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the revolution will be in colour

some surprising images of everyday life in russia from uzbekistan to the caucasus, taken roughly 100 years ago… in colour

update sept 1st: many thanks to photographer ‘jacques verschuren for pointing out an error: the pictures, it appears are not colour at all, the originals were black & white glass negatives which have been digitally ‘colour printed’ by the american library of congress

m / 31-08-2010 09:06 - tags: ,  

update

young french graduate (and ex-studio dumbar intern) alexia boiteau sent me an a link to her updated portfolio

m / 31-08-2010 09:02 - tags: , ,  

prarie specimens 1998-2002

a beautiful collection of fragile nature specimens from american photographer terry evans

m / 31-08-2010 08:30 - tags: , ,  

from here to patternity

fashion, graphic design, textiles, architecture, product design and just about anyhting else, but from a different angle… patternity is mostly concerned about the repetitive nature of things…

m / 30-08-2010 15:19 - tags:  

reality

…but then augmented, although i do hope that this isn’t the future… because it makes my eyes go all funny

…the architecture of the contemporary city is no longer simply about the physical space of buildings and landscape, more and more it is about the synthetic spaces created by the digital information that we collect, consume and organise; an immersive interface may become as much part of the world we inhabit as the buildings around us…

m / 30-08-2010 15:09 - tags: , ,