1. Truth Windows A traditional feature of strawbale houses is the truth window – a small section of a wall that is left unplastered on the interior, and a frame is used to show the walls are actually made from straw bales for insulation. Truth windows often take on the role of an altar, bringing gratitude for the…| Messy Nessy Chic
1. This is Japan’s Answer to Playboy magazine: weekly animal themed erotica! Find more on the Casual Archivist, found via Present & Correct.| Messy Nessy Chic
1. Word of the day: Xylarium – Library of Wood This one is in Canberra, it has 47000 samples. Found on Present & Correct. 2. Couldn't think of a better way to beautify blank walls: French artist Mantra paints photo-realistic murals that look like mass| Messy Nessy Chic
1. People Watching at the Louvre From the archives of Brazilian photographer Alécio de Andrade Archives. 2. Jim Morrison's bust found nearly 40 years after it was stolen from Paris cemetery Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison tha| Messy Nessy Chic
1. Meet one of the world's most prolific chair collectors: How Noritsugu Oda found himself sitting on 1,400 chairs. Over 50 years, the Japanese illustrator has accumulated a world-class archive. Now he has to decide what to do with it. "He still remembers the day in 1972 when| Messy Nessy Chic
1. The Empty Louvre Paul Almásy, a Hungarian photojournalist who immigrated to France in 1934. Almásy’s photograph was taken at the Louvre Museum in Paris, articulating the theme of artworks needing to be remembered by documenting an actual historical event. In 1938 with the threat of war loo| Messy Nessy Chic
