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Birds With Spectacular Courtship Displays
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys From the ’90s That Transform
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys From the ’90s That Transform
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These original Playmates toys could turn a pet turtle into a ninja, a reporter into a feline mutant, or a giant turtle head into a miniature sewer. Start with the best-known Mutations, then work...
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Unusual Museums in New York City for Curious Visitors
Unusual Museums in New York City for Curious Visitors
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Step into an old subway car, see a lighthouse lens up close, or see how New York looks when the whole city fits in one room. These unusual museums in New York City give you a specific reason to...
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Games for Industrial Designers Who Like Understanding an Object
Games for Industrial Designers Who Like Understanding an Object
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Start with a flat-pack cabinet, a toy-sized bridge, or a handheld you can open up. In these games, the way an object fits together, moves, or feels to use gives you something to work out. Some let...
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Unusual Museums in London for Very Specific Interests
Unusual Museums in London for Very Specific Interests
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Follow a miniature train through the tunnels that carried London’s mail, look into a jar of moles, or see what generations of shoppers brought home from the supermarket. These unusual museums in...
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Creative Games That Do Not Punish a Bad First Attempt
Creative Games That Do Not Punish a Bad First Attempt
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You do not need a finished idea before you start making something. These games welcome a rough sketch, an odd little room or a machine that falls apart on its first test. I have picked the modes...
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Weird Ocean Animals With Body Shapes That Look Impossible
Weird Ocean Animals With Body Shapes That Look Impossible
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Meet weird ocean animals whose shapes help them live in very different parts of the sea. A fish with a clear head can aim its eyes upward, a crab holds living pom-poms, and a sea slug kicks...
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Architecture Books for People Who Like Buildings but Do Not Know the Vocabulary
Architecture Books for People Who Like Buildings but Do Not Know the Vocabulary
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Start with a part of a building you can point to. It might be the curve above a door, the deep shadow around a window, or the place where one room leads into the next. Some of these books give you...
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Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
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An interest can tell you more than a favourite-author quiz: cooking, animals, buildings, words or a well-told story each offers a way into a book. These choices have clear premises and different...
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Games for People Who Enjoy Architectural Photography
Games for People Who Enjoy Architectural Photography
by game_tinkerer  • 
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If you stop to see where a staircase lands in the frame or how a window lights the far wall, these games give you a reason to linger. Photograph a Kyoto shrine, document a crumbling dam, or find...
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Puzzle Games You Can Play in Small Daily Sessions
Puzzle Games You Can Play in Small Daily Sessions
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A useful daily puzzle habit leaves you free to miss a day. These games offer small problems with clear stopping points, or longer boards that can be saved and revisited in short visits. The...
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Creative Competitions Where You Actually Learn Something
Creative Competitions Where You Actually Learn Something
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A good making competition lets you see the decision between the brief and the finished object. These shows offer different ways into that process, from clay and sewing to prosthetics, glass and...
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Games From the Multimedia Era That Treat the Screen as a Cabinet of Curiosities
Games From the Multimedia Era That Treat the Screen as a Cabinet of Curiosities
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Click a painting, open a book, or see what happens when you touch an electrical outlet. On these early multimedia discs, poking around was part of the play. Some hide clues in the things you find...
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Design Books That Change How You Notice Everyday Objects
Design Books That Change How You Notice Everyday Objects
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The shape of a door handle tells your hand what to do, and the spacing on a sign changes how easily you can read it. These books give you ways to notice decisions like those in things you already...
Books
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Plays That Are a Pleasure to Read Before You See Them
Plays That Are a Pleasure to Read Before You See Them
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A play on the page gives you time to picture the room, try out a line, or go back and see who spoke over whom. Start with Our Town for a bare stage you can furnish in your head, The Importance of...
Books
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