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sky arts ignition: memory palace

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Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace brings together a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru with 20 original commissions from leading graphic designers, illustrators and typographers to create a multidimensional story. The way we read books is changing. Memory Palace explores how a story might be imagined in a different format – as a walk-in book.
Each of the designers and illustrators worked on a different passage of text from the story, responding freely to the text.

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and here for peter bil’ak and erik kessels

m / 20-06-2013 08:42 - tags: , , ,  

silvermine

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this little book series look amazing, i ‘want’ them all, even if the contents are less appealing to me…

m / 20-06-2013 07:58 - tags: , ,  

google glitches

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…i collect Google Earth images. I discovered strange moments where the illusion of a seamless representation of the Earth’s surface seems to break down. At first, I thought they were glitches, or errors in the algorithm, but looking closer I realized the situation was actually more interesting — these images are not glitches. They are the absolute logical result of the system…

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interesting article about artist clement vella and his postcards from google earth

m / 19-06-2013 15:22 - tags: , , ,  

classic hipster

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it’s been all over the place this week so i thought i’d share it too: statues dressed as hipsters

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m / 18-06-2013 08:44 - tags: , ,  

florem illusio

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a new (personal) series of ‘surreal flowers’ by stills photographer marcel christ

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m / 12-06-2013 10:12 - tags: , ,