a short interview with talented photographer and friend dominic davies, i’d love to see that hitchcock coin dom!
me news
ipad modern
the ‘tate modern’ have just released a new dedicated ipad app documenting their ‘turbine hall’ series (a retrospective of 13 years) including amongst others ‘anish kapoor’ and many previously unseen footage & sketches from the artists involved
designed by cogapp, the app employs a highly intuitive navigation system featuring a scroll wheel, which my ‘intuition’ is still trying really hard to get used to…
storformat
the ‘about’ page says the following: a collection platform for contemporary & historical poster design with the purpose to show, conserve and inform about the big canvas in graphic design & typography
but, basically ‘storformat’ is a facebook group full of funky old (and less old) modernist posters… the group has been around since 2009 but seems to be much more active since this year… “like”
outcast editions
a series of interactive digital books on contemporary residential architecture designed by (former ‘8vo’ partner) ‘hamish muir’
the books contain a mix of photographs, video and architectural drawings combined in a slick, monochromatic touchscreen interface; i havent tried them yet so can’t really comment on the experience or content as yet… ‘unit editions’ have also recently interviewed hamish
same perspective, different view (20th july ’12)
this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, originally posted on the 20th of july ’12…
same perspective, different view
One of the things that makes the canal district in Amsterdam so beautiful (to me) is the combination of a master plan and complete randomness. The general layout is symmetrical and ordered; yet new houses have been squeezed in where a gap once was or tacked on to other houses at different times, with a totally different aesthetic and sense of proportion. There are plenty of dazzlingly weird views to be seen and even after twenty years I still see new things and odd details every single day. It is no coincidence that the whole area has been placed on the ‘Unesco’ world heritage program.
One of my favourite corners is where the Herengracht meets the Leidsegracht. (+52° 22′ 4.18″, +4° 53′ 13.11″) Every morning this collection of angular buildings, crooked lines and church spires seems to shift perspective as you pass by. In fact there is so much to take in that it must have been years before I even spotted the little red man hiding on the roof staring into the distance with his hands behind his back. Have you seen him yet?
