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dda 2010

congratulations to all of the finalists in this years dda awards, my ‘generations’ illustration was actually nominated but didn’t make it into the final rounds, oh well maybe next year… good luck to everyone on the list in october… if the dda’s website jittery flash interface annoys you, this article is a lot easier to navigate

m / 03-07-2010 22:15 - tags: , , ,  

it’s too…

hot to write anything or work… so no news today, i’m off outdoors

m / 02-07-2010 12:54 - tags:  

batta-mon

is a japanese word for ‘locust stuff’, in the kansai dialect it is also slang for ‘knock-off’; but it is also the title of a series of insects made from fake ‘louis vuitton’ bags by japanese artist mitsuhiro okamoto, although the fact that they were fake products didn’t prevent the ‘fashion maffia’ from proving just how ugly they
can be… unbelievable

(tip via move your teeth)

m / 01-07-2010 11:19 - tags: , ,  

room to work

photographer ‘raymond waltjen’ has just opened his own gallery space/annex meeting place in amsterdam, now for hire if you need to meet up somewhere else for a few hours…

m / 01-07-2010 10:52 - tags: ,  

we are the robots

the new identity for london’s much respected science museum has just been launched, i get the idea and the rationale but… the execution, in my opinion, is well… a little underwhelming… it even already looks (disappointingly) dated to me

m / 29-06-2010 13:54 - tags: ,