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The production design and visual effects work in Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS (1927) was incredible for the time, as seen in these cityscape shots.

PETER YATES left us 10 years ago today. A brilliant director, here's his most famous moment - the iconic car chase sequence in BULLITT.

How data designers helped us make sense of 2020’s chaos fastcompany.com/90588298/how-d…

It's #PretendToBeATimeTravellerDay... Ever wondered what your back garden looked like in the early 1900s? You can travel through time on our maps website with our Side by Side and Spyglass viewers. maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/si… maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sp… #maps #history #timetravel

Have a look at this map of the solar system from 1747 which displays orbits for planets as far away as Saturn. Check it out: go.usa.gov/xAaZY

Enormous xylophone in the woods of Kyushu, Japan plays a Bach tune when a wooden ball rolls down each "key." An impressive piece of engineering.

The tracking shot opening to William Wyler's DEAD END (1937). Before the days of digital effects, this is really incredible.

Wiggin' in my totally pocket protector to Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure. I want my MTV!!

Aerial photograph looking south over Manhattan, circa 1931.

Over 72 hours, 30 Magnum members photographed across six US states and 13 countries, capturing rallies, debates, simmering tensions, moments of isolation and unity, hope and fear, as the election played out. bit.ly/3n1RGyR

Remembering Thelonious Monk, born on this day in 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Here he is playing "Don't Blame Me" in Denmark in 1966.

This is incredible. A snowball fight filmed by cinema pioneers the Lumiere bros in France, 1896. It's been colourised and had the speed adjusted.

I spent 54 days in space. It seems like a lot of time, but it goes by quickly. We only have 54 days left to change the direction of this country. Let’s accomplish this mission — together.

New comic! States of Mind

A Graphic Designer’s Stamp Collection, featuring legendary and contemporary practitioners alike: buff.ly/314jzhv

Milton Glaser, the legendary graphic designer who co-founded New York Magazine and created the "I❤NY" logo, has died at the age of 91 nym.ag/3fXH2oY

2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, “A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away”? So...here we go: Sonnet 1.

Happy #FirstContactDay! It’s a great day to practice the Vulcan salute, since shaking hands has gone out of fashion. Those Vulcans might have been on to something.

Bill Withers: 10 Essential Songs rol.st/3aHKX7f