January 2008
26 posts
things magazine on failed objects and cultural...
We don’t hear much about ‘failed objects’ these days, especially in the rabidly circular online culture of aesthetic appreciation, where objects are there to stimulate and enthrall, but little else. The idea of an online representation of any ‘thing’ being said to fail is almost an oxymoron - by the very act of being photographed/scanned/digitised and uploaded,...
Shu Uemura Tokyo Lash Bar
Book covers
David Pearson: Great Ideas vol. I. and Great Ideas vol. II. and Great Ideas (Germany) Or try to make it better here.
A cabin, a shed and the well-tempered personal...
Two things found via materialicio.us
1. Red Cabin by the sea, staffan strindberg 2. Michael Pollan´garden office (original post at shedworking) City of Sound´s Dan Hill presentation The Well-Tempered Personal Environment and accompanying notes (via things magazine)
Harry and Doug Odom, with their dog, Taxi
© Amy Toensing Kevin Miyazaki explains the story behind the picture
Lina Scheynius
Lina Scheynius - photography And her Flickr gallery
Caring For Your Introvert « The Errant Æsthete →
I went to the car park because I wished to live...
Lovely post by Geoff Manaugh about Walden, a staged version of Henry Thoreau’s work. BLDGBLOG post [Image: Photograph ©Richard Barnes. More info at Magnetic North].
My Fake Baby
The extraordinary world of ‘re-borns’ - life-like baby dolls - and the women who buy them Living Doll | My Fake Baby | Channel4.com
advice to sink in slowly
An ongoing series of posters designed by recent and established graduates of University College Falmouth for the purpose of passing on advice and inspiration to first year students. Flickr set / Web site / Shop
