Saturday, January 31, 2009
2009 had already been a big year for Bruce and something of a return-to-form. His track for Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler should have received an Oscar nomination, he performed at the Obama inauguration concert, he’s performing today during the Super Bowl half-time show, and his new album is getting really solid critical praise. NY Magazine [...]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Fantastic little film that showcases all the latest appliances, fashion and furniture from 1958. The best is the Murphy-bed style stove!
[via The Mid-Century Modernist]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
1000 drawings were created by anonymous artists around the world and then sold.
There are no specifications regarding the content of the works. The artist’s anonymity can be lifted by means of purchasing a drawing for the symbolic unit salesprice of 150 EUR. The buyer can take his drawing right off the wall and s/he is [...]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Converse sponsored a documentary last summer about Beijing bands, one of which was Jonathan’s band PK14. Along with Queen Sea Big Shark, the bands toured 6 cities on a converted bus, at the same time as the Summer Olympics hit.
[via Shangahiist]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
French photographer Pierre Siedel takes eerie photos of people stopped in moments within the chaos of Beijing subways.
In these photographs, the subject in the midst of the bustling is being stripped away from his/her surroundings, transcending space and time.
This method became my “artistic medium” in which the subjects are placed in the artificial urban [...]
Vorspannkino is the title of an exhibition of 54 film title opening at KW in Berlin on February 7. The opening titles are often my favorite part of a film, so I’ve no doubt that this exhibition will feature some great work. The opening invite is adapted from Barbarella and describes the film’s title [...]
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
To get people interested in the Bundesliga, fashionable “outfits” were created to inspire fans to dress in support of their local teams. We just like the dancing.
Oliver Percovich arrived in Kabul from Australia in 2007 and is on a mission to promote sports, class integration and economic empowerment to local kids. Inspiring story.
Lushpad has posted this article, which appeared in a 1961 issue of Playboy. The subject is furniture design of the 1950s and it provides some insight into how many of the masters of the era were perceived in their day. Also, this quote from Charles Eames, which I like quite a bit:
“My dream is to [...]
The LA Times recently asked a panel of architects and critics to choose the all-time 10 most significant homes built in LA. The result is a concise history of residential modernism in America. Of course the Eames’ house made the cut.
(Julius Shulman Photography Archive; J. Paul Getty Trust)