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I am the Spartacus Title Sequence
Images from the Spartacus title sequence by Saul Bass. The original photos are up for auction.
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Hello, I’m a human being
Hi there. My name is Elliot and I’m the human being behind this blog, my Twitter account, and the numerous other forms my identity takes online. I’m the human being who reads your nasty, snide, and...
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Russian Dyatlov Pass Incident
So you know, the strangest unsolved mystery of the last century, the Russian Dyatlov Pass Incident.
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Brighton's D and F: Anything but Fail
Originally built as the stables and riding house of the Prince of Wales in 1803, the Brighton Dome in Brighton, England — dubbed "city on the edge" — is one of the premier performance venues in the UK,...
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C77 Comp
Just two weeks remain to enter the Core77 2013 Design Awards. There's lots to admire about this competition, not the least of which is the trophy that makes trophies.
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ToB Play-In
The Morning News Tournament of Books kicks off this morning with a three book "play-in" for the final spot on the brackets and it's off to a fine start. First round matches start on Thursday.
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World's Columbian Exposition
Souvenir map of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. From Chicago Past.
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A Lot of Work, Very Little Actual Movie
Related. "Tony Frewin was Kubrick's assistant from 1965 until the director died (and beyond). I called him up for a first-hand account of what it was like to be in Kubrick's Napoleonic vortex." A Lot...
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Of & By SK
Photographs of and by Stanley Kubrick, collected by Daniel Benneworth-Gray. Lovely.
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A Ticket to Inspiration
Mike Dempsey posts a brilliant dust jacket for John Wain's The Smaller Sky by Nicholas Thirkell from 1967. Check the other views too. Via Peter Mendelsund.
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The Invisible Artist
Liu Bolin makes himself dissapear in public spaces. Yes! So much yes! (via Bridget)
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This Week in Fonts
This Week in Fonts is a new weekly roundup of new font releases, curated by Sean Mitchell. Typotheque: Supernova A family that combines the spontaneity of a script typeface with the versatility of...
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Leave it to Beaver (and Nike)
Playing in the NCAA's Division I tier through the Pac-12 Conference — sorry non-Americans, I know that means absolutely nothing to you (not that I blame you and in the bigger picture it doesn't really...
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Flat Trays
These Flat Trays by FTF Design Studio are made from snow white corian. Beautiful!
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Dopper
For the past 6 months I have been using a Dopper Water Bottle. It has two different openings which really come in handy: I use the big one for filing the bottle and the small one to drinking from it....
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