Futile Devices

farewell-kingdom:

Nicola Yeoman

(via thisiskel)

firsttimeuser:

Audrey Hepburn by Philippe Halsman

artforadults:

Jose Luiz Benicio

via ondiraiduveau’s flickr 

alecshao:

James Turrell, Skyspace, 2000

Lights are programmed to flood the underside and/or walls of the buildings in response to variations in the natural light visible through the aperture cut into the roof. As the sky transitions from light to dark the interior lights generate a range of hues in the skyspace.

Via

thepoliticalnotebook:

Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old Iraqi woman living in Southern California, was taken off life support today, succumbing to injuries sustained in a brutal tire iron beating on Wednesday. Shaima was found in her living room, and according to her daughter Fatima and the police investigating, a note was found near her saying “Go back to your country, you terrorist.”

Shaima was a mother of five who has been in the US with her family since the mid-1990s. She was described by her friend Sura Alzaidy as “respectful modest muhajiba.” Her daughter tearfully addressed her mother’s attackers during a media interview, saying “You took my mother away from me. You took my best friend away from me. Why? Why did you do it?”

[Daily Mail; AFP]

[H/T: thatsassyarab]