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there’s something wrong with this bike

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…back in 2009 I began pestering friends and random strangers. I would walk up to them with a pen and a sheet of paper asking that they immediately draw me a men’s bicycle, by heart. Soon I found out that when confronted with this odd request most people have a very hard time remembering exactly how a bike is made. Some did get close, some actually nailed it perfectly, but most ended up drawing something that was pretty far off…

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hilarious project by italian designer gianluca gimini and a great idea/way to do some self-promotion for himself… check them out here (via ‘wired) and see also this project of mine from back in 2008

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m / 15-08-2016 11:17 - tags: , , ,  

type hunters – kunstuur

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check out this charming little documentary from dutch TV show ‘kunstuur’ called type hunters, which follows four typographers (erik spiekermann & bas from ‘underware’ amongst others) who discuss the type in their city and what it means to them

(still available online, for a limited time and in dutch only)

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on a related note also check this website lost fonts of amsterdam

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(thanks to peter kortleve) for the tip

m / 11-08-2016 11:51 - tags: , , , ,  

#playingrecordswithafivepoundnote

wow, just checked and it works… #playingrecordswithafivepoundnote #bluemonday

A video posted by me studio – Martin Pyper (@me_images) on

i was in the UK last week and got hold of the new (plastic) five pound note, which has an interesting bonus feature…

m / 11-08-2016 08:24 - tags: , , ,  

us

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an amazing shot of planet earth as seen from the hubble telescope which i came across this week (sorry couldn’t find the correct credit)

‘too good to be true’ update:
many thanks to designer sjoerd kulsdom for pointing me to this link, which actually explains that it is fake, oh well…

m / 10-08-2016 12:13 - tags: , , ,  

3D me

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the misses and i got our very own 3D selfies made recently, it’s a fascinating experience to see yourself reduced down to 10 cm tall

even though the details are still quite rough with 3D printing at this stage in its life-cycle; there is just enough detail and form there to be able to recognise yourself unmistakably… it’s almost eerie in fact

m / 08-08-2016 10:54 - tags: , , ,