me news

family ties

american photographer ‘bobby neel adams’ is interested in relationships, he creates collage images (made by hand) of partial faces that define the ties between people

in one series the faces are of the same person in two stages of his life, in another series the match is parent/child and in the third couples… this is a new approach to me and one which i really like… (found via ‘file magazine’ who’ve also updated their site)

m / 16-09-2009 12:30

egg heads

my intern ‘uwe’ spent a day back in august helping ‘sander & lernert’ shoot a new video for noise makers ‘aux raus’, this is what they came up with…

m / 16-09-2009 12:24

art works

italian designer ‘francesca martorelli’ mailed me yesterday, she has some nice looking work, like these 3d illustrations which caught me eye

m / 16-09-2009 12:21

vekta font

interesting looking font family vekta over at the ‘type trust’, with several matching styles

m / 16-09-2009 12:18

outerspace on a shoestring budget

Two MIT students have successfully photographed the earth from space on a strikingly low budget of $148. Perhaps more significantly, they managed to accomplish this feat using components available off-the-shelf to the average layperson, opening the doors for a new generation of amateur space enthusiasts. The pair plan to launch again soon and hope that their achievements will inspire teachers and students to pursue similar endeavors.

interesting story on how to go a very long way with very little cash (via the ‘bright’ blog)

m / 16-09-2009 12:15