From open.edu, learn about six key movements in design history: Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts (below), Bauhaus, Modernism (above), American Industrial Design and Postmodernism.

You can watch them all here.

via Open Culture.

File under the 1930s, 16mm Kodachrome film from 1939 in New York City by French tourist Jean Vivier. 

In 1939, World War II broke out in Europe, The Wizard of Oz came out, and Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade was on the charts. The average cost of a gallon of gas was 10 cents, a loaf of Bread 8 cents, and house rent was $28 per month.

via Kottke.

Filmmaker Maarten Koopman’s animated series of famous paintings, imagined piece by piece from some new perspectives.

Shown: Pieter Bruegel’s The Tower of Babel, Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles, Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, Claude Monet’s Nympheas, Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie-Woogie, and Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring.

Thanks, @chrishiggins.

From National Geographic’s I Didn’t Know That, this flexible, concrete-laced canvas can be put up by two people and ready to use as shelter within 24 hours. It’s essentially a building in a bag. With water to activate the concrete and air to inflate it into shape, the concrete hardens into a solid structure that resists fire and water. It can even become a sterile, hospital-like environment, an essential need in humanitarian crisis situations.

via Viral Viral Videos.

Architecture (1980), a stop motion short made with blocks by Al Jarnow. His classic Cosmic Clock in also the archives.