Design
April 3, 2017

Men Are Adding Floral Ties to Their Look for Colorfully Quirky Style

April showers bring May flowers, but you don’t have to wait around for them to bloom. Many dapper men have taken to the stylistic choice of wearing blooms year-round. Thanks to Miami-based My Tie Shop, you and other dapper individuals can get outfitted with floral skinny ties and bow ties all year long. Perfect for impending spring and summer weddings, they add a whimsical twist to a nice suit. And, they're stylish, too.

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History
April 3, 2017

Buried Box of Photos Reveal Jewish Man’s Perspective from the Lodz Ghetto in WWII

Henryk Ross was one of over 3 million Jews living in Poland at the start of World War II. As a photographer for the Department of Statistics for the Jewish Council (or Judenrat), he was responsible for documenting life in Lodz's Jewish Ghetto during the city's Nazi occupation. Ross had been working as a photojournalist when he and 160,000 Jews were corralled into a small, 1.

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Art
April 2, 2017

Artist Meticulously Crafts Steampunk-Inspired Flying Machines From Cardboard

While most people browse the internet or watch TV on their down time, artist Jeroen van Kesteren spends his hours making beautiful and elaborate fantasy aircrafts and airships. For about a year now, van Kesteren has been working on a collection of intricate 19th century flying machines inspired by the steampunk aesthetic. The various contraptions in his series Orphanage for Lost Adventures reflect the nostalgic relics of the neo-Victorian movement and feature retro-futuristic technologies found in the literary works of H.

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