Category Archives: Art

Philly becomes electric

Posted on November 28, 2020 by

Just in time to brighten up our gloomy holiday season, Philly’s newest street art mural has been unveiled. Electric Philadelphia! was created by muralist David Guinn and light artist Drew Billiau with help from Mural Arts Philadelphia and Visit Philadelphia. The 8,500-square-foot art installation can … Continue reading →

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so many options

Posted on November 26, 2020 by

 

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The Freedom to be Free

Posted on November 23, 2020 by

Penguin Great Ideas is a series of mainly non-fiction books published by Penguin Books. Titles contained within this series are considered to be world-changing, influential and inspirational. Topics covered include history, philosophy, politics, science and culture. The project has resulted in six series of twenty … Continue reading →

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The Feast of Venus

Posted on November 22, 2020 by

Last year, the Belgian tourist bureau VisitFlanders commissioned the folks at SkullMapping to create a wonderful bit of projection mapping to entertain passengers while they waited for flights at Brussels National Airport. With some clever digital trickery, a cheeky little … Continue reading →

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Uses of Books

Posted on November 21, 2020 by

Uses of Books at the End of the World by Kristen Radtke  

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Feline Friday

Posted on November 20, 2020 by

 

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not all those who wander etc. etc.

Posted on November 18, 2020 by

If you visit TBTP on a regular basis, you are likely aware that I am a big J.R.R. Tolkien fan. I really like the style of these reissues of The Lord of the Rings trilogy published in the US by … Continue reading →

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Another Reason To Envy Norwegians

Posted on November 17, 2020 by

Norway has some of the globe’s most scenic geography, one of the world’s highest standards of living, and a genuinely happy populace, and now they also have these amazing passport’s too. Norway’s new passports were developed by creative agency Neue … Continue reading →

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The Five-Minute Museum

Posted on November 16, 2020 by

British filmmaker and animator Paul Bush‘s  short film The Five-Minute Museum is a mindboggling tour through the history of Western Civilization at breakneck speed. The stop motion trip carries the viewer through the cultural history of civilization by way of … Continue reading →

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What type of reader are you

Posted on November 15, 2020 by

 

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