It has been awhile since I posted something art or design related.  I saw this video from Etsy today and immediately fell in love, not only with the beautifully shot video, but with the whole experience of the Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design.   While the curator talks of the space as a museum, it really seems to function as more of a non-circulating library of specimens.  I love how they allow students to pull out and really explore each of the items in the collection.  They have some freaky looking skeletons, skulls, etc., but I know I could loose myself for hours in the Nature Lab.

And only because it is also art related….

I have been noticing more and more fantastic book art on blogs and in the art world lately.   Here are a couple of my favorites:

Thomas Allen--Maneater, 2006

Sue Blackwell--A Quiet American

Sue Blackwell--Birds in the Open Forest