Kalyani Tupkary
@kalyanitupkary
I design objects and interfaces - sometimes real, sometimes fictional.
Kalyani Tupkary
kalyanitupkary.com
I n eighty-five essays, contributors nominate “extinct” objects and address them in a series of short, vivid, sometimes personal accounts, speaking not only of obsolete technologies, but of other ways of thinking, making, and interacting with the world. Extinct is filled with curious, half-remembered objects, each one evoking a future that never
... See moreMiranda Critchley • Extinct
Weather exists as an atmosphere that can be measured, as an environment that is lived, and as time in which we experience humidity, pressure, temperature, and visibility. What would be the appropriate terms of weather that speak to this trio of concerns – measure, experience, and time? This glossary of weather is a manual to navigate through the... See more
Words of Weather: A glossary
They're tall. They're totally absurd. And they're everywhere.
Joseph Stromberg • The bizarre history of cellphone towers disguised as trees
Like so many botanical concepts, the flower clock originated with the Swedish ur-taxonomist Carl Linnaeus, in his 1751 treatise “Philosophia Botanica.” Based on field observations, he divided flowers into three categories. The meteorici open and close with the weather. The tropici follow the changing hours of daylight. And the aequinoctales,
... See moreFive Minutes to Moonflower (Published 2015)
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