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discodip day
good fun playing around with this colourful stuff today; that might however, change when it comes to clearing up later…
ten holt
nice portrait of celebrated dutch classical composer ‘simeon ten holt’ who passed away this weekend, by photographer ‘friso keuris’
join the movement
some beautiful monumental (kinetic) imagery from japanese artist shinichi maruyama, for example these two series called respectively ‘nude’ and ‘water sculpture’
(many thanks to pepijn for the tip)
mapping the dam
this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, yesterday
mapping amsterdam
I recently came across three online projects, each mapping certain aspects of the city I call home, in its own specific way: Designer Hans Gremmens’ wonderful Amsterdamdam which collates the turbulent history of the ‘Dam’ into an intriguing visual story. A real-time map of the decibel levels (‘geluidsnet’) created by Schiphol Airport. Usually worst when we have strong winds at this time of year (forcing planes to travel straight over the city centre). And finally a project documenting lost or forgotten street names; which badly needs input if you happen to know of any…