Geoff Manaugh

  • These Shiny Foil Screenprints Of Space History Are Fantastic

    These Shiny Foil Screenprints Of Space History Are Fantastic

    The UK designers at Astronomika have launched a limited edition screenprint series that they describe as their attempt to draw everything humans have sent into space. They call it “a growing compendium of beautifully crafted screenprints celebrating the past, present and future of spaceflight.”


  • Berlin Is Threatened From Below By Its Rising Water Table

    Berlin Is Threatened From Below By Its Rising Water Table

    While the American West stumbles forward into an already dangerous drought — and it’s barely even summer — Berliners are simply not using enough water. This means that the city’s water table is now on the rise, and it’s beginning to threaten the city’s buildings from below. Some basements have already been affected.


  • What Will We Find On Passengers’ Phones From Flight MH370?

    What Will We Find On Passengers’ Phones From Flight MH370?

    Bearing in mind that CNN is the same network that suggested Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might have flown into a black hole, it was nonetheless interesting to hear the network speculate that the mobile phones of the flight’s passengers might hold an archive of unsent emails, texts, photos, and videos of whatever sequence of events…


  • Single Vending Machine Replaces Last Shop In English Town

    Single Vending Machine Replaces Last Shop In English Town

    So clever, so depressing: the English town of Clifton, having dwindled in economic strength over the years, has responded to the loss of its last place to shop with a giant vending machine. The so-called Speedy Shop — really, an oversized, building-shaped machine standing alone in a dreary parking lot — is meant to help…