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in der beek

…hank Schmidt in der Beek stands in the manner of a ‘plein air’ painter surrounded by mountain scenery and paints the pattern of his shirt on canvas…

thanks to ‘walter’ @ monodot for pointing me to this one: hilarious indeed…

m / 28-05-2010 21:37 - tags: , ,  

s is for ‘sit’?

it’s admittedly difficult to judge based on a few small jpgs, but these abc chairs score fairly low on two of the major factors i would use to consider whether a chair ‘works’ or not: firstly they don’t really look that good and i find it hard to believe that they are comfortable to sit on, but as i said that’s all based on a few small jpgs…

m / 28-05-2010 21:31 - tags: ,  

bazan

From 1992 to 2006, he lived and photographed the island of Cuba documenting the unique time in Cuban history called The Special Period. This body of work has given him the privilege to win some of the world most prestigious photographic awards among them The W. Eugene Smith grant; the Mother Jones Foundation for Photojournalism, the World Press Photo and two fellowships from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation.

his was a new name to me: but my wife and i are currently residing in a house belonging to the family so it’s full of books of his work and his pictures on the walls, documentary photographer ernesto bazan was born here in palermo, sicily but now works all over the world…

m / 28-05-2010 14:37 - tags: , ,  

zero to two hundred and fifty five

this is a handy little online app which helps you to find lighter and darker tints based on any color

m / 28-05-2010 14:26 - tags: ,  

international design event amsterdam

what design can do for humanity
what design can do for food
what design can do for children
what design can do for politics
what design can do for you
what design can do for me
what design can do for us

the designpolitie are one of the groups responsible for organising a new design event in amsterdam roughly a year from now, entitled ‘idea’… the event promises a series of lectures, presentations, exhibitions and much more, as a kick-off they are hosting a ‘pre-event’ in the coming month (7th of june) to explain the idea behind ‘idea’ and to get people involved

unfortunately i will not be able to attend the kick-off but will certainly be keeping my eyes open when any new information becomes available online… speakers for the kick-off include ‘reza abedini’, ‘thonik’ and architects ‘mvrdv’

m / 28-05-2010 14:10 - tags: , ,