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The Black Ivy : " One flip through a 1940s Skull and Bones year book and it becomes apparent that the Ivy League was essentially a white experience. Twenty years later, Take Ivy documented within its iconic pages that the demographic had not really changed (there was one black student featured on page 83). Joshua Kissi and Travis Gumbs, of the New York style blog Street Etiquette , embody an appreciation for that very Ivy League aesthetic in their own style. Although inadequately represented as blacks in the definitive document of this particular style, they champion it. Today, the lasting effects of affirmative action have granted minorities a significant place in Ivy League universities. The duo felt compelled to introduce The Black Ivy in the spirit of T. Hayashida’s collection of candid photographs some 45 years ago. It is this appreciation of Ivy League style that made collaborating with Kissi and Gumbs a likely partnership. City College of New York serves as the lands...

Heavy Bicycle Loads (10 photos) : " Apparently, some people in China have never heard of U-Haul. They are, however, amazingly efficient in the way they pack and move all their inventory on a tiny little bike. 'Manufactured Totems' is a series by Alain Delorme which brilliantly portrays the pressure Shanghainese migrant workers face. Piles of products labeled “Made in China” are stacked up to produce gargantuan sculptures, symbolizing their ever-increasing fetish with objects. The vertical nature of these items echoes the incessant expansion of the urban space - constantly under construction. Alain Delorme via mutual art "

Inside Mad Men : " Photograph by James Minchin III We've really been enjoying this season of Mad Men so far. It was a treat to see these behind-the-scenes shots from the set in Rolling Stone . It's amazing how convincing a world this television show has created. It's kind of shocking to see some of the actors out of character. Cooper is hardly recognizable! And how out of place does that Mac look?! "

From The Times: Capturing the Atom Bomb. : " The New York Times has posted an incredible slideshow of Atom Bomb imagery , and some of them truly have to be seen to be believed. Below are some samples, click here to see more. In 1956 in the South Pacific, the fireball from the detonation of a hydrogen bomb begins to spread. In 1951, an atomic flash in the South Pacific illuminates V.I.P. observers. In 1953, a team of cameramen from Lookout Mountain photograph an atomic blast. The haze just in front of them is dust kicked up from the desert floor by the approaching shock wave. The Navy blimp was more than five miles from ground zero when the shock wave from a nuclear blast collapsed it. In 1953 at the Nevada test site, the cameramen from Lookout Mountain photograph the firing of an atomic cannon. The ring of fire in the developing mushroom cloud is typical of the kinds of strange effects that scientists were eager to study and understand. (This one looks like a Star Wars still or s...

A Hoodie With a Hidden Vulcan Salute : " From Fashionably Geek : Holy crap that is brilliant. When zipped, it’s just a hand on a hoodie. Unzip and it’s the Vulcan salute . Lie down on your side and it’s the Vulcan shocker . Product Page ($40) "