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witkar2go

witkar2go

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

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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: , , ,  

handvas

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thanks to peter ‘shortlife’ for the link and suggesting that this might be a useful gadget for me… haha

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m / 23-08-2013 08:41 - tags: , ,  

fluffy strike

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i’m loving these cuddly pieces of packaging from UK artist kate jenkins

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m / 21-08-2013 08:09 - tags: , , ,  

moving words

talented designer (but lousy pool player) ‘jeroen krielaars’ (a.k.a. calango) runs a website containing moving fonts under the name animography, amongst other fun stuff is a new font project called ‘franchise’ for which he approached 110 of his favourite animators, each taking on one or several characters to animate in their own style

the choice of a fixed set of colours ensures that it all binds together and feels like a unified but diverse family, the font can be imported straight into after effects for immediate use… nice work; in fact it is even free to download in exchange for a tweet…

m / 23-07-2013 15:48 - tags: , ,  

suzy glam spends a fortune

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m / 09-07-2013 07:39 - tags: ,