Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture
When fixing items is actively discouraged by manufacturers, recycling becomes a political act, say Repair Cafe volunteers Avacuum...
When fixing items is actively discouraged by manufacturers, recycling becomes a political act, say Repair Cafe volunteers Avacuum...
By Marciel J Blake Meet Bali Pip, the playful pup rescued from the streets of Bali suffering from mange; blind but loyal Shazza; Raul...
By Kate Torgovnick May You don’t “find your calling,” you fight for it — and other lessons from people who found their passion...
For the last twenty years Australia-based artist Shona Wilson has intimately collaborated with nature by building sculptural assemblages...
by Sarah Laskow Around the world, tiny towns have made bookstores their speciality. Central photo: The book town of Fjærland...
by Maria Popova A rare existential reflection from the man who set out to devise a theory of everything. Central photo: Stephen Hawking...
The French masterminds of mechanical delight, Les Machines de L’ile, have an ambitious new project underway. L’Arbre aux Hérons (The...
By Emma Taggart Later this year, LEGO is due to release its first ever set of sustainable elements in a bid to reduce their plastic...
Barbie dolls have been introducing girls to beauty and fashion trends for 58 years, but recently the company decided to switch things...
by Maria Popova Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Mae Jemison, and more pioneers who conquered curiosity against tremendous...
From the Metropolitan Opera of New York Transmitted live on Saturday March 10, 2018 at 19:55 This masterpiece of dazzling vocal...
Street artist Oakoak (previously) continues his clever street interventions, cracking visual jokes by combining urban architectural...
by Maria Popova “The poem is nothing but information. It is the Constitution of the inner country.” “We die. That may be the meaning of...
Copenhagen-based graphic designer and illustrator Petra Kostova of Pet & Dot creates dazzling galaxies composed of millions of...
by Maria Popova On cultivating “the power to swell the moment from the resources of our own heart until it supersedes sun & moon...
Using simple line drawings and pared down images, Virginia Mori captures complex human emotions. Though many of Mori’s illustrations...