Joey Skaggs
Joey Skaggs was an American prankster.
Joey Skaggs was an American prankster.
Bruno Mathsson was the descendant of four generations of Swedish master cabinetmakers, His early pieces such as the “Eva” and “Pernilla” series of chairs incorporate dramatically flowing bent beechwood frames, making them some of the most instantly recognizable works of 20th-century design.
Lamborghini 3500 GTZ is a car that first appeared at the 1965 London motor show. Records show two cars being built during November 1965, although recently it is believed only one was actually built.
Crass is an anarcho-punk band who privileged politics over musicianship, substance over form, and above all independence over profitability. The group lived together in an open community and used much of the proceeds from their music to support other political causes and organizations and to promote other small punk bands.
Christofle is a manufacturer of fine silver flatware and home accessories based in France since 1830. Artists and designers such as Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Gio Ponti are among those whose creations have been made by Christofle.
Abkhazia is a partially recognized state on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Currently, nature is reclaiming thousands of ruined buildings across the region, from the concrete skeletons of nondescript townhouses to the solemn grandeur of Tsarist-era sanatoriums and hotels.
The Tripitaka Koreana is a Korean collection of Buddhist scriptures, carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century. Each wood block measures 24 centimeters in height and 70 centimeters in length.
Boro Bonaparte was a plan by Giovanni Antonio Antolinilans to redesign Milan in the around the Sforza Castle which Napoleon had begun to demolish. The projected proposed keeping the core of the castle, adding a facing of Doric columns, and developing a vast circular plaza around, some 570 meters in diameter. Surrounded by a Doric colonnade, the plaza was to be bordered by administrative buildings, ministries, courthouses, baths, theatres, universities and museums. Although Napoleon was strongly behind it, it was finally deemed too ambitious for a city the size of Milan.
Swiss bunkers are paranoid architectural manifestations. With the threat of foreign invasion a thing of the past, thousands of military bunkers and fortresses in Switzerland have been now been put to commercial use, from hotels to data centres, museums to cheese factories.
The Harmon Trophy is a set of three trophies, awarded annually to the world's outstanding aviators and aeronauts.