// 28 December 2009, 14:56
Luckily, the astute folks at the New York Times are highly organised, and thus they have produced for our enjoyment, a grid-based, icon-fueled look at the last ten years in news, business, culture, and other categories of time–space. Love it.
Think for a second that this was done mainly with icons. One tiny image can encapsulate [...]
// a tale of China, New York, brands & branding, cinema, computers & gadgets, design, design: history, fashion, music, national identities, politics, the internet
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// 15 December 2009, 13:27
I love this time of year, all the collections come out and we marvel at what a strange year it’s been. In the past, I have featured bad album covers, but we can always use a few more, no?
Thanks to the staff [and interns] at Pitchfork for scouring the globe to bring us this. I [...]
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// 22 August 2009, 16:12
The Advertising and Design community has been talking about Art & Copy, the new documentary film about the ad industry. With anticipation, we’ve been sharing the trailer all over the various Internet outlets.
Well, last night I snuck out to a preview and managed to watch the film. The two words on my tongue after seeing [...]
// a tale of advertising: outdoor, advertising: print, advertising: tv/radio, brands & branding, cinema, music, national identities, photography, politics, the industry
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// 22 August 2009, 09:26
Follow yesternight’s post, I dug up another Flickr page of gorgeous design work. This one is from Adam the Velcro Suit, who designs posters, CDs, badges, skateboards, and other brickerbrack. Love the mid-century style with reference to low-tech print making. Great sense of colour as well.
Adam the Velcro Suit on Flickr »
via Design Work Life [...]
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// 10 August 2009, 07:06
If you don’t feel like reading between the lines for the past 3.5 years of blog posts here, this video pretty much explains my life and career.
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. Classic.
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// 02 June 2009, 16:42
Summary: A solid, feature-packed, pair of headphones. I hope they fit you, and I hope they last.
The Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones are one of the highest-rated headphones on Amazon.com. In fact, they are one of the highest-rated products I’ve ever seen. With over 1000 reviews, most of them positive, it’s safe to say [...]
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// 23 May 2009, 09:56
Summary: Gorgeous specimen of audio engineering. Not intended for outdoor use.
The first model in my road test are the most expensive and most professional of the lot. The K271 MKII from AKG were recommended to me by a professional sound engineer for concerts and recording sessions, I knew these meant business. But it was difficult [...]
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