Mad Quickies: Mummy Buddha, Metamorphabet, Brusspup compilation, Anderson’s love of analog design and more!

Winter is coming? No ho ho I’ve got yer Winter right here. However- I have no interest in elaborating on the frozen conditions here at my shop in PA during The Winter That Never Ended … [warms hands on mug of tea] … or how I am wearing little hobo gloves and more scarves than Stephen Tyler’s mic stand while I type this. Let’s get to it, shall we!

• A CT scan revealed that this statue of Buddha at the Drents Museum IS ACTUALLY A MUMMY! {via Brian G.}
• This great piece on How Designers Built The World Of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” By Hand includes video and an interview with cultural critic [and Wes Anderson expert] Matt Zoller Seitz on his new book The Grand Budapest Hotel.
• These are not alien landscapes. This is The Macro Gorgeousness of Salt shot by artist Christine Lorenz.
• The Most Powerful Artwork I have Ever Seen is a stunning essay by art critic Jerry Saltz on the cave paintings at Niaux.
• Vectorpark designed an education iOS app for kids called Metamorphabet featuring letters that transform into cool objects.
• A robot clock writes the time on a whiteboard and for some reason is damn adorable while doing it.
• “Old Masters. After 80, some people don’t retire. They reign.”. Excellent piece. Exquisite photos. {via @ChrisBaskind}
• I love these giffy architectural letterforms by Florian Schommer for Deepblue Networks.

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This is the amazing brusspup’s

Ultimate Science & Illusions Compilation 2014

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100 Years of Beauty – Episode 3: Iran (Sabrina)

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Featured image is by Christine Lorenz from the Klabunde series.

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