An App for Unruly Radiators

Philip Seymour Hoffman's inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

If you have ever lived in an old apartment building (particularly in New York), winters can be brutal for a number of reasons that don’t involve the un-shoveled walk to your front door. Thin windows leak precious heat, cool drafts blow in from seemingly impossible places and your ancient hissing radiator overheats your room to sauna-like temperatures. A new product and app from NYC-based Radiator …

The Development of Prince’s Hair Styles

Philip Seymour Hoffman's inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

Spanning all of Prince’s signature styles from 1978 to 2013, illustrator Gary Card depicts the evolution of one of the music industry’s greats. Only, the focus is his hair. Prince has rocked many types of locks, and it’s fascinating to follow the flow from ‘fro to curls, waves and bangs and back again. Turns out that as he was changing the music world for the …

Gurafiku

Philip Seymour Hoffman's inimitable talent, architecture in ice, bionic hands and more in our weekly look at the web

This week the talented multidisciplinary designer Jessica Walsh alerted the Twitter community to Gurafiku, a Tumblr created by designer Ryan Hageman with the intention of promoting a largely unrecognized history of graphic design in Japan. The site, which Hageman began in 2009, serves as a well-edited archive of the country’s visual arts across multiple platforms and spans two centuries worth of works for the purpose …