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the eternal camera
…the camera generates power by converting some of the light falling on its sensor into electricity that is then used to take a snap… theoretically the self-powered device could take a picture every second, forever…
the first step towards a camera that is self-powered, and maybe a huge step towards many things that could work in a similar fashion… exciting stuff
fhk: life & legacy
…his career can be crudely divided into two halves: first, there was the wartime poster artist; second, the hard-edged corporate identity specialist of the 1960s and 1970s. But it is my contention that there is a defining third phase, marked by his withdrawal from consultancy life in 1980 when he freed himself from commercial pressures and took up various causes that linked him to the more progressive wing of graphic design: causes such as design education; the championing of radical designers through his writing and his membership of AGI, and his readiness to speak out against the Thatcherisation of the design profession…
a short piece by adrian shaughnessy on fhk henrion over at unit editions
Albania to Zimbabwe
ever wanted to see all the passports in the world in one place? or even to sort them by colour?
then you should probably take a look at the passport index
transparent travel
great story this one: in 1939 pontiac built a car with a new material that had just been developed: perspex
