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Ambitous women

|In The Netherlands women are not ambitious enough. They like to work 3 to 4 days a week only, which makes them the happiest people

The Fountainhead

|’The Fountainhead’ (L) made a big impression on me while in High School. Philosopher Ayn Rand advocates reason, individualism, and personal happiness and in 1940 she already defended a

Joye de vivre

|Happy postcard from Matisse. His work celebrates the positive aspects of life: Luxe, Calme, Volupte, La Danse, La Joie de Vivre (titles of his major

Softies

|New sweet softies (awesome panda top right :). Art Rop van Mierlo

(In)visible source of energy

|Please click here to see this useful and at the same time incredibly beautiful living portrait of wind currents over America. The online application pulls information from the National Weather

Jeans from recycled ocean plastic

|Up till now, 450 million pairs of jeans are sold each year, and they are all made in an un-eco-friendly way, spilling millions of gallons of water, using pesticides

Accuracy & fantasy

|Fantastic historic illustratons from a biologist/philosopher/artist and big Darwin fan, who discovered, described and named thousands of species in his book ‘Kunstformen der Natur’ (art forms in nature),

It’s all about choice

|The only souvenirs I bring myself from holidays are shells, sponges & little stones. I’ve got the most beautiful shells from Australia and this week

Kiss of choice

|Her paintings are also a mix of (non)choices: water-color as well as acrylic, figurative as well as abstract, grey as well as colorfull. The artist says the

Back August 10

|On my way to Cala Mariolu in Sardina, one of the most beautiful places I know. We’ll have a private bay for 2 weeks and of course

Alive in living color

|This colorized in pic of Einstein makes me think I knew the guy. Photo Paul Edwards, Long Island 1939 Color Photo Retrofit

Seawater aquarium

|Two sea anemones with magnified stinging cells. These creatures were very difficult to preserve, so glass models were made for studying marine life in the 19th Century. The glass blowers also

MH17

|Anger & frustration dominate in the Netherlands on the case of flight MH17. Click here for a simple animation about the reason of war. Video This land is

Food porn

|About food: “We are always looking at the outside of something, we’re never looking at the inside.” Photography Beth Galton

Paint the couch

|Stunning impressionistic wallpaper, fabrics and cushions Brand Romo Art Jessica Zoob

Wallflower

|She wants her flower installations to encourage social change through engaging with nature hands on. This installation of big blue Hydrangea flowers was commissioned by Hermès. Art Rebecca

Bad girl

|Sometimes a simple trick can do the work Song She’s bad, Dye Producer Excuse my French Video Dent de Cuir

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