Category: creativity
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To all my piano-playing family and friends: Wouldn’t it be fun to tickle these ivories? This piano was created for the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 as part of “an exclusive show apartment.” That exhibition promoted a design ethic that became known as functionalism. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Exhibition_(1930) ) We saw it at the National Museum: The explainer included…
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This is what 70 looks like on me. I’m in Stockholm with my genius partner Craig, who asked me what I wanted for my birthday while we were at the Royal Palace. I requested a box of chocolates, which we found conveniently in the Royal Palace gift shop. This is typical me, slightly disheveled, sweets…
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Meet the Brunkeberg Ridge Tunnel. Stockholm has a ridge running through it, thanks to ice age shenanigans. As the city grew up on either side of it, crossing it was a pain, especially in the age of power by horses. Then this genius entrepreneur talked the powers that be into letting him build a tunnel…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 