Vitruvius Grind

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Architecture person. Can't stop thinking about the Las Vegas Sphere. Can't stop listening to the Grateful Dead.

A photo of the primary facade of a gothic cathedral
Rider-Waite Tarot card for 'The Sun'
a diagram relating to KF Schinkel's design for the Star Hall of the Queen of the Night ca. 1815
The pieces of the interior of the calendar, flattened and laid out in a symmetrical composition with a feature resembling the sun near the top center.
A version of Buckminster Fuller's "Dymaxion Airocean World" map, with the globe unfolded into simple square and triangular geometry.
A screenshot of the exterior of the calendar as flattened and unfolded. Continents and oceans are visible. The overall form is winglike.
an exploded isometric view of the calendar's constituent pieces
An assembled paper sphere calendar. This photo shows the globelike exterior, with the camera focusing on India and southeast Asia.
A picture of the exterior of Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. The building is a 500ft diameter LED Sphere. In this photo it is illuminated to look like the surface of the Earth with oceans, landmasses, and clouds.
A screenshot of a Rhino model of a hollow faceted sphere, viewed from below
A cardstock mockup of a faceted 3D construct. Each facet is labeled with a different month of the year.
A 2023 calendar with all 12 months laid out on the same spread. The illustration is in black linework on a white ground, with the months imitating facades of several buildings. The scene is populated with plants, animals, and people.
A close-up of a printed calendar in blue and white. Text shows the first week of April and several phases of the moon are visible above.
a white “Croc” shoe with several multicolored Jibbitz charms attached
screenshot of an academic article. visible text reads: "technologies not just through imagination but also from within the systems about which they write: Gaddis at IBM; DeLillo at Ogilvy and Mather; Coover in the CAVE Simulator; Powers as a freelance programmer, Vollmann in a rising Silicon Valley.[8] But the importance of business writing, technical writing, and other technical work like programming to the formation of the postwar ‘systems novel’ has not been explored to the full extent of its promise.[9] We regard the systems novel, in most instances of its appearance, as a cul-"
Closeup photo of a tie-dye t-shirt. White ink shows a Grateful Dead “Stealie” skull blended with the Subaru logo. Text above the illustration reads WAGNER SUBARU
I just can't imagine a scenario where I get my head stuck inside this calendar. would not buy again. :(
"Calendar for the whole year with the signs of the zodiac, the moon phases, Sundays and holidays, favorable days for medical procedures, weather conditions and all kinds of other things through symbols and small images." via Rijksmusem, ca. 1530
An illustration of torn book pages featuring a quote from Stendhal about a powerful experience in a cathedral in Florence.
Screenshot of the 'Music Of The Spheres' website with a variety of mixtapes to click on.