on brains, architecture, machines and diagrams Curated by Edwin GardnerTumblr (3.0; @howard-roark)http://howardroark.nl/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14336720" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>New-Babylon de Constant (2005) 15min. color (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/14336720" target="_blank">Moskito Film</a>)</p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://juhavantzelfde.com/post/23884028786/constant-criticism-the-horror-of-new-babylon" target="_blank">juhavantzelfde</a></p>http://howardroark.nl/post/23885309299http://howardroark.nl/post/23885309299Sun, 27 May 2012 23:10:38 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhnb3eZCAP1qgfmcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://notes.husk.org/post/23839041600/moon-model-landing-plan" target="_blank">blech</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sciencecenter.tumblr.com/post/3686823887/scientists-study-the-phases-of-the-moon-on-lunar" target="_blank">sciencecenter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Scientists study the phases of the moon on lunar models in preparation for an eventual manned flight to moon.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Love those circles-on-globes. Photographer: <span>Fritz Goro.</span></p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/23853338350http://howardroark.nl/post/23853338350Sun, 27 May 2012 11:19:35 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4kcyvDidR1qz6f9yo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/23720689055/looking-up" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.cocoyoungphotography.com/TOKYO_3.html" target="_blank">Looking up</a></p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/23725999758http://howardroark.nl/post/23725999758Fri, 25 May 2012 11:17:30 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ieicaATp1r460ano1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sombhatt.tumblr.com/post/23307996224" target="_blank">sombhatt</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>From </span><em>Ten Treatises on Ophthalmology</em> by <span>Hunayn ibn Ishaq<br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/23408632342http://howardroark.nl/post/23408632342Sun, 20 May 2012 14:01:28 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m416w74BJp1qbpwkro1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://howardroark.nl/post/23389796337http://howardroark.nl/post/23389796337Sun, 20 May 2012 04:51:47 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mfjy5sFI1r431glo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://re404.tumblr.com/post/23374113284/architect-year-location-unknown-help-but" target="_blank">re404</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Architect, year, location unknown (help!) , but looks Sovjet 60’s, right?</strong><br/><a href="http://www.geertgoiris.info/index.php?album=resonance#8" target="_blank">Photo by Geert Goiris</a>. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://icancauseaconstellation.tumblr.com/post/23365470409/palanga-2000-photograph-by-geert-goiris" target="_blank">icancauseaconstellation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">Palanga, 2000. Photograph by Geert Goiris</span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/23389568660http://howardroark.nl/post/23389568660Sun, 20 May 2012 04:47:55 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47r75Pxqj1qeft62o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47r75Pxqj1qeft62o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47r75Pxqj1qeft62o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://planetaryfolklore.tumblr.com/post/23288470572/a-series-of-abstracted-planimetric-drawings-and" target="_blank">planetaryfolklore</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A series of abstracted planimetric drawings and eerily-serene cityscapes that suggest the changing contours of urban settlements, by Illustrator/Designer <a href="http://www.behance.net/vigilism" target="_blank">Lekan Jeyifo</a></p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/23290057738http://howardroark.nl/post/23290057738Fri, 18 May 2012 16:06:37 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xyzi6vIG1qzlydko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://howardroark.nl/post/22777035912http://howardroark.nl/post/22777035912Thu, 10 May 2012 14:58:34 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys04kj64K1qf4hg2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://howardroark.nl/post/22514682180http://howardroark.nl/post/22514682180Sun, 06 May 2012 16:00:46 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8ylhwlHQ1qzfye6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.ossosdeumtigre.com/post/19742360025/melisaki-untitled-oil-on-canvas-by-heinz-mack" target="_blank">tigerbones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="tlt"><a href="http://melisaki.tumblr.com/post/1368590320/untitled-oil-on-canvas-by-heinz-mack-1961" target="_blank">melisaki</a>:untitled</p> <p>oil on canvas by Heinz Mack, 1961</p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/21431445480http://howardroark.nl/post/21431445480Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:35:54 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2n5b70gX21qzr5fwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/15/b-w-betts-geometrical-psychology/" target="_blank">B. W. Betts’ Geometrical Psychology | The Public Domain Review</a>)</p>http://howardroark.nl/post/21282475652http://howardroark.nl/post/21282475652Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:37:55 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzww1yzhAO1r7m20uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://epigothica.tumblr.com/post/18199112282/sumerian-star-chart-sky-map-of-ancient-nineveh" target="_blank">epigothica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Sumerian Star Chart </strong></p> <p><em><strong>Sky Map of Ancient Nineveh 3300 BC</strong></em></p> <p>A reproduction of a Sumerian star map or “planisphere” recovered from the 650BC underground library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, Iraq in the late 19th century. Long thought to be an Assyrian tablet, computer analysis has matched it with the sky above Mesopotamia in 3300BC and proves it to be of much more ancient Sumerian origin. The tablet is an “Astrolabe”, the earliest known astronomical instrument. It usually consisted of a segmented, disc shaped star chart with marked units of angle measure inscribed upon the rim. Unfortunately considerable parts of the planisphere are missing ( approx 40%), damage which dates to the sacking of Nineveh. The reverse of the tablet is not inscribed. Still under study by modern scholars, the planisphere provides extraordinary proof of the existence of Sumerian astronomy…and a very sophisticated astronomy at that.</p> <p>unknown author</p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/21204153365http://howardroark.nl/post/21204153365Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:23:43 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1klvz4HGn1qzicj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://freshphotons.tumblr.com/post/21141693781/this-image-is-based-on-a-page-from-my-comic" target="_blank">freshphotons</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“This image is based on a page from my comic, Islands, in which the main character discovers that things are not what they have always seemed to be. The comic is about a solitary journey through a dream that mixes astrophysics and bending realities. The drawings were made in the winter and spring of 2011 while I was abroad in Sweden.” – <a href="http://www.brendanmonroe.com/" target="_blank">Brendan Monroe</a></p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/21154745975http://howardroark.nl/post/21154745975Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:10:06 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0vxxsN7CM1qzyxjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://howardroark.nl/post/21154679093http://howardroark.nl/post/21154679093Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:08:58 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26nui8LV41qavyw4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://floresenelatico.tumblr.com/post/20741513420/mel-chin-revival-field" target="_blank">floresenelatico</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mel Chin: Revival Field</p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/20769335697http://howardroark.nl/post/20769335697Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:59:36 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27c9xiQuc1qzr5fwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://butdoesitfloat.com/It-lies-in-the-nature-of-things-that-the-many-enter-into-complex-unity?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20ButDoesItFloat%20(but%20does%20it%20float)&utm_content=Google%20Reader" target="_blank">It lies in the nature of things that the many enter into complex unity - but does it float</a>)</p>http://howardroark.nl/post/20769081934http://howardroark.nl/post/20769081934Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:46:45 +0200<iframe src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x8l7l2" width="400" height="230" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.atelier-calder.com/zilvinaskempinas.html#" target="_blank">Zilvinas Kempinas</a>) - via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://floresenelatico.tumblr.com/post/20717407336/zilvinas-kempinas-double-o-bandes-magnetiques" target="_blank">floresenelatico</a></p>http://howardroark.nl/post/20718235285http://howardroark.nl/post/20718235285Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:12:35 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2vspcB5ta1qc38e9o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://freshphotons.tumblr.com/post/20709039936/koenderink" target="_blank">freshphotons</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dissociative-land.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">dissociative-land</a>, <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://isomorphismes.tumblr.com/post/625359363/koenderink" target="_blank">isomorphismes</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/20715211840http://howardroark.nl/post/20715211840Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:08:24 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1b18bpWqY1qzlcoro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nickkahler.tumblr.com/post/19837252751" target="_blank">nickkahler</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viollet-le-Duc" target="_blank">Viollet-le-Duc</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/026268036X/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=" target="_blank"><em>The First Building</em></a>, c. 1870</p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/20468045044http://howardroark.nl/post/20468045044Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:22 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lth9bkfgCN1r4jxiho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://floresenelatico.tumblr.com/post/20303586606/marshall-islands-navigation-chart-wood-fiber-c" target="_blank">floresenelatico</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Marshall Islands, Navigation Chart, wood/fiber, c. late 19th c.</p> </blockquote>http://howardroark.nl/post/20341389513http://howardroark.nl/post/20341389513Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:38:28 +0200