Flower frogs are beautiful little creations originally invented centuries ago in Japan, with modern versions cropping up in the late 1800s. Made to keep even the most finicky flower arrangements in place, the handy little tools can be found in many different varieties. Some…
I’m not sure exactly when it started, but over the last few years I’ve really solidified my keen obsession with floral prints. Floral dresses, floral pants, floral tops, floral rompers—I’ll take literally anything you want to throw at me. I didn’t have much of…
There are few things that I love more than the weird and wonderful that is the Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini, but one that definitely makes the list is when I find something that shares that same vibe of peculiar. So you can imagine…
Thanks to the University of Cambridge, Hu Zhengyan’s douban-printed Shizhuzhai shuhua pu, or ‘A Manual of Calligraphy and Painting from the Ten Bamboo Studio’ (Nanjing, China), can now be enjoyed in its entirety by anyone with an internet connection. The book series was originally…
In 1899, German Biologist, Ernst Haeckel, published his book Art Forms in Nature, depicting the strangely beautiful forms that occur in exotic marine and microscopic life. The publication, wonderfully successful in its time, was able to bring the wonder and beauty that scientists see…