beginners tutorial on a small sitting space which can
be incorporated into a foyer, hallway or even connect onto a pre-existing living room
a layout that you've already done, such as a corner reading space or bedroom suite.
Artwork can be vital and can be one of the golden keys to help navigate yourself in the right direction if your stuck, though in this quick build I'm giving you an example if you don't use the artwork. It's ideal to understand the basic principals of
Interior Design is colour, volume, depth, proportion, and many more but you get the picture.
It's important to follow through and understand the space which you're working with.
Are there windows? What kind of floor are you using? If their windows,
are you going to use bamboo blinds,
shutters, puddle drapes, sheers, Venetian, roman blinds, vertical blinds, accent track blinds, or swag and tails.
will there be a block out? Will they be motorized? It's something worth taking into consideration.
In this video, I'm using neither as space I'm working with is very small and I want to make sure that ample of light can be penetrated through the glass to really brighten the interior as my colour palette is quite dull too.
For this demo
I'm using a prefab Trompe Loiel cabin and since this is a beginners tutorial, I won't modify the build a whole lot like
I would with a client project but if you'd like future videos on how I modify buildings, just let me know below.
So there were some key pieces
that I saw from Fancy Decor & Commoners collaboration Spero set which I fell head over heels for,
but in particular, I wanted to use the console as my main object, alongside the leather vintage chair by wrong.
These were my two main furniture, though if you look carefully, you can see I'm actually extracting from the chair as my colour palate. Theirs those reminiscent accents of buffed polished cherry wood caps,
light brass, licorice, and ebony leather. You don't always need to go based on the material colours to make space work,
sometimes in certain practices, designers will only go based on the actual materials.
I've got plenty of tricks up my sleeve which I'll go into detail for another video but to separate the dark tones,
I've introduced the light brass in various sectors of the space, which gives a pleasant
blend of something that's natural versus something that's artificial.
The real punch of flavor is the cherry wood which I've implemented by using dried flowers.
Notice how I've carried this not only adjacent from the chair but also how it's higher,
I'm making use of the space, which is crucial. For my accents, I've used abstract furniture pieces,
like the Shirvan side table and the vases by Madras. And then, of course, I've gone in with minor details which bring the whole space together. All of these items can be found below in the credit section.
For more build videos similar to this, let me know & I'll be more than happy to share with you some tips, tricks, ways to cut down on L$ and save your bucks, turning things from one thing to another.
Credits
Madras's Elilian Set @ Equal10 right now
LM; maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/equal10/235/128/89
Trompe Loeil - Finnister Cottage Charcoal
MADRAS Elilan Pot Decor
Apple Fall Books - Arrangement 11
Loft & Aria - Zoya Swing Arm Sconce (Right Facing)
Loft & Aria - Zoya Pouf
Loft & Aria - Hana Jars and Bowl
Loft & Aria - Shirvan Side Table Antique
Loft & Aria - Contessa Bath Mat
Loft & Aria - Whittaker Dried Flowers
Loft & Aria - Delaney Floor Light
08 FD & Commoner: Spero Console
WRONG - VINTAGE CHAIR - BROWN - PG
JHI website; www.jackhanbyinteriors.com/
Last year I was invited to exhibit at the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam. Unfortunately the event could not take place, but I still took the chance to recreate some vehicles from iconic movies. This is one of them: The Spinner from the original Blade Runner from 1982.
The Spinner has been tackled many many times by unbelievably talented LEGO builders and there are some fantastic versions that inspired parts of the model. The front end and the proportions are largely influenced by Calin's version, while the overall colour scheme is inspired by Tyler's model.
One aspect I payed particularly close attention to was designing the back in a way that would allow the yellow and red stripes to be completely brick-built. The "44" and the small yellow warning stripes are achieved via decals, the rest is entirely made with LEGO pieces.
I hope you like this new interpretation!
The Colosseum was the first place my mind went upon accepting this commission. I am always hesitant to replicate any landmark that has been modeled in LEGO countless times before. Therefore, I decided early on to eliminate the idea of using arch bricks altogether as their bulky dimensions would not nearly do justice at this scale. That’s when I had the idea of using 1x1 rounded plates w/ handle for the lower three arcades. Each of these stacked arcades are topped between alternating 1x1 printed plates and old 1x1 windows (an element that has not been in a LEGO set since 1979). These two motifs express the Corinthian pilasters and are topped by brown minifigure wands which make up the timber structure of the velarium.
Designing News
Changing the World of Editorial Design and Information Graphics
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In Designing News, award-winning editorial and infographics designer Francesco Franchi conveys his vision for the future of the news and media industries. He evaluates the fundamental changes that are taking place in our digital age in terms of consumer expectations and the way media is being used. The book then outlines the challenges that result and proposes strategies for traditional publishing houses, broadcasting companies, journalists, and designers to address them.
Designing News explores how today’s media outlets can become credible, cross-platform news brands. Franchi advocates redefining reporting as telling a continuous narrative across a broad range of traditional and digital media. To this end, he proposes a new, integrated role for editorial designers in advancing the evolution of media for the future.
Franchi’s findings in Designing News are based on his own work for Il Sole 24 ORE as well as case studies by top media insiders including Bloomberg Businessweek’s Richard Turley, Thomson Reuters’s Daniele Codega, the New York Times’s Steve Duenes, the Times’s Matt Curtis, and type designer Christian Schwartz.