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uselessness is…

useless_sagmeister2

…gorgeous, a new installation from ‘stefan sagmeister’ currently on show at the ‘cultural centre’ in chicago, created with thousands of cigarette rolling papers & 2 electric fans, sweet

useless_sagmeister

m / 06-09-2013 08:22 - tags: , ,  

13 meters

metropole_truck

i am about to start work on a large corporate design piece to fit this monster truck, more news soon… and i visited the swanky offices of a large local design firm today (below) to discuss an inspiration talk i will be giving there in the autumn, both things should be fun :)

design_talk_dba

m / 04-09-2013 13:50 - tags: , ,  

10 from tony

tony_brooks_interview

a short interview with friendly man tony brooks who i had some dealings with last year, especially his answer to the question ‘what do you do’ i find refreshing…

m / 04-09-2013 13:38 - tags: ,  

witkar2go (first posted 23rd of aug 13.)

witkar2go

this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, originally posted obn the 23rd of august 2013…

witkar2go

For me Amsterdam is still a place where a lot of mad and weird people join forces and collectively come up with unconventional, surprising and progressive ideas that are (sometimes) way ahead of their time.

For example this story from the fabulous ‘oud amsterdam’ facebook page about the ‘witkar’ experiment at the height of the hippie era (1968); which nearly became a reality. Twenty five years later, of course, it has…

I recently took a ride in the ‘Car2Go’ bumper cars and was suprised that it was all a reasonably ‘ok’ experience. If I had a choice, however; I would definitely go for the ‘James Bond / Goldfinger / Thunderball’ vibe of the original one anyday.

this is a previous article (from the 14th of june) which i hadn’t yet posted: 1000 years of amsterdam

m / 26-08-2013 07:57 - tags: , , ,  

witkar2go

witkar2go

this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, last week

witkar2go

For me Amsterdam is still a place where a lot of mad and weird people join forces and collectively come up with unconventional, surprising and progressive ideas that are (sometimes) way ahead of their time.

For example this story from the fabulous ‘oud amsterdam’ facebook page about the ‘witkar’ experiment at the height of the hippie era (1968); which nearly became a reality. Twenty five years later, of course, it has…

I recently took a ride in the ‘Car2Go’ bumper cars and was suprised that it was all a reasonably ‘ok’ experience. If I had a choice, however; I would definitely go for the ‘James Bond / Goldfinger / Thunderball’ vibe of the original one anyday.

this is a previous article (from the 14th of june) which i hadn’t yet posted: 1000 years of amsterdam

m / 26-08-2013 07:54 - tags: , , ,