Large Hadron Collider nearly ready
Lowering of the last element (YE-1) of the CMS detector into its underground experimental cavern.
→ NGA: Martin Puryear
saw an exhibit of martin puryear’s work yesterday. while I loved the work, I couldn’t stop thinking about how the pieces are transported and installed. this link provides a glimpse into the installation if you click on ‘time-lapse’
unpackaged hops
hop pellets compared to whole hops. the pellets are several times denser than the whole hops, and they keep longer. they do, however, look like rabbit food.
Unto This Last
We use the latest 3D modelling software, linked to a custom-built database and we develop all our products within the capacity of this micro-manufacturing system. This particular approach is what defines the style of our furniture.
Center for Book Arts
The Center for Book Arts is dedicated to preserving the traditional artistic practices of book-making, as well as exploring and encouraging contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object. Founded in 1974, it was the first not-for-profit organization of its kind in the nation, and has since become a model for others around the world.
- Address: 28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, New York, 10001
- Phone: 212.418.0295
- Website: Center for Book Arts
- Email:
- Hours: M–F: 10–6, S: 10–4
- Directions: via Google Maps
Honorary Royal Designer for Industry
Erik Spiekermann
The scroll, handset in Caslon by Alan Kitching and handprinted letterpress on handlaid paper, cannot be reproduced in sufficient quality in this medium and at this size to do it any justice at all.
Ugly Duckling Presse
Ugly Duckling Presse is a nonprofit art & publishing collective producing small to mid-size editions of new poetry, translations, lost works, and artist’s books. The Presse favors emerging, international, and “forgotten” writers with well-defined formal or conceptual projects that are difficult to place at other presses.
UDP’s full-length books, chapbooks, artist’s books, broadsides, magazine and newspaper all contain handmade elements, calling attention to the labor and history of bookmaking.
- Address: 232 3rd Street, #E002, Brooklyn, New York, 11215
- Cross Streets: Corner of Third Avenue
- Phone: 718.852.5529
- Website: Ugly Duckling Presse
- Email:
- Directions: via Google Maps
