Daily Archives: August 11, 2008

Grace Jones videos

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Olympic Pictograms

The new Beijing Olympic Pictograms reminded me that there’s a load of really really nice images over at the Otl Aicher pool on flickr. Otl pictograms from the 72 munich olympics are the ones above obviously…
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Phosphorescent in Black Cab Sessions

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I’ve just discovered the Black Cab Sessions, by Hidden Fruit. Lovely idea of musicians, stripped down to just them in the back of a random cab, providing their own original and intimate soundtrack to the bustle of London life. Above is Phosphorescent, but [...]
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Monocle news stand

Fitzrovia, where else, is the site of Monocle‘s first newsagent sponsorship deal. The new-look Charlotte Street News bears the magazine’s livery inside and out: a signature awning protects browsers from the vagaries of the UK weather, and slick Monocle-black strips divide the shelves of titles within - making for a smarter way to consume printed matter. [...]
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Tim Etchells

Having praised Mark Earl’s book, Herd, I thought it only right to check out his blog. Lucky I did too. The image above is of my oyster card wallet… well, not mine but one like it. I always wondered who the artist was, as it was given away for free at random by TFL and [...]
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Beijing Olympics Fireworks Faked

Wow. Sky News has brought something rather “impressive” to light: The Olympics fireworks display was faked… Read the full article here, but here’s the bottom line: “The global television audience of more than three billion people watched in amazement as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks proceeded through the night sky from Tiananmen [...]
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Herd – Changing Mass Behaviour

I read a lot of shit books over the holiday (no link, cos that’d be unfair) but I read two great ones that I highly recommend. The first is Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature, by Mark Earls. I can genuinely say I’ve not read a business / marketing book [...]
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Axel Peemoeller – crazy name, crazy site, great graphics

Axel Peemoeller’s design and graphics site is crazy, but the application of visual dimensions painting in a practical way is rather a genius move. What’s the name of the artist that developed this perspective art originally? Anyone know? More images of the car park here
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