local design (with a capital D) bookshop mendo have updated their website and online shop, depleting your bank account never looked so stylish (tip via mister dylan ‘bob’ polak)
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7485656 characters / 140 = 53469 tweets
…one of the longest novels ever written… consists of 7 volumes… has a total of approximately 1.5 million words… which equals with the english translation 7485656 characters / 140 = 53469 tweets. One tweet per hour = 2228 days or 6.1 years…
interesting project by jonas lund who is tweeting ‘in search of time’ by marcel proust in ‘140 character’ bite sizes…
amsterdam in documents
this beautiful thick book arrived in the studio this week: ‘amsterdam in stukken’ made by the world as flatland, the accompanying website shows a few representative spreads but also hints at the almost online-like apprearance of the whole structure
it contains a vast amount of data and varying media & formats but the layered/interactive design approach actually works very well to guide you through the mass of data it contains, very original; worth getting hold of a copy to see for yourself…