thanks to ‘rolf@grrr’ for pointing me to this promo: but special thanks go to ‘mathilde’, ‘sarah’ & ‘marine’ for brightening up my afternoon… ok, the trashy electro-pop is a bit average but the video more than makes up for that…
me news
a point well made
beware: this poem-inspired attack on the hypnotic power of the ugliness that calls itself ‘television’ is almost as annoying as the real thing (via facebook)
objects
the online (vintage) design bookstore ‘counter print’ also has a sister site dealing in desirable objects, like these funky scissors by michael sodeau, nice…
oops there goes another one
spotted via ‘qbn’: these surreal images (taken by a DOE expert) of the ‘horizon’ oil platform transforming into a pile of rubble and poison…
cash on demand
here is a useful resource with images (sadly fairly poor quality files) of all of the world’s banknotes, old and new… the swiss ones remain one of my favourites, especially when you see them for real, the combination of printing techniques and colours are fabulous…
