dutch photo blog ‘photo q’ have just launched a new online auction, always worth a look… there are often some real gems amongst their selection, this one has largely been curated by my friend and fanatical collector ‘han schoonhoven’
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infogymnastics
it’s possibly one of the healthiest ways to practice graphic design and apparently even an aspiring olympic sport… one of the latest figures is the statue of liberty and much like any other trend figure running even has its own ‘app’
foto chroma eilers (posted 18th may 12)
this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, originally posted on the 18th of may ’12…
foto chroma
The building in the foreground (shown above) is currently a rather expensive restaurant frequented mainly by wealthy american tourists staying at the ‘Renaissance Hotel’ (across the road) on the corner of the ‘Kattegat’ near Central Station in Amsterdam.
I have lived in the narrow street to the left for almost 20 years and (give or take a few cars, lots of sign posts and graffiti) this is basically what i still see everyday. The only big difference is that this colour image was taken almost 100 years ago by local photographer ‘Bernard F. Eilers’ whose ‘foto chroma eilers’ technique was one of the earliest and best of its kind.
To see more of his fascinating ‘Amsterdam in colour’ series, also worth a look is the enormous collection of the Amsterdam City Archive online: Stadsarchief.
Eilers was briefly celebrated for his work but soon overtaken by american competitors such as Kodak and Agfa, now themselves in turn, just a part of history…
see also this related post on the same subject, back in ’10
pay pal type
a newly released rounded font set called: bariol, with a ‘radiohead mindset’ on what it should cost you…
somebody put a lot of effort into this, so please think twice before choosing 1 euro… (via ‘uwe’)
eda 12
congratulations to the winners of the european design awards 2012, once again the dutch are very strongly represented, although i must say that like the past few years i find the level of the winning entries a bit ‘all over the place’ to say the least… there doesn’t seem to be a strong viewpoint on what the best of the best is… personally this is also a reason for me not to enter the competition