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Why one of our simplest designs – the light bulb – is also one of our best
Simple and curiously humanlike in its design, the incandescent light bulb revolutionised the way we live, yet it has hardly changed over the past century. Composed of the musings of the UK-based lighting designer Michael Anastassiades, this video is a brief ode to the humble object, and the beauty of its simplicity and duality.
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Home
Life moves slowly in a Romanian mountain village, shaped by care and the seasons
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Environmental history
In Kazakhstan, ‘atomic lakes’ still scar the landscape decades after Soviet nuclear tests
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Architecture
A 3D rendering of the Colosseum captures its architectural genius and symbolic power
17 minutes
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Making
On the Norwegian coast, a tree is transformed into a boat the old-fashioned way
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Animals and humans
One man’s quest to save an orphaned squirrel, as narrated by David Attenborough
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Nature and landscape
California’s landscapes provide endless inspiration for a woodcut printmaker
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History of technology
Curious singles and tech sceptics – what ‘computer dating’ looked like in 1966
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Design and fashion
A ceramicist puts her own bawdy spin on the folk language of pottery
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Information and communication
‘Astonished and somewhat terrified’ – Victorians’ reactions to the phonograph
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