Watch it Now: Echoes of Home. Directed by Stefan Schwietert. Follow the enchanting Swiss sounds of yodeling through the Alps and through the woods. The yodelers wear towering masks, intricate and fantastic. The little old man shares his drink with the yodelers with the help of a bendy straw—sweet. When they start singing up in the mountains, it’s really strange.

Thanks Andrea Johnson for this gem!

Men heads as flower containers, 1685 London. Mans best friend, doggies, as money banks, by George Adium, 1717 London.

via University of Wisconsin – Decorative Arts & Material Culture

Shop til you drop in plastics.

1. Bamboo sunglasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1962
2. Table mat, Maryse Boxer, 1985
3. Carrier bag, Eric Schemilt Designs Ltd, 1978
4. Pair of ankle boots, Mary Quant, 1967
5. Pink Jelly XK200, Swatch, 1990

via V&A

Russia, 1800s

France, 1800s

Macedonia, 1800s

Macedonia, 1900s

Palestine

Nigeria, 1970s. Made by Hausa.

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Shoe gazer. via British Museum Thanks Alex!

Door, place—mats! All shapes and sizes from all around the world. I’m loving the degenerated quality of the images. They all look like ’80s video art to me.

via Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection at the University of Wisconsin

Camp MacJannet began in 1925 as a summer camp for American and French children on the shores of Lake Annecy. It was styled after American sleep away camps, never seen before in Europe. American families touring Europe would drop their young ones off at Camp MacJannet while they continued on their vacation. During the war the camp dissolved and was turned over to the Quakers for safe keeping and used as a refugee camp. In 1946 the camp reopened and brought together again young French and Americans (many of them war orphans).

Pics above are from 1962. Idyllic young summer land.

via Tufts