Brian Stechschulte

A up close view of the cricket's six long legs, antennae, and marbled brown and beige shell.

Found a Camelback #Cricket 👀 in the studio.

How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom created a new look for a much-loved architectural bookshop See the new graphic identity and typeface for William Stout Architectural Books and hear from those behind the design

Phenomenal new #graphicdesign identity for one of my favorite #bookstores.

The Chicago skyline lit up at night, featuring the Wrigley Building and the Tribune Tower looming over the Michigan Ave and the Chicago River.

#Chicago #architecture all dressed up at night, featuring the #WrigleyBuilding in white and the #TribuneTower in red/white.

This could get ugly.

A small painting by James McNeill Whistler called "Nocturne Blue & Gold: Southhampton Water," featuring a moonlit scene with subtle boat shapes on the water and a faint horizon line.

A painting by Georgia O'Keeffe called "The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y." featuring a large black skyscraper in a cloudy mist surrounded by yellow, orange and red dots.

A painting by James McNeill Whistler called " Violet and Silver - The Deep Sea," featuring a vivid blue seascape with white puffy clouds in the sky.

A Tiffany stained glass lamp with dragonflies around the edge of the lampshade with a decorative metal base that is organic in nature.

A handful of favorite works from my visit to the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social yesterday.

#art #artsky #museums #JamesMcNeillWhistler #GeorgiaOkeeffe #tiffany

A sepia toned image of the Marina City towers in Chicago, IL. The pair of buildings are circular and have petal shaped concrete balconies radiating around the center. A parking structure is on the bottom.

Tall building shake
Voices escape, singing sad, sad songs
Tuned to chords
Strung down your cheeks
Bitter melodies turning your orbit around

The intricate and mind-bending cast iron facade at the Sullivan Center in #Chicago by #architect #LouisSullivan.

A huge glass dome that is predominantly blue with a floral looking motif at the center.

The coffered ceiling in the entryway to the dome has incredible green and brown mosaics lining the wall with elegant cast iron lights hanging from the ceiling.

One of the hanging pendant lights, which appears to be cast iron and have a tremendous amount of fine detail.

The #Chicago Cultural Center doesn't just have one amazing glass dome. There's two! This is the Preston Bradley Hall #Tiffany Dome and the adjacent entryway. Just incredible. #architecture

A wide angle view of the marble lined room and circular dome.

A detail of the stained glass dome, featuring flowers and other delicate design work in pastel colors.

The incredible Rotunda & Dome at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall (1897) inside the #Chicago Cultural Center, which use to be a library. Simply magnificent.

I could wander around Chicago looking just at architecture for 2-3 days and be perfectly happy.

A black and white light fixture with large vertical opaque glass pieces that narrow in 3 stages until it reaches the bottom. The fixture also has some delicate filigree.

Lighting #design was a missed career opportunity. I love this gorgeous #ArtDeco entry sconce from 1928 at 333 N. Michigan Ave. in #Chicago. It appears to be around 4 ft. tall!

Book cover for "The New Wilderness," by Diane Cook, featuring two birds fighting in vivid colors of pink, red, and blue.

A gripping storyline driven by the need to escape an environmental apocalypse that tackles the dynamics of human nature and family bonds in extreme circumstances. I became absorbed in the struggles of the characters.

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
#fiction #booksky #novel

Cambridge University study finds art enhances abstract thinking - BBC News Researchers are examining the cognitive effects when asking people to judge a piece of art.

"It's becoming much rarer to zone out and just let the mind wander, but that's when we think in ways that broaden our horizons."

In the foreground a garden is dotted with colorful perennial bulbs. Then in the distance a large hedge lines the garden and the Chicago skyline looks over the scene.

I paid a visit to the #LurieGarden by #PietOudolf, one of my favorite #garden #designers. It's still looking like spring, and I even found a very tame bunny gorging on all the plants.

A view of the Chicago skyline overlooking the Chicago river, Michigan Ave, and the Tribune Building.

Hello #Chicago!

A sleeping white Chihuahua laying on its back with its tongue hanging out while sitting on the lap of its human.

Barley naps anywhere anytime.

Thanks for letting me know!

AntennaPod – The Open Podcast Player AntennaPod is a podcast player that is completely open. The app is open-source and you can subscribe to any RSS feed. AntennaPod is built by volunteers without commercial intere...

If you're an #Android user struggling to find a good #podcast app (like I was), may I recommend @antennapod.org. It's #opensource and the UI is #adfree, which are two of my biggest #mobiletech priorities.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here's Why They're Everywhere Now.

This is one of the reasons why I avoid most, if not all technology, that requires an internet connection or an app to operate. Choose #opensource software, devices that can operate locally, and appliances that are dumb.

#OpenSourceSoftware #LocalFirst #OfflineLiving #SustainableTech #PrivacyFirst

The Most Outrageous Stories Behind Damaged Artworks Careless tourists, art intervention, a moment of insanity, there are numerous reasons why art has been damaged. Read some of these stories.

Some of these were new to me. Nice roundup of crazy behavior in the arts.

#DamagedArt #ArtStories #ArtHistory #ArtRestoration #ArtWorld

With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future by looking to the past Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there’s a long tradition of innovation, adaptation and collective action among American artists.

This is a really great summary of federal funding of the arts in the U.S. from @theconversation.com. So much can be learned from the past to naviagate our future.

#FederalFunding #Artists #CreativeResilience #ArtisticHeritage #FundingChallenges #CulturalPreservation #ArtCommunity

Monumental Murals by Agostino Iacurci Vibrantly Reimagine Urban Facades Murals by Agostino Iacurci bring drab buildings to life in bold jewel tones, playful patterns, color blocks, and symmetry.

An architects nightmare, but I think these murals are fantastic. There is so much potential for more this throughout the U.S.

#Murals #StreetArt #UrbanArt #ArtInPublicSpaces #CreativeCommunity #ArtisticExpression #CityBeautification #CulturalRevitalization

Eat breakfast from around the world in Indy Try Mexican chilaquiles, Malaysian fried bread with eggs, Peruvian tamal and Egyptian “fool” fava bean.

This is my new hit list for local #Indianapolis food from around the world. I've been pleasantly surprised by the #GlobalCuisine options here.

#IndianapolisEats #FoodieAdventures #IndyFoodScene #TasteTheWorld #FoodLovers #CulinaryJourney #IndyEats

#Indianapolis is doing a good job planting trees downtown, but the surrounding neighborhoods need more attention!

Only 25% of #Indianapolis has tree cover, and that's down -0.9%

Which cities have the most trees? See how yours stacks up. Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others

#Indianapolis desperately needs to invest in tree cover looking at research on @washingtonpost.com. More trees will help people cope with increasing temperatures.

#TreeCover #UrbanForestry #ClimateAction #SustainableCities #GreenSpaces #HeatMitigation #EnvironmentalJustice #NatureInTheCity

Can #Indianapolis put up a mural that's not sports related? 🙄

‘It’s almost like Vaseline’: artists including Antony Gormley swap paint for seaweed ink in art challenge Ocean-inspired artworks created using kelp-based pigment will be sold to raise funds for conservation

I really like the idea of using #SeaweedInk to make art. It doesn't seem to be widely available yet. Here's a story about artists who have used it for an an exhibit in England.

#ArtInnovation #SustainableArt #EcoFriendlyArt #ArtExhibit #CreativeSustainability #ArtFromNature #BlueskyArt

The book cover for Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk features a forest of flat spikey black trees on a dark blue background. The trees cast rose colored shadows. All the text runs vertically within the trees and there is a Nobel Prize Winner sticker.

This is one of the best #books I've read this year. "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" by #OlgaTokarczuk is a #NobelPrize winner by the #Polish author, and revolves around a series of murders in rural Village. It's quirky humorous, and deceptively dark.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
#novel #booksky

A small white and beige Chihuahua in a carry bag with its tongue hanging out.

Barley got a little tired on the #hike today so he retreated to his sling carry bag.

#dogs #dogsofbluesky