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tube animals

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it appears to be quite an old collection, but new to me: animals on the underground map

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m / 15-10-2013 07:22 - tags: , , ,  

ghost of anne frank

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a fascinating new series based on the original ghosts of world WW II project

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this time focussing on amsterdam and in particular as seen through the eyes of anne frank, very poignant if you recognise the places featured in the images, there is also mention of an app called anne’s amsterdam, but which doesn’t (yet) appear to be in the app store

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m / 14-10-2013 08:36 - tags: , ,  

codex seraphinianus

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…originally published in 1981, the codex seraphinianus is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by the italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months, from 1976 to 1978. The book is approximately 360 pages long (depending on edition), and written in a strange, generally unintelligible alphabet…

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i had never heard of this fascinating book before, although the morphing crocodile image i have seen before, see also this article

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m / 11-10-2013 07:50 - tags: , , ,  

spio

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a small set of graphic nostalgia (via ‘harmpie’)

m / 04-10-2013 07:58 - tags: , , ,  

healthy music

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how brilliant is this? the the vegetable orchestra makes music with some rather unconventional instruments…

check the film here above and you can hear more of the rather primeval results here… also many thanks to my brilliant dad for the tip :)

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m / 03-10-2013 08:17 - tags: ,