Ceiling Porn Is Probably Not What You Think It Is

Funny that. Here is a story that IS about ceiling porn: [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

Eptin

Ha... that ceiling in the pic is the welsh government building in Cardiff bay... exactly where I was yesterday! Nice to see somewhere local in gizmodo!

Really cool. This disappoints me because I want to touch it but can't...because well it's a ceiling.

SAfiftyseven

@squishyalt:
One word: Cost.

--Core--

That ceiling is beautiful!

--Core--

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@ceilingFANBOY: You can definitely be banned from one and not another.

There a lot of Deadspinners, for example, that are banned from Jezebel.

@Pessimipposaurus: I had no idea it was possible to be banned from an individual Gawker site. I thought if you were banned from one site, you were banned from them all.

@92BuickLeSabre: Either way, we have much love for the now antique-vehicle.

secretmanofagent

Wow, something from Wales is on Gizmodo :O
Little 'old wales!

tj01

@ElemenopEE: (Y)

That is interesting.... Why is it that we have only traditionally decorated the ceilings of churches, museums and castles, while ignoring 1/6 of the living spaces in our own dwellings?

I hope it changes.

squishyalt

@SquareBubbles:
Understatement of the day?

This beloved Giz post gives me so little context I have no idea why I clicked the through link this time. But it was entirely worth it! <3

Fractal the Meek

@kaikai34: I'll raise you this.

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I'm no longer allowed on io9, and I can no longer change my name. And I'm too lazy to even figure out why it happened.

I read "selling porn..." xD

Laurens Ingels

@undefined: here you go

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kaikai34

So tell me again why church's have tax free status????

Uncletwitch

id like to see how it sounds

Adrian Pratoomporn

@92BuickLeSabre: Transmission problems maybe? Head Gasket?

@PN - Dances with Wolves: That's what makes them so nice. Honestly, the thing that first came to mind when I beheld the DC Metro's stations was "How Utilitarian," which isn't an indictment at all. Bentham can teach us a lot, I think, up to the point of sacrificing the village idiot to calm us all down...

@Signore Pinko-Panko!: haha although I often ride the dc metro, at least once a week, I have never took the time to admire the ceiling. But now that I think about it they are nice. but they make it so dark down there.

PN - Artest->Ariza

That's a pretty sick building, I saw it in Wales.

Vesuvius99

Man, you have to be a dreamer to think up something like this. I hope this architect got paid well.

Why am I missing from all of those pictures?

@Matingmonkey is a proud eMac owner: Well thanks! We have so much in common! I love me too!

@92BuickLeSabre: Star or no star, we'll still love ya, Buick!

Matingmonkey is a proud eMac owner

Ah wan it nah!

SoaringDisbelief

@psychiccheese: Actually, it's been twinkling in and out. Apparently there are some technical issues going on.

Or it may never come back. It's so suspenseful.

No Sistine Chapel?

NitrousO

@92BuickLeSabre: oh no! what did you do to lose your star?

QUICK! to the comment stations!

psychiccheese

@Signore Pinko-Panko!: I completely agree. That was one of my favorite things about going into the city when I lived in Vienna, VA.

I currently use the Norman Foster one as my desktop background. Anyway, those were all really cool.

The first time I looked at this, it was like the middle oval was coming at me, like one of those optical illusions.

Benjamin Urquidez

@SquareBubbles:

I didn't see anyone jumping off that ceiling.

uRbAnlP

That ceiling appears to have tripped me out so much that I lost my star.

absolutely beautiful , all of them are! I wish I could think of that type of stuff as an architect.

Nothing like a good, sustainable usage of space and materials.

(With the more contemporary ones anyway)

NastyInThePasty

It's bad if your floor does that right?

I'm so glad the DC Metro is among the selections. I've always loved the way the stations look, and they photograph very well.

That looks awesome, kind off like a mushroom cloud.

If this somehow, flips over and is upside down, it would be great to skate in.

@SquareBubbles: (In the voice of Keanu)

SquareBubbles

Whoa!

SquareBubbles