fascinating project which aims to document the whole of the netherlands by the age of its 9,866,539 buildings
zoom in and have a look at amsterdam for example; although i believe the data is not 100% accurate… it provides a beautiful visualisation of the countries’ history (via this site)
a noteworthy experiment in the irish town of bushmills (yes from the whisky): the town has been suffering an economic depression and locals have raised funds to decorate empty buildings with fake scenes depicting a series of shops and homes, complete with people in the windows… i find this idea weird and great at the same time…
apparently the project has had some success in finding new owners for the deserted properties… story via pinar & viola
following the opening of her latest show in paris, book designer ‘irma boom’ has released a new edition of her mini monograph ‘boom’, now in two formats: small and an XXL edition which contains more work and obviously larger images
boths edition have been updated with recent projects such as the braille book for ‘chanel’
one from the ‘vaults’ i discovered in a box last week: a series of lino-cuts i made for a philips software brochure, a long time ago…
in fact way back in 1989, the brochure was also designed by me, if i remember correctly the lino-cuts were made at the same size as they were finally reproduced at (i no longer have the originals) and all were printed in spot colours on uncoated stock
looking back on them now i guess i should start doing more of this kind of stuff, it’s fun to do and certainly not a very common technique these days…
