Tumblr (3.0; @heracliteanfire)http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8n2ekV1x1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Giorgio Kienerk, Cocorico cover, 1901 (via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2012/02/le-coq-gaulois.html">Animalarium: Le Coq Gaulois</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17431462353http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17431462353Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:56:37 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8n0dGtvs1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1st Prize Daily Life Singles: A photograph of North Korea’s founder, Kim II-sung, hangs on a building in the capital of Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 5, 2011. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) (via <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/02/2012_world_press_photo_contest.html">2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17431400589http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17431400589Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:55:25 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6gqw0n4R1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/2012/02/son-of-zorro-1947-usa/">Poster for Son of Zorro (1947, USA) | Wrong Side of the Art</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17369264094http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17369264094Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:44:40 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz67ggderv1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/2012/02/space-runaway-ideon-1980-1981-japan/">Poster for Space Runaway Ideon (1980-1981, Japan) | Wrong Side of the Art</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17365904209http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17365904209Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:24:12 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz67fnIPqL1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/2012/02/space-runaway-ideon-1980-1981-japan/">Poster for Space Runaway Ideon (1980-1981, Japan) | Wrong Side of the Art</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17365896908http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17365896908Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:23:42 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4zn4NY1O1qb2qnco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shikishi (presentation card). Autographed hand-print by the sumo wrestler Chiyonofuji, ca. 1990. (via <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1670206&partid=1">British Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17323858256http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17323858256Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:37:00 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4zdfNSTW1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Embroidered coat made of textile (bark), cloth (silk). Ainu. Made in Sakhalin, Siberia. (via <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=545769&partId=1&searchText=ainu&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&images=on&numpages=10&currentPage=22">British Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17323663340http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17323663340Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:31:59 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3iizZHAu1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ritual bear feeding spoon. Ainu, late C19th (via <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=567098&partid=1&searchText=bear&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&images=on&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1">British Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17283250860http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17283250860Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:34 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3iesUQbD1qb2qnco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ainu coat. (via <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=542694&partid=1">British Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17283095422http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17283095422Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2x7jbrwQ1qb2qnco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>© Wes Wilson, 1966 (via <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/99475/%7CUntitled%7C_Lenny_Bruce#">Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17264505090http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17264505090Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2x2rzHUm1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coney Island. Stephen Salmieri, 1969 (via <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1651/Coney_Island#">Brooklyn Museum: Photography</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17264435465http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17264435465Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:47:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2wm7x9hV1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sugar Blocks by John Truex (via <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Sugar-Blocks/61460">Sugar Blocks on the Behance Network</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17264196030http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17264196030Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:37:19 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2rhtp0c21qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1970 / Cover photograph of the Nikolais Dance Theatre in Sanctum, photographed by Ken Kay (via <a href="http://montagueprojectsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/daily-book-graphics-683.html">Montague Projects Blog: Daily Book Graphics #683</a> & <a href="http://butdoesitfloat.com/2711186/The-artist-is-by-necessity-a-collector?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ButDoesItFloat+%28but+does+it+float%29">but does it float</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17261848174http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17261848174Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:46:40 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2r2pFNq91qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gilbert Lesser, 1974 (via <a href="http://50watts.com/2758319/One-Thousand-Daily-Book-Graphics">One Thousand Daily Book Graphics - 50 Watts</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17261670908http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17261670908Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:37:37 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2qylEYlh1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://montagueprojectsblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/daily-book-graphics-103-exploring-sea.html">Montague Projects Blog: Daily Book Graphics #103 / Exploring the Sea</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17261622956http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17261622956Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:35:08 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2jpbGTH31qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Robb Godshaw is an industrial design student at R.I.T., and he’s come up with a strange and brilliant invention: The Cryoscope Haptic Weathervane, which is essentially a tactile temperature indicator. Touch it and you can <em>feel</em> what the temperature is outside.’ (via <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/a_thermometer_that_communicates_via_touch_21707.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20core77/blog%20(Core77.com's%20design%20blog)">A Thermometer That Communicates Via Touch - Core77</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17258987940http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17258987940Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:22 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz18ped9gG1qb2qnco1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Female Tumbler. Iran, 1800-1830. (via <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69980/oil-painting-female-tumbler/">Victoria & Albert Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17214060165http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17214060165Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:03:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz13cz9gaM1qb2qnco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Figure of a cat in salt-glazed stoneware, maker unknown. Staffordshire, ca. 1745. (via <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190192/figure/">Victoria & Albert Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17210535176http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17210535176Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz12gbIOup1qb2qnco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tankard. Iznik, Turkey, ca. 1570-1580 (via <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224104/tankard/">Victoria & Albert Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17210016933http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17210016933Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:10 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz11k3CgdN1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cream jug. Staffordshire, ca 1750. (via <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148756/cream-jug/">Victoria & Albert Museum</a>)</p>http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17209555644http://salmagundi.heracliteanfire.net/post/17209555644Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:28:50 +0000