«At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book. We never destroy a book by cutting off its binding. Instead, we digitize it the hard way—one page at a time. We use the Scribe, a book scanner our engineers invented, along with the software that it runs. Our scanning centers are located in universities and libraries around the world, from Boston Public Library to the University of Toronto to the Wellcome Library and beyond. Eliza is one of our fastest and most accurate scanners. Next she will execute quality control checks and fix any errors. Then she ships the book back to our Physical Archive for long-term preservation. Now imagine this: scanners like Eliza have done this 2,000,000 times. That’s what it takes to provide you with a free digital library.» – Plus Internet Archive’s Modern Book Collection Now Tops 2 Million Volumes, by Chris Freeland, February 3, 2021
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How Can You Help The Internet Archive? (A Repost), by Jason Scott, Internet Archive Blogs, March 25, 2023
Don’t Delete Our Books! Rally, by Chris Freeland, Internet Archive Blogs, March 31, 2023
(Source: twitter.com, via artspotting)
Citlali Haro (Mexican, 1991) - Ilusiones Nocturnas (2022)
Awesome trippy album covers by English artist Roger Dean. He once designed a sea urchin chair and sued James Cameron for copying his work after Avatar was released.
(via acidisgroovy)
The Drawing Class, Nicole Eisenman, 2011, Art Institute of Chicago: Contemporary Art
Gift of Society for Contemporary Art
Size: 165.1 × 208.2 cm (65 × 82 in.)
Medium: Oil and charcoal on canvas
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The Conran Shop, shopping bag, 1980s. Made by Pakright Limited, England. Via Cooper Hewitt
(via design-is-fine)