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tokyo camouflage

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an amusing project from japanese design graduate haruka matsubara

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who has created clothing to blend in with typical street scenes from tokyo, where neon signs, overhead cables and a mish-mash of architectural styles all collide…

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(link via ‘doctor strange’)

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m / 01-08-2015 10:48 - tags: , , , ,  

marked for ill-doing

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a little article from the bbc website, that examines the origins of an omnipresent word in the modern world

m / 01-08-2015 10:42 - tags: , , ,  

growth, decline, growth

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an interactive map showing the population flux in europe, the trend remains downwards… you can zoom right in to your part of the (european) world and check the current situation

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type treasure trove

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check out this amazing collection of type specimens and vintage typography: the letterform archive

m / 22-07-2015 16:55 - tags: , , ,  

true colours

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in the category ‘unusual news’ this week:

the population of new zealand is being asked via a referendum, to decide what their new flag should be

shown above are some of the early designs of which four have been chosen (below) as options for the referendum, it seems like a clear choice to me…

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m / 01-07-2015 10:34 - tags: , , ,