23,000 spiders=1 ounce of silk

Strands of silk from over one million of Madagascar’s golden orb spiders (Nephila
madagascariensis) were woven together to make this dazzling textile, the only one
of its kind in the world.

at the Art Institute of Chicago, until 31st October, then at the V&A in January 2012
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want want

have I ever wanted something so plain so badly? maybe, maybe not, because they usually end up in everyday use, and not having the one off allure of the flashy, but oh how I want this acne shirt from Incu

A Space Wardrobe

The New York Times has a gallery of spacesuits from the golden era of space exploration.

(science and technology studies, design history, and they are beautiful especially in x-ray)