The Golden Age of Couture is an exhitibion at London's Victoria and Albert Museum exploring high fashion of the 1950s, inspired by designer Christian Dior's pioneering "New Look" styles. Beautiful things!
posted to MetaFilter by thirteenkiller at 10:11 AM on November 29, 2007 (24 comments)

Mid-century American decor's holy trinity of materials were steel, linoleum and plastic., all of which are on display in these galleries from Plan59, which also brings us cars, trucks, food and more. (Including a blog).
posted to MetaFilter by dersins at 11:07 AM on November 29, 2007 (11 comments)

What are the great surplus stores around San Francisco
posted to Ask Metafilter by drezdn at 10:28 AM on November 14, 2007 (7 comments)

Notebookism. A site for people that like notebooks.
posted to MetaFilter by chunking express at 8:53 AM on August 31, 2007 (48 comments)

From Oakland to Argentina in a 1981 VW Dasher modified to run on vegetable oil and biodiesel/diesel. David Moders posts updates to a message board of veggie car enthusiasts throughout his five month journey through Latin America with his wife, Mali, and son, Emilio, while trying to power his car with used restaurant grease. Here are some pictures of his journey.
posted to MetaFilter by Mijo Bijo at 2:53 AM on November 7, 2005 (21 comments)

Parasitic Subway Projector: High concept German art students cram a Mac mini and a projector into a suitcase and mount it to the side of a subway car with suction cups. The resulting images, projected onto the tunnel walls, make for a fascinating work of public art. [QuickTime] Link via: The Unofficial Mac Weblog
posted to MetaFilter by aladfar at 7:45 AM on November 5, 2005 (61 comments)