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Bunchberry & Fern: The Armageddon Problem)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:47:52 -0800

Bunchberry & Fern: The Armageddon Problem)

Overseas and Overwhelmed – Pictory

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:43:35 -0800

Overseas and Overwhelmed – Pictory

Piet Indoor Stove by Fredrik Hyltén-Cavallius

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:28:34 -0800

Piet Indoor Stove by Fredrik Hyltén-Cavallius

KEG apartment

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:02:14 -0800

KEG apartment

Stylistic Tropics

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:22:48 -0800

“We’re living in a stylistic tropics. There’s a whole generation of people able to access almost anything from almost anywhere, and they don’t have the same localised stylistic sense that my generation grew up with. It’s all alive, all “now,” in an ever-expanding present, be it Hildegard of Bingen or a Bollywood soundtrack. The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.

“I think this is good news. As people become increasingly comfortable with drawing their culture from a rich range of sources—cherry-picking whatever makes sense to them—it becomes more natural to do the same thing with their social, political and other cultural ideas. The sharing of art is a precursor to the sharing of other human experiences, for what is pleasurable in art becomes thinkable in life.”

Brian Eno

“In the desert 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles is a...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:05:42 -0800

“In the desert 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles is a suburb abandoned in advance of itself—the unfinished extension of a place called California City.”

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tauba auerback: one deck of playing cards

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:09:50 -0800

tauba auerback: one deck of playing cards

Roger Ballen, Room of the Ninja Turtles, 2003 (via we make money...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:51:31 -0800

Roger Ballen, Room of the Ninja Turtles, 2003 (via we make money not art)

"Oh man. Kids r weird. Just came across giant herd of 5th graders in GG Park. Srsly: GIANT. Flock..."

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:30:06 -0800

“Oh man. Kids r weird. Just came across giant herd of 5th graders in GG Park. Srsly: GIANT. Flock like starlings, screech like monkeys •”

- Robin Sloan

Flxible Bus

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:44:26 -0800

Flxible Bus

Papercraft Self Portrait - Art Portfolio for Eric Testroete (via...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:20:00 -0800

Papercraft Self Portrait - Art Portfolio for Eric Testroete (via BERG)

The Books - Classy Penguin (via We Are Independently Wealthy)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:40:14 -0800

The Books - Classy Penguin (via We Are Independently Wealthy)

"He has to make what he is thinking in order to express it."

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:34:40 -0800

“He has to make what he is thinking in order to express it.”

- Fantastic Journal (via Matt Jones)

Counter-testing Program

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:44:52 -0800

“I conduct my own counter-testing program in which I promote play, passion, and useless skills that have no value other than to support physical and mental well-being, along with the added bonus of impressing people who appreciate whatever it is you learn to do.”

Doug Noon

Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0800

“The pattern I experienced at Apple would be confirmed almost everywhere I traveled in the computer industry: most people have put themselves on intellectual autopilot. Most don’t study on their own initiative, but only when they are forced to do so. Even when they study, they choose to study the obvious and conventional subjects. This has the effect of making them more alike instead of more unique. It’s an educational herd mentality.

“I talked to coworkers who wanted to further their education, but they typically spoke in terms of getting a new piece of paper, such as a bachelor’s degree, a masters, or a PhD. For them, education was about the doors they believed would open because of how they were labeled by institutions, not about making themselves truly better as thinkers. Buccaneers, on the other hand, don’t take labels too seriously. A buccaneer studies in the hope of unlocking Great Secrets! Wonder! Mastery! A buccaneer lives for the excitement of deciphering the mysteries of human experience. A buccaneer wants status, too, but only if that status is justly earned and sustained through the quality of his work.”

James Marcus Bach, Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success (emphasis mine, via Gizmodo)

Another fabulous Maira Kalman illustrated essay — this one...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:23:05 -0800

Another fabulous Maira Kalman illustrated essay — this one focuses on food and includes a visit to the Edible Schoolyard of the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley.

“If you want to see the future, look at how childhood has...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:18:19 -0800

“If you want to see the future, look at how childhood has changed rather than technology” (via mattcottam via Matt Jones)

jon stam: cabinet of the (material & virtual) world

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:13:02 -0800

jon stam: cabinet of the (material & virtual) world

National Geographic’s International Photography Contest...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:31:40 -0800

National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009 - The Big Picture

Los Angeles Without Traffic « Tom Baker

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:10:05 -0800

Los Angeles Without Traffic « Tom Baker