2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW

10.23.2008

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v414/n6861/images/414254ba.0.jpg

a design staple

http://www.shadowmanor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bathwallpaper.jpg

is Albertus Seba's
rad collection of oddities.

This Dutch-pharmacist dude from the 18th c.
collected the crazy stuff and then one day
had someone illustrate a 4 volume
catalog of all his specimens.

what a cool guy.

and so is ny10536

4 comments:

Unknown said...: I like it!!!
I think my sons would like it too!!!; October 23, 2008 at 3:44 PM
honeydonthink said...: I have the book and love it for rainy afternoons - just a reminder that anything we dream up and design has already been outdone by nature.; October 23, 2008 at 5:37 PM
nikole said...: indeed; October 27, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Jana FitzGerald said...: Oh I love this. I don't even mind that I was given the German edition!; November 21, 2008 at 3:14 PM

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