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try not to…

…make an ass of yourself

a frankly bizarre telegram sent to ‘michael jackson’ in 1984
by his good friend ‘marlon brando’… say what?

m / 08-07-2010 08:22 - tags: ,  

one size fits all

amsterdam has never been so quiet as right now, the whole country is glued to the TV waiting to see who they will face in the world cup final on sunday and i’m sat here blogging! anyway, this looks fun: an exhibition in london at the V&A; architects build small spaces

according to my mate ‘dom’ (who has seen it) these pictures don’t do it justice… stilll looks very interesting, there is also a micro blog with more images and details…

m / 07-07-2010 22:03 - tags: , ,  

bold and primary

some logo nostalgia from 1060’s / 70’s scandinavia
(via my ‘suikerdepot’ friends)

m / 06-07-2010 15:06 - tags: , ,  

yeah thats not what I was looking for at all

the worlds’ most sarcastic graphic designer david thorne is back and he’s upsetting people again

(tip via my good friend steve, thanks mate)

m / 06-07-2010 14:09 - tags: ,  

‘photography is an art for lazy people’

this fascinating series of images (above kerouac, below neal cassady) taken from beat poet allen ginsberg’s photo diary have been rediscovered in the US and can be viewed here

i am currently rereading some of jack kerouac’s best books (ranked amongst my all-time favourites) at the moment, so it is particularly poignant to see the two images below of kerouac in ’53 on his rise to fame and then barely 10 years later looking very sad, disillusioned and drunk…

(via ‘silver lining’)

m / 03-07-2010 22:30 - tags: , ,