The Ampersand’s Storied Origin

Learning that the ampersand is a ligature of the letters E and T (“et” being the latin word for and) used by the Ancient Romans doesn’t even begin to touch upon its storied history. With Roman global expansion, the ampersand made its way around as well, oftentimes adopted by local languages. In the early 1700s, the ampersand was adopted into the English language as the …

3D Renderings of Houses Drawn by Kids

When asked to draw the “home of the future,” a group of British children unleashed their imaginations, incorporating everything from sails to rope ladders and even pyramidal architecture. As Atlas Obscura points out, these homes represent more than whimsy and “also reflect what a child thinks of as a home and how they see the world they’re inheriting.” Many are almost unreachable and one contains …

Over 100,000 Rose Petals Comprise Sarah Meyohas’ “Cloud of Petals” Exhibition

A multi-sensory tactile installation, film and virtual reality experiences

To simply address the scope of Sarah Meyohas‘ first large-scale exhibition misses the point. There is, of course, the multi-sensory and multimedia components: a signature scent in the air, sculptures, a photograph, a film and virtual reality experiences. There’s also the fact that, to make this a reality, 16 workers picked over 100,000 petals from 10,000 roses, hand-selecting the one’s they thought were most beautiful …