Site of the day
musicmap.infoenWorldwide
Musicmap: the family tree of pop music
Musicmap lays out popular music as one giant chart — from blues and gospel to techno and emo — on a timeline from the 1880s to the 2020s, showing what grew out of what.
Catalogue of finds
286 finds
Telegram of the day@midcenturymodernmixWorldwide
Mid-Century, More Than: modernism in two languages
A bilingual Russian-English Telegram channel on 20th-century modernist architecture and design: furniture, interiors, forgotten makers and the stories behind objects.
Instagram of the day@olimpiazagnolimixItaly
Olimpia Zagnoli, Milan
Milan illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli: smooth shapes, bold flat colour, book covers, magazine pieces and prints in a style you spot instantly.
TikTok of the day
@koysunenWorldwide
koysun: hand-painted signs, start to finish
San Diego sign painter Koy Sun letters signs, sketchbooks and even vintage suitcases by hand, in the tradition of old-school sign painters.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «Interiors - Retail.»enWorldwide
Yellowtrace: shops worth walking into
Yellowtrace's board of retail interiors: 370+ pins of shops, showrooms and cafes, from a gallery-like rug store in Jaipur to a Seoul flagship.
Portugal of the dayredeazulejo.letras.ulisboa.ptmixPortugal
Az Infinitum: every azulejo in Portugal
Az Infinitum is the University of Lisbon's database of Portuguese azulejo tiles: where they are, what patterns and scenes they show, and who made them.
Site of the dayitiner-e.orgenWorldwide
Itiner-e: every road in Rome's empire
The most detailed open atlas of Roman roads: an interactive map of the whole empire where you can plot a route like an ancient traveler. A research project that's free to explore.
Telegram of the day
Instagram of the day@brilliantmapsenWorldwide
Brilliant Maps: maps worth staring at
Brilliant Maps posts quirky thematic maps several times a day: Europe as the Vikings saw it, a clan map of Ireland, countries without passenger trains.
TikTok of the day@tash_archaeoenWorldwide
Tash the Archaeologist
A British archaeologist walks you through Roman villas, museum shows and ancient Egypt quizzes, one short video at a time.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «Botanical Illustrations»enWorldwide
Botanical Art by Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden's board of 250 scientific plant illustrations, from German classroom wall charts to 19th-century watercolors.
Kyrgyzstan of the day@ustatshakirtmixKyrgyzstan
Ustatshakirt music centre
A Bishkek centre for traditional music: an ensemble, recordings, seminars and concerts from Karakol to European festivals.