Early computers 1940's -1960's

Shucks, computers sure have have come a long way over the past 60 years or so, as this great collection of photos of early models — including Whirlwind, Colossus and Pegasus — confirms. 


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The Z4 computer, as seen in a German museum (in Munich).

The Colossus

The ENIAC in all its glory.

The Whirlwind

The UNIVAC I

Acne - Uniform

A new season and a new collection with all of the familiar characteristics of Acne: the ease, the sensual simplicity and the clean lines. See here the new arrival 'Uniform' 

Acne

Josephine Baker school group - Domenique Coulon & associates

Strasbourg based-practice dominique coulon & associés has created 'josephine baker' a group of schools in la courneuve, france. occupying a trapezoid-shaped plot of land, the scheme looks to reorganize the site while referencing and corresponding to a pair of housing blocks that once stood in its place. 


http://www.coulon-architecte.fr/

National museum of China - GMP architekten

German studio, gmp architekten, has completed 'national museum of china', a design that won them first place in an international competition. located in beijing, china, the structure aims to integrate elements of the existing museum into the new building without abolishing the immediately obvious distinction between new and old, contemporary and traditional. 


http://www.gmp-architekten.de/en/