Instagram of the day@hsinchuenlinmixWorldwide
Hsin-Chuen Lin's Carved Pottery
Potter Hsin-Chuen Lin carves wet clay, rolls patterns with hand-cut stamps and trims bowls on the wheel. Short, mesmerising clips that need no words.
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Instagram of the day
Instagram of the day@cimkedimixTürkiye
Yener Torun's Colourful Istanbul
Istanbul architect Yener Torun shoots facades until they turn into colourful abstractions: clean lines, bright planes, zero postcard clichés.
Ireland of the dayduchas.iemixIreland
Dúchas: Ireland's Folklore Archive
Ireland's National Folklore Collection online: tales, cures and customs written down by schoolchildren in the 1930s, plus old photos and audio.
Chile of the daymemoriachilena.gob.clmixChile
Memoria Chilena: Chile's memory
A digital project by the National Library of Chile: hundreds of themed mini-sites with digitised books, maps, photos, scores and recordings on the country's culture.
Instagram of the day@tanaka_tatsuyamixJapan
Tatsuya Tanaka's Miniature World
Japanese artist Tatsuya Tanaka has been staging tiny figures in everyday objects since 2011: broccoli becomes a forest, a stapler turns into a train.
Poland of the daypolona.plmixPoland
Polona: Poland's Digital Library
The National Library of Poland's digital collection: manuscripts, old photos, maps, sheet music and posters you can zoom into in high resolution.
Telegram of the day@evrimagacimixWorldwide
Evrim Ağacı: Turkish pop science
The Telegram channel of Evrim Ağacı, Turkey's largest popular-science project, in Turkish: evolution, space, archaeology and research explainers.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «Botanical Expressions»mixWorldwide
Cooper Hewitt: plants in objects
A Cooper Hewitt board on how plants became ornament on porcelain, textiles, wallpaper and jewellery.
Uzbekistan of the day@tashkent_modernismmixUzbekistan
Tashkent Modernism: buildings, mosaics, bus stops
A Telegram channel by architect Alexander Fedorov on Tashkent's seismic modernism: buildings, mosaics, bus stops, archive films, walking tours and an audio guide.
Site of the dayflexboxfroggy.commixWorldwide
Flexbox Froggy: frogs teach CSS
A game where you guide frogs onto lily pads by writing CSS flexbox properties. Before you know it, layout makes sense.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «UI/UX Inspiration»mixWorldwide
Interfaces via Dribbble
Dribbble's own board of about 500 app screens, websites and interface animations.
Iceland of the dayicelandiconline.commixIceland
Icelandic Online: learn Icelandic free
A free online Icelandic course from the University of Iceland, running from a survival crash course up to C1, built on audio, pictures and interactive exercises.