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In our East Berlin article of Colonial Days, we show a picture of a man using a shaving horse to trim cedar shakes. We also show the use of a shaving horse in our cooper article. Jack the Cooper came up with his own plans to build the shaving horse he uses. There are two traditional styles of shaving horses, the English bodgeris bench and the Continental schnitzelbank or dumbhead. There is pictorial evidence of the dumbhead being used in the 15th and 16th centuries, although the English style does not show up until the late 19th century.

You read the papers and think about the increasing levels of CO2 emissions, and shake your head at how science isn't helping us live better just yet. Everyone who is anyone seems to agree to the global press that carbon emissions need to be reduced, renewable sources of energy need to be made mainstream, and sustainability is the new cool that our melting polar caps need.

China's famous Tide brand's first store - Roaring Wild - is filled with red and black, hitting all the right notes. Domani Architectural Concepts has built the design on fierce strokes presented to shake the soul. Find out more here…