Updates!Tumblr (3.0; @mattkirkland)http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzt9q8nwtu1qz9cydo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This guy is my new hero. Payphones in NYC <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/02/how-new-york-pay-phones-became-guerrilla-libraries/1288/">converted to guerilla libraries</a>.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/18084173981http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/18084173981Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:18:08 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/llacDdn5yIE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Oh, we are so headed to LACMA to see this.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17978212981http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17978212981Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:08:41 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzmgatGAMw1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kathryn Clark makes <a href="http://newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/mapping-our-foreclosures-one-quilt-at-a-time-kathryn-clark/">quilts that visualize foreclosures</a> in American cities. Above: Detroit.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17895302725http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17895302725Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:00:05 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FZnU6JlhshU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’ll tell you something about yourself. You may think, “You know what, self? I’m not really interested in how chicken wire is made.”  But you’re wrong.  </p> <p>Watch this, and tell me you’re not a little bit fascinated at the way the machine twists the wire together to make a fence.  </p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17863368911http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17863368911Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:54:23 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcyioRRB41qz9cydo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Kohei Nawa takes taxidermied animals and <a href="http://www.kohei-nawa.net/port/beads0.html">covers them with glass beads</a> of varying sizes.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17580704473http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17580704473Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:54:24 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz72a9vOj21qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amazing calligraphy from the 1600s.  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/sets/72157629081339669/detail/">Lots more on Flickr.</a></p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17383862325http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17383862325Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:30:08 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0jehYwR11qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I do it every year, but I’m always willing to have company. I hereby propose a toast to Charles Dickens, on today his 200th birthday.</p> <p>Cheers, Charles.</p> <p>Oh, and a shameless plug: you should get my friend John’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375867325/matkirdesforh-20">new book about Charles Dickens</a>. It’s pretty great.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17202478020http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/17202478020Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:56:41 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrwndUPco1qz9cydo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Astounding. These <a href="http://lisanilssonart.com/section/282102_Tissue_Series.html">anatomical cross-sections of a human body</a> are made of tiny paper strips, a fringe craft called ‘quilling.’</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/16922693808http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/16922693808Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:04:25 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynbij1PSG1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think it’s pretty obvious we need <a href="http://www.antrepo4.com/cont.html">these posters of shipping containers</a> for the office.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/16804535464http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/16804535464Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:37:31 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmb4jbpgn1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love this fun idea from the Multnomah County Library.  Wrapped books for Christmas; you can check them out with their RFID scanner, and unwrap them at home to find out what book you’ve selected.  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddmecklem/6532036273">All the fun of a christmas present, and the no-hassle return policy of a library</a>.  </p> <p>Except, you know, you HAVE to bring it back or else they’ll fine you. </p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15658473316http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15658473316Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:57:54 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxe5g2R5cU1qz9cydo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothydonaldson/5192582197/in/photostream/">Wales</a>: defiantly non-English.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15407720518http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15407720518Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:14:26 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OcNtvfALW1Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Related: helium and charcoal sticks make a killer interactive installation by Karina Smigla-Bobinski.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15280824775http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15280824775Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:52:30 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx8eti37NK1qz9cydo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is what happens when you take a white room and add a thousand kids - and then arm each kid with a sheet of stickers.  <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/yayoi-kusama-obiliteration-room/">The Obliteration Room</a>.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15244507276http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/15244507276Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:51:00 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwz5w9tkLB1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Too late for you to get me this for Christmas.  The <a href="http://columnfivemedia.com/shop/in-caffeine-we-trust-poster/">coffee-consumption infographic</a>, customized by painting with coffee.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/14979258559http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/14979258559Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:09 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw98nndJfU1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://robbailey.co.uk/work/warriors">Rob Bailey’s warriors</a> are pretty terrific.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/14266276584http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/14266276584Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:02:11 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx8phDaZl1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://andrewhaythornthwaite.com/">Andrew Haythornthwaite</a>’s autoboxes.  I sort of love these.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13957857560http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13957857560Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:32:05 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvucyln98y1qz9cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.zanderolsen.com/Tree_Line.html">Zander Olsen’s Treeline project</a>.  Goldsworthy-worthy.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13875721448http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13875721448Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:11:09 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zwu_d0xRhdI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here is a horse puppet. </p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13874787292http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13874787292Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:38:13 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv0qk9Ot9g1qz9cydo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I think anybody who has spent time designing bags has sketched this one out before, but it’s nice to see in reality, and so well-photographed. <a href="http://solid-gray.com/bags.php">And for sale!</a></p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13113776262http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/13113776262Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:57 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31413518" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Oh man.  This may not be that interesting to y’all, but there are some great snapshots of my old neighborhood in Hong Kong.</p>http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/12561989026http://attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.com/post/12561989026Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:23:57 -0800