Song I Love

Spiral by woon

Foggy Night

Sunshine by Submotion Orchestra

If you can see

"If you can see, you can also take pictures. But learning to see may take a long time." anon

Greg Simkins

more here

Driving

Driving to dinner last night, from Soller to Deia, Mallorca

Carnival

These kids look exhausted after about 8 hours of dancing next to their float.

Data Removal Service

Click here to see full infographic.

Google compiles and holds vast amounts of the world's data.  It's supposed to be totally private but sometimes governments need that information for investigations and they request it rom Google.  Other times, governments find a piece of data offensive or erroneous, and request that Google remove it from its database entirely. The search giant makes all these requests public.  This is a look at which countries ask Google for the most information on its users, which ask Google to remove the most information and how often Google gives information.  China considers any request to Google to be a state secret.  Google, therefore, does not publish the number of its requests. 

Google Voice vintage phone booths

Google introduce old style phone booths across America in locations such as busy college campuses and airports, to advertise the Google Voice calling feature which can be accessed through your Gmail account.  These Google voice phone boxes are completely free to use, and aim to get people to use Google Voice, and see how the quality compares to alternatives.

Breathless - Watch it.

Tristan Perich

Interesting?

Graphic Cosmogony

Excerpt from Ben Newman's 7 page contribution to the 'Graphic Cosmogony' that will be published by Nobrow later in the year.  He's so good..

Look Up

Don't forget to look up and down and all around when your walking in London.  These are a few of my recent nature finds in the city.

Do typefaces really matter?

''To most people, typefaces are pretty insignificant. Yet to their devotees, they are the most important feature of text, giving subliminal messages that can either entice or revolt readers, says Tom de Castella.''

Read the article on the BBC.

35 movies in 2 minutes. Can you guess them all?

by Pascal Monaco

The Vogel's

Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian and postal worker respectively, are responsible for one of the most outstanding collections of contemporary art ever assembled. Through modest means the duo began purchasing the work of unknown conceptual and minimalist artists. The work had to be cheap and small enough to fit in their small Manhattan apartment.

The plan worked… and soon the Vogel’s were hailed for a certain curatorial genius.

Herb and Dorothy, a documentary directed by Megumi Sasaki, tells their story.
Found here.

James Dawe

I love James Dawe's work.  See more here.

3D Typography

By Amandine Alessandra, from the book 3D Typography.

Holland 0 - 1 Spain

from Backyard Bill

FLUFFY MC CLOUD

found on it's nice that  animation by Conor Finnegan
enlarge to full screen to watch.

Stephen Doitschinoff / CALMA

One of my favourite artists, Stephen Doitschinoff aka Calma lives in Brazil and creates symbolic art on canvas and on walls.  He has a beautiful monograph published by Gestalten and has shown at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. 

" Given the deep air of religious significance and symbolism apparent in Stephan Doitschinoff’s art it will come as no surprise to learn his upbringing was very religious. His nom de plume ‘Calma’ means ‘calm down,’ and also has another meaning in Latin which Doitschinoff is particularly keen on as he explains: ‘I like its Latin meaning. It comes from the contraction of Con Alma or C’Alma, which means “with soul.” I started using Calma, as a koan, it appeared next to a depiction of something or someone afflicted or disturbed in the paintings and posters I would put up in Sao Paulo. It wasn’t necessarily something made to be a signature.’ " from Graphotism

Let me learn from you

picture found here

'Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.' Mary Jean Iron

In Love

One of my favourite performances by the captivating Regina Spektor.

Paper iPhone TV

by Ricky Trickartt

see it working:

Information is Beautiful

Click here and watch...

ColaLife

ColaLife want Coca-Cola to open up their distribution channels (which are amazing in developing countries) to carry 'social products', such as oral rehydration salts, to the people who need them desperately. This could be done by incorporating an 'aidpod' into Coca-Cola crates. The content of the aidpods would be locally determined by health professionals.  Read more on their website.

Macro Reactions Sessions

milk from cinema iloobia



yellow from cinema iloobia

watch full screen..

DO Judge by Cover

Wine by Some Young Punks, an Australian company with a reputation for standout labels

Gut Oggau Estate in Austria worked with Jung von Matt ad agency to develop a character for each wine.  Each portrait on the labels has its own name and a story to go with it.

both found here

So Cool

from here

Old CK Ad

found here

You look amazing. Can I take a photo?

Spotted this cool guy in Portobello and had to get a photo of him.

I Love Flowers

Pretty flowers in the garden..

Love Letter

I saw these in the press last August but forgot to post on my blog.  Stephen Powers aka the legendary ESPO worked with the Mural Arts Program and a number of local artists in Philadelphia to paint over 30 of these massive text based murals collectively called Love Letter.  They are all visible from the elevated train which runs along Market Street.  Mr Powers said:  'Hopefully there will be a few sly guys out there who will say to their girl: "Hey Baby, I wrote that up there for you".'     


Check out the website http://www.aloveletterforyou.com/