Yannan

plain living and high thinking ~

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

Happy World Bicycle Day! 🚲

Cambridge is often known as the cycling capital of the UK, with over 50% of people riding a bike every week.

What's your favourite part of Cambridge to explore on two wheels? 🚴

#WorldBicycleDay #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge

[Kelly Wearstler @kellywearstler]

I don't look at interiors when I'm stuck. I look at fashion, nature, sport, art, architecture, tech. The best design references aren’t always other designs.

I look at the layered tension in Yuan Fang's paintings, the way she builds curve on curve until the canvas feels like it's in motion. The silhouette of a skier mid-descent, Carlo Mollino photographed this better than anyone. The way Margiela deconstructs a seam and makes you question everything you assumed about structure.

Everything is connected: texture, proportion, contrast, tension. Those principles show up everywhere if you train your eye to see them.

[Zara Handley @zarahandley]

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
Dame Agatha Christie ✍️📚❤️

[MichaelGravesDesign @MGravesDesign]

One of our favorite events at our @MGravesDesign #company #picnic is to take a tour of Michael Graves's home and residence The Warehouse! Enjoy the video below! #architecture #design #Italian #Princeton #architect #postmodern

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

The Govt has announced heritage protection (grade 2 listing) for the Southbank Centre. I rather regret that it will never now be possible to consider replacement designs that might win more general popularity, along with the environmental and economic benefits of densification.

[The Aesthetic City @Aesthetic_City]

What happens when you let summer school students redesign a big development...

...but using humane urban design principles and beautiful architecture?

The Utrecht Summer School 'Let's Build a Beautiful City' did exactly this.

If universities don't teach this, someone will

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“I love being at home. My life is very simple. I read a lot of books. I watch a lot of films. I listen to a lot of music. I tend the garden. I cook with my family. Yeah, I'm boring.”

— Cillian Murphy

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

When you order apple tea in Japan.

[Royal Academy @royalacademy]

Next month, artist Ann Witheridge will lead our #RASketchClub session and help you build and refine your observation and drawing skills by using Raphael's paintings to create sketches.

Book your place now ⤵️ https://t.co/Sz8gptg1Ty

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Good education is obviously still possible (and common) in ugly and poorly designed schools.

But, in a nationwide survey by the Royal Institute of British Architects, 90% of teachers agreed that well built and designed schools improve student behaviour and teaching outcomes.

[Tate @Tate]

Today with @tate_kids we're exploring the life & work of Yinka Shonibare CBE, whose installation at Tate Modern, 'The British Library', celebrates the diversity of the British population. 📚

Explore further here: https://t.co/suBvg1XnwL
@SHONIBARESTUDIO

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

People have been asking. So here is the self advert. I explored the division of the Roman Empire and the “fall” in the 4th programme in this series. https://t.co/H8LXBnFT5k

[Master Woodworking @mwoodworkingtw]

DIY Backless Bar Stool | Quick & Clean Workshop Build 🛠️🔥

#woodworking #DIYBuild #backlessstool #homedecor #furnituredesign #woodworkers

[Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai @expo2025japan]

🔴🔵 EXPO 2025 is Almost Here! 🔵🔴

On April 13, 2025,
Yumeshima will mark the beginning of a new era.

Are you ready to fully enjoy the Expo?
We can't wait to welcome you all at the site!😊

#EXPO2025

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Social housing in Mallorca, with sandstone exterior and timber interiors. Designed by Peris+Toral

The kind of thing we should be aiming to build everywhere

Photos by Jose Hevia

[Paris 2024 @Paris2024]

🌇 The Louvre, Olympic cauldron, Paris what else?🌟
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🌇 Le Louvre, la Vasque Olympique, Paris what else ? 🌟

📽️ #Paris2024 @MuseeLouvre

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings come to life - a thread 🧵 

1. Café Terrace at Night (1888)

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

“Best wishes for the Michaelmas term!”

As the new academic year springs to life, Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Debbie Prentice welcomes staff and students back to the city.
#UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #University #GoingToCambridge