a mesmerising little film to welcome the weekend (tip via ‘uwe’)
me news
desert island discs
the BBC radio show ‘desert island discs’ is something of an institute in the UK, celebrities are interviewed and asked to share the ten records they would take with them if they had to live alone on a desert island… this week i came across the revamped logo for the program, which is really quite good in my opinion, a classical logo that says what it is about… simple
it was done in-house by the BBC design team and you can read some more about the development here
tell me that’s not shit
‘the devil makes work for idle hands’ as they say in england… for several years now my friend ‘afke besseling’ has been making a series of naive illustrations which she dubs ‘verveelkunst’ (boredom art) from the poetic to the the absurd it is a series of roughly drawn almost diary like observations, some of which, at least, seem to be autobiographical
the series which are all drawn freehand on a computer using bright colours and coarse random typeface choices, cannot be found online (unless you are friends with her on facebook), she doesn’t appear to have any ulterior motive with the series (it is merely a hobby) and they are not for sale, which only makes me want to own a few even more… ‘hi mum, it’s me, yes i still sleep with my socks on…’
the indecisive moment
…if there is such a thing in photography as a “decisive moment”, the term coined by Henri Cartier-Bresson, then there must also be the opposite – the casual, corner of the eye event. These, almost unnoticed events are what photographer André Thijssen captures…
my mate andré is having a little show at the ‘KK outlet’ in london starting in a fortnight, pop by if you are around… he’s the guy with the funny looking dark framed glasses… oh wait that’s me isn’t it?
identity theft
(via ‘sanne w’)