Design

April 2, 2017

19th-Century Tool Box Is Meticulously Designed to Hold 300 Tools

Any good woodworker has a decent toolbox, but no one has ever created something as special as the Studley Tool Chest. This beauty is 20×40 inches when closed (40×40 inches when open) and contains 300 tools within its carefully crafted mahogany rosewood, ebony, and mother-of-pearl case. As interesting as the piece itself is, it has a long history, which at one point saw it displayed in the Smithsonian.

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April 1, 2017

13 Tattoo Artists Who Capture the Diverse Beauty of Flowers

Silo The floral tattoos of Silo showcase the Korean artist's interest in illustrating arrangements of flowers. With a warm color palette evocative of the sky at dusk, the lush and luminous works of art adorn the skin without overpowering it. Similarly, Silo forgoes any obvious outlines and employs a minimal amount of dark ink in order to capture the delicate nature of flowers.

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March 22, 2017

Innovative ‘Plan Bee’ Drone Artificially Pollinates Plants Like a Real Bee

Earlier this year, major news hit the conservation world as several species of bees were listed as endangered. The news serves as a grave reminder to help restore the rapidly declining bee population; the small insects play a crucial part in our world by pollinating plants. In North America alone, the honeybees' role enables productions of at least 90 commercially-grown crops, including apples, blueberries, melons, and broccoli.

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