How to Build an Owl
by Kathleen Lynch Decide you must. Develop deep respectfor feather, bone, claw. Place your trembling thumbwhere the heart will be:for one hundred hours watchso you will knowwhere to put the first...
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Wonderful decorative spin on Bodoni produced by classmates Nigel Bents, Paul Oakley and Jonny Holmes at the Chelsea College of Art & Design. I love the intersection of digital and analog in this...
View ArticleGradients? Czech. Boring? Czech.
Established in 1992 but with origins as far back as 1953, Česká Televize (Czech Television, CT for short) is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic with four channels: CT1,...
View ArticleHobbitish
Hobbitish, worldwide illustrated editions of The Hobbit. Let me start you off with a few splendid images. Czech, Bulgarian, Swedish, Russian.
View ArticleKubrick's Wonderful, Forbidden Smile
"The still photographer on The Shining, Murray Close, took a wonderful picture of Stanley standing in front of the smoldering remains, and he had a wonderful smile on his face. I saw a print of that,...
View ArticleFrames of Reference
Frames of Reference, a Canadian film from 1960 that explains principles of physics by using a highly inventive cinematic methods like a moving set and an active camera. Really terrific, with a sense of...
View ArticleHow Ya Doing?
1988 mockumentary on Eugene Levy's legendary SCTV comedian, The Enigma of Bobby Bittman.
View ArticleImposter Object
"...a true imposter object is designed to sit alongside their more expensively produced doppelgangers in established outlets, with the veneer of respectability that implies." —Things Magazine.
View ArticleHow To Build an Owl
1. Decide you must. 2. Develop deep respect for feather, bone, claw. 3. Place your trembling thumb where the heart will be: for one hundred hours watch so you will know where to put the first feather....
View ArticleBig Big Pixel
Big Big Pixel makes 8-bit Pixel iphone bumpers and ipad cases. Made me smile.
View ArticleBloom TV Stand
"Bloom has the shape of a vase so that the television automatically becomes the flower of the whole." Via Contemporist.
View ArticleSpike Lee Dolly Shots
"A montage of unique dolly shots from the films of Spike Lee." Had no idea he used that "actor stands on the dolly" shot so often. Thanks Henry.
View ArticleFilmmaking Tips from David Fincher
"It's a ballet between so many different people." Some great quotes and advice about filmmaking from David Fincher.
View ArticleHow I Was Convinced to Join Pinterest Today
Just like you, I’d been hearing about Pinterest from every corner. And quite possibly like you, I hadn’t joined yet. Pinterest just didn’t seem like my thing. Scrapbooking meets wish-listing? Meh. I’d...
View Article1969 National Pea Pushing Derby
Footage from the 1969 Pea Pushing Derby held at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Via Arbroath.
View ArticleShine
"Maybe there are special people who can shine. Maybe there are places that are special. Maybe it has to do with what happened in them, or where they were built." Big beautiful scans of a couple pages...
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