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Austen-Inspired Historical Romance for Fans of The Other Bennet Sister

Fall in love alongside these Austen-inspired characters in Ming-Dynasty China, at the Royal Academy of Science, and more.

Book Riot · EN

Sometime between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, people came to believe that love should play a role in the selection of a spouse

Sometime between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, people came to believe that love should play a role in the selection of a spouse

Arts & Letters Daily · EN

"All writers will be buried, but try to bury their books, and somebody will always dig them up again"

"All writers will be buried, but try to bury their books, and somebody will always dig them up again"

Arts & Letters Daily · EN

Robert Wilson created spectacles that defied interpretation. So his critics wrote about their own ideas instead

Robert Wilson created spectacles that defied interpretation. So his critics wrote about their own ideas instead

Arts & Letters Daily · EN

After the Midterms, Washington Lawyers Up

With Democratic majorities in Congress, oversight, and its frustrations, return.

The New Yorker · EN

The Democrats’ Big Night and the Repudiation of Donald Trump

A previously unimaginable Democratic victory has reshaped the political landscape. Does it signal a lasting shift in the electorate?

The New Yorker · EN

It’s the Morality, Stupid

Some midterm voters may have been driven by the desire to repudiate cruelty.

The Atlantic · EN

Democrats Will Likely Disappoint Voters Soon

We don’t need to guess what happens to politicians who campaign on affordability and don’t deliver. We saw it last night.

The Atlantic · EN

The Polls Found a New Way to Be Wrong

After a decade of underrating Donald Trump’s support, pollsters finally underestimated Democrats.

The Atlantic · EN

Google Won’t Give Schools the One Thing They Want

The tech giant is making districts choose between AI and search.

The Atlantic · EN

Revenge of the White Working Class

But what happens next?

The Atlantic · EN

TONANA

Coatlicue-Tonantzin is the mother goddess of nature, death, and the mother of the gods in the Mesoamerican worldview, particularly within the Mexica tradition. As the archetypal great mother, she embodies the feminine principle that gives life within nature. For this project we worked with interior and furniture designer Andrés Gutiérrez, who?guided by a vivid color palette inspired by Mesoamerican cosmology?selected marbles, volcanic stones, and textured materials for building a bar inspired by the mother goddess of the Mexica pantheon. Within that chromatic range and the primordial creation

Behance Featured · EN

The Art of the Panoramic Aspect Ratio

Panoramic compositions offer another way to present a scene, preserving its horizontal breadth and giving the frame a different sense of scale, movement, and visual balance. They can be extremely powerful. [ Read More ]

PetaPixel · EN

If This DP Started Over Today, He'd Only Buy These Four Things

Cinematographer Keaton Nye worked his way up the camera department, from PA to AC to camera operator and then DP. He's now a commercial DP whose clients include Visit Faroe Islands, Atlantis Bahamas, Paycom, and ESPN, and he also runs a full-service production company. In a new video, Nye lays out what he'd do if he had to start over, including the gear he'd buy first, what he'd learn first, and more. His advice is aimed at people who know they want to be DPs, but much of it applies to anyone holding a camera. Here's what aspiring cinematographers can take from his do-over plan. - YouTube www.

Nofilmschool · EN

Will Ferrell’s "Anti-Pep Talk" Is the Best Advice for Creative Longevity

Look, if you're having a bad day in Hollywood, you probably give yourself the sem pep talk every time: Never give up, keep grinding, and bet on yourself. And yeah, sometimes you may need to hear that, but sometimes you might need a kick in the ass and a little bit more of a reality check to center you and get you back on track. In a candid clip, comedy icon Will Ferrell shared the ultimate "anti-pep talk" that he gives himself when he needs to hear it. And I think we all might need this dose of reality too. Let's dive in. - YouTube www.youtube.com The "Anti-Pep Talk" That Changed Everything Mu

Nofilmschool · EN

The Canon First Cut Contest is Back and is Looking for Bigger, Bolder Pitches

Ready to bring your biggest, boldest, and most awesome-est short film ideas to life? Canon has announced that the company is bringing back its First Cut Contest for a second go-around, and the contest is looking for bigger, bolder, and more awesome pitches. Following up on the success of the inaugural Canon First Cut Contest last year, this year’s version will continue with the same unique format that encourages aspiring filmmakers and creators to record short video pitch submissions for the projects of their dreams, with the opportunity to land budget and support from Canon. Sounds intriguing

Nofilmschool · EN

How Editor Sofi Marshall Wove Together Black Bear’s Bawdy and Heartwarming Fable 'Wicker'

Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s Wicker follows an ostracized Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions and falls in love with a Wicker Husband (Alexander Skarsgård), drawing together practical effects and technical filmmaking. After learning its otherworldly, fantastical plot, Editor Sofi Marshall jumped at the chance to join the project and reunite with past creative collaborators, directors Huston Fischer and Wilson, to bring this project—and the Wicker Husband—to life. Marshall built on Colman and Skarsgård’s authentic, powerful performances to bring the funny, heartwarming, and

Nofilmschool · EN

The Souls of Animals

“They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.” Here was “the poet of the body and the poet of the soul” holding up a mirror to us creatures inhabiting an animal body complicated by a soul — that organ of want and worry which we ourselves invented to explain why we make art, why… read article

Brain Pickings · EN

What AI has changed in Design Systems, and what is still up to us

Three design experts told me how AI is changing the way we build and maintain Design Systems. And led me to think that “the future” is already happening now. What is the human role in creating and maintaining a design system in the AI era? Credit: Anna Lefour with Gemini. You’ve probably read, or even written, one of those LinkedIn posts about someone building a complete Design System in 20 minutes with Claude. Or in 15 minutes with Gemini. Or… you get the idea. Those posts made me curious. I had never built a full Design System, although I had set up the basic elements of one before I really

UX Collective · EN

AI can generate the interface. What makes it worth caring about?

As more product work is generated from shared patterns, designers need to decide where an experience should surprise, celebrate, or simply leave someone alone. Imagine asking an AI tool to design a task-completion state. The result has a checkmark, a friendly message, and a small burst of confetti. It uses the right components. The spacing matches the system. The animation is polished. Now imagine that same response after two different tasks. In one, someone has finished setting up a business they have spent months trying to launch. In the other, an administrator has updated the forty-seventh

UX Collective · EN

In a world of panic, calm and certainty win

You can dread the future or help build it. The people who come through this already chose. While panic around what AI means for our industry is the reflex right now, calm is a decision. The calm that comes from knowing what you actually know is the rarest and most valuable thing you can bring to a moment like this. I recently turned 50 and reckoning with that did what it does to so many people. It made me think. Not in a hauntingly dramatic, staring-out-the-window way, but in an introspective way where you start taking stock of what you’ve actually learned, what still rattles you, and what has

UX Collective · EN

Why Claire Valdez Wants Universal Rent Control

The democratic socialist who just won Nydia Velázquez’s House seat says her housing platform is rooted in history, not fantasy.

Curbed · EN

Coco House / CVA Arquitectos

Living immersed in nature. House and nature are conceived as an indissoluble entity. Designed as a weekend refuge for the architect herself and her dog "Coco," the project synthesizes her personal quest to live immersed in nature. This search began with the idea of carefully integrating the volume with the existing vegetation and connecting it precisely to the natural terrain. In this way, the house harmoniously adapts to the steep slope, merging with it and becoming an integral part of the landscape.

ArchDaily · EN

Sewing Atelier Studio / Atelier 77 + Matéria Base

Located in the historic neighborhood of Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro, this sewing studio occupies a platform surrounded by a stone retaining wall, built over 200 years ago, according to local reports. This pre-existing structure establishes the architectural concept, serving both as a physical boundary and structural support for the new intervention.

ArchDaily · EN