January 2012
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Jan 27th
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“After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears...”
– Ronnie Shakes
Jan 26th
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LeBaron Chrysler Newport Phaeton concept car, 1940
 
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Masters of the Cutaway Part 3: Yoshihiro Inomoto
via core77.com If you’re a fan of this fascinating form of technical drawing, check out this series at Core77.
Jan 21st
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‘It’s Great to Be Alive!’ Vintage Safety Manual
            … Thank you to Gene Gable
Jan 21st
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Infamous 1953 Austin-Healey "100" sells for world...
An Austin-Healey racing car in pristine condition at a pre-race scrutineering soon before it was involved in a historic crash during a race in Le Mans, France, 1955. The disaster at the Le Mans 24-hour race resulted in 84 people being killed after a Mercedes launched off the back of the car and then flew into the crowd. via artdaily.com An unrestored works racing team 1953 Austin-Healey...
Jan 18th
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“I see no possibility of a worldwide Luddite rebellion that will smash all...”
–  Marshall McLuhan, Playboy Interview, 1969
Jan 18th
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“We’ve gotten so used to emergent technologies that we get anxious if we haven’t...”
–  William Gibson, The Art of Fiction, Paris Review
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Colin Chapman, Lotus Cars, On Design
“To add speed, add lightness.” “Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.”
Jan 15th
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Colin Chapman, Lotus Cars, On Design
“To add speed, add lightness.” “Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.”
Jan 15th
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Then and Now Photo-Fusion
We’ve all taken trips down memory lane, but rarely does that involve an actual lane and memories of other people like the University of Florida’s UF, Then & Now project. The concept involves using photographs of people taken from throughout the last 100 years, by lining them up with the place they were taken and then taking another image to capture the changes between the time periods. In...
Jan 15th
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1957 Grosser Preis von Deutschland
The Nürburgring – 4 August 1957   Juan Manuel Fangio was forty-six years old and a four-time World Driving Champion when he arrived at the Nürburgring in August for the 1957 Grosser Preis von Deutschland. He had already won the season opening  race in Argentine, Monaco and the French Grand Prix. Driving Maserati’s latest lightweight works 250F chassis (c/n 2529), Fangio would face the...
Jan 12th
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BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 Für ihr Projekt ‘Back to the Future’ reiste Irina Werning ein weiteres Mal um die Welt. Auch für den zweiten Teil hat sie mit Personen aus unter anderem Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam und Buenos Aires Aufnahmen aus der Vergangenheit nachgestellt. Das Ergebnis ist wirklich beeindruckend und man kann nur hoffen, dass die Serie von der argentinischen Fotografin weiterhin...
Jan 8th
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Streets of New York, 1950s, by Vivian Maier
‘Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009) was an American amateur street photographer who worked for about forty years as a nanny in Chicago. During those years she took about 100,000 photographs, primarily of people and cityscapes most often in Chicago, although she traveled and photographed worldwide. ‘Her photographs remained unknown and mostly undeveloped until they were discovered by a local...
Jan 6th
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Cultural Identity Through Design
Martin Szekely (French, b. 1956), Chaise lounge, Pi, 1984. Galerie Néotù (Paris), producer. Steel, aluminum paint, leather, foam. via artdaily.org Elegant Simplicity.
Jan 3rd
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December 2011
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William Gibson - The Art of Fiction
INTERVIEWER How do you begin a novel? GIBSON I have to write an opening sentence. I think with one exception I’ve never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed. INTERVIEWER You won’t have planned beyond that one sentence? GIBSON No. I don’t begin a novel with a shopping list—the novel becomes my shopping list as I write it. It’s like that joke about the violin maker who...
Dec 31st
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Devolution
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Dec 28th
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Dieter Rams Electronics Store
Das Programm is an online store featuring the iconic electronic designs of Dieter Rams. As incorrigible Dieter Rams collectors we are all too aware of the gap between the desirability and availability of his work. Das Programm was conceived to correct this. We only sell Dieter Rams designs and Braun products issued between 1955 and 1995, the period of Rams’ office as Braun’s Director...
Dec 25th
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1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica
1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica. via artdaily.org
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