Consistently Infrequent.
CL!CK: A LEGO Short Film
LEGOs will forever be on my favorites list. Especially if they keep making amazing short films and commercials.
Well done, indeed.
Real Good Chair
And from the “Wished I Thought of That” department…
You know you’ve taken something from the curb too, imagine if you were followed and interviewed about one of your curb-treasures.
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The Complex of All of These
Abigail Uhteg’s The Complex of All of These is: two months, 3,000-ish photos, intaglio and letterpress, handmade flax and abaca paper, german bradel binding and handsewn endbands, set to Ratatat. Wow, is really all I can say about it.
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Expo ‘70 Japan – Stumped
Canada’s Color Bending Spinners.
A short while ago, I chased a link on Coudal to a Life database of images on Google from Expo ‘70 in Osaka, Japan — Asia’s first World Exhibition.
Not being one to shy away from an internet adventure, I casually clicked on the other images surrounding and wholly shit, was I in for it. Done-deal, I was in deep. And that’s when I was sucker-punched with the image of the stump sculpture. That one that sent me off, having to find out more.
The Stumps are from the British Columbia’s Pavilion. The overall theme of the 1970 Expo was Progress and Harmony for Mankind. The theme of the B.C. Pavilion was described as “The Vastness of Our Country, The Diversity of Our People and the Dynamics of Change involve us constantly in Discovery” and had 25,035,000 visitors during the exposition. Source: Canadian Heritage site.
Designed by legendary architect, Arthur Erickson and shot by Larry Burrows, it was awarded Best Pavilion by the Architectural Institute of Japan. The fact that this was the winning exhibit, I would have imagined there to be more information about the design readily available. There’s barely a mention of it on the architect’s site. Never-mind the complete lack of imagery. This photo of people on the stumps and this image from The Rotarian are the only other images that I was able to find. At the 54 second mark of this video, there is a grainy 8mm shot of the towering stack of stumps. From that pulled back angle, it looks as though they could reach more than 200 feet.
Although I wished I found more details about The Stumps, while searching I came across plenty of extra, amazing imagery and information …
Polaroid SX70 by Charles and Ray Eames
A great short film by the Eames’ for one of my, as well as most, all time favorites the Polaroid SX70.
Anthony Pappalardo : Virgin White
Virgin White, the art/furniture show of Anthony Pappalardo’s amazing stools and tables is at Future Project in Brooklyn. I’ve been a huge fan of these handcrafted four-legged resting structures since the first time I saw one. They’re meticulously made from small blocks and would love to have one of these in my apartment.
It’s nice to see a pro skateboarder peruse their other ambitions and hobbies and make something amazing and desirable. I’ve also been a long time fan of his.
If you haven’t already seen it, make sure to watch his Epicly Later’d mini series.
More of his video parts.
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The World’s Most Iconic Photos
A picture might be worth 1×1,000 words but, Iconic Photos adds to this and delivers some amazing commentary and back stories to some of the world’s most important photos.
Go… enjoy, learn, embrace and share.
Life of a Gypsy
Like most, I like to go on Google’s Life database and do random searches for different stacks of images. Tonight, after I posted the Gypsies on Two Wheels post, I went pokin’ around for some gypsy photos. Hands down, has to be one of the best collections of images on there. This one is worth your time, trust me.
Gypsies on Two Wheels
Now, who here doesn’t like motorcycles? Yeah, I know, no one. It was a rhetorical question.
You either ride one, wished you rode one or like ‘um but are to scared to ride one. It’s okay, we all fall into one of those three categories. Just as much the excitement that comes from riding/seeing motorcycles out on the open highway, is the history and especially the graphical and pictorial history of motor cycles.
Coming across something like this amazing visual tour of The New England Gypsy Tour might make your day. Might even make you lose and hour or so of you busy day. When Ricki’s not workin’ on spot riggin‘ and filmin‘, this is what his brain is going nuts over.
This stuff is just too good to not enjoy.
Wanted: Sharpie in Cold Hard Steel
Sharpie, how can I thank you for this? I mean, I was already pretty close to being a walkin’-badass with my Field Notes Bic-clicker. Now with the addition of this elegant beaut to my pocket, I’ll be like a combination of Rocky III and The Karate Kid tough. Thanks Sharp, we all owe you for this one.