thoughts & mirrors

inspirarch: ’ An excerpt from the 1958 Disneyland TV Show...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:42:36 +0100

’ An excerpt from the 1958 Disneyland TV Show episode entitled Magic Highway USA. In this last part of the show, an exploration into possible future Transportation technologies is made. It’s hard to believe how little we’ve accomplished on this front since 1958, and how limited the scope for imagining such future technologies has become. Witness an artifact from a time where the future was greeted with optimism. Note the striking animation style here, achieved with fairly limited animation and spectacular layouts. ‘

just beautiful. and clever. lizcowie: this is amusing. how to...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:27:34 +0100

just beautiful. and clever.

lizcowie:

this is amusing. how to be a winner. Im not really ticking many of these boxes at all. maybe I will get some giant fake glasses though. it was written and illustrated by mauro gatti

nice screen and nice vintage clocks. fromme-toyou: Kennedy for...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:28:37 +0100

nice screen and nice vintage clocks.

fromme-toyou:

Kennedy for President

JFK Remembered

great idea. (via exergian) (found via kalibrooke)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:00 +0100

great idea.

(via exergian) (found via kalibrooke)

pretty much that’s the way most people do...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:39:41 +0100

pretty much that’s the way most people do it.

kindacarsick:

I have a really strong urge to approach my finals with this sort of attitude.

muxtape: Matt Whitwell, Cassette Rainbow

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:09:50 +0100

muxtape:

Matt Whitwell, Cassette Rainbow

brilliant! mittelinselurlaub: Bill Bailey (via...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:10:37 +0100

brilliant!

mittelinselurlaub:

Bill Bailey (via hummbelbrummbel)

tonysojka: I could’ve been anything I wanted.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:02:42 +0100

tonysojka:

I could’ve been anything I wanted.

tonysojka: More Turns by Bill Sullivan

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:45:58 +0100

tonysojka:

More Turns by Bill Sullivan

Today at Centre Pompidou: The Work of Art in the Age of...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:34:48 +0100

Today at Centre Pompidou:

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Karen Knorr

Check out “The Invention of Tradition”, a photo in the same series,taken at Sir John Soane’s House.

eBooks@Adelaide: Free Web Books, Online

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:47:40 +0100

eBooks@Adelaide: Free Web Books, Online:

Accidently stumbled over this page. A great number of intelligent books - free!

In spite of the text-books

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:44:20 +0100

It would seem to be true that people who live cheek by jowl and breathe the same air vary enormously in their sense of proportion; to one the human being is vast, the tree minute; to the other, trees are huge and human beings insignificant little objects in the background. So, in spite of the text-books, writers may live at the same time and see nothing the same size. Here is Scott, for example, with his mountains looming huge and his men therefore drawn to scale; Jane Austen picking out the roses on her teacups to match the wit of her dialogues; while Peacock bends over heaven and earth one fantastic distorting mirror in which a tea-cup may be Vesuvius or Vesuvius a tea-cup.

Virginia Woolf, The Common Reader, Second Series, ch. 4

Nice! beyond-ace: a2b2d: (via stellavista) Sony tr-8 Radio...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:28:35 +0100

Nice!

beyond-ace:

a2b2d:

(via stellavista)

Sony tr-8 Radio from 1963

OH HELLO.

(via coffeemakescreative: via nicholasscimeca:) This is so...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:10:52 +0100

(via coffeemakescreative: via nicholasscimeca:)

This is so fucking incredible.

Stephen Wiltshire is the current blower of fine art minds at the Pratt Institute and pretty much everyone else in existence. With a quick fly-by via helicopter for a view of New York’s skyline, Mr. Wiltshire is recreating the cityscape from memory on a 20-foot panoramic mural. Born with autism and limited communicative skills, his amazing photographic memory and knack for drawing shows a tremendous insight on the capabilities of the human mind. Catch him create his masterpiece in person at the Pratt Institute or via web cam, before this week ends.

joncherry: Luke Halliley is a great friend of mine and his...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:13:39 +0100

joncherry:

Luke Halliley is a great friend of mine and his website is up and running.

The project that interests me the most is certainly ‘There’s a lot of Dads Called Steve’.

“This work focuses on exploring father-child relationships and the idiosyncrasies of the home in contemporary middle-Britain.”

Man on the bus, Voigtländer Vito B, Agfa APX 100

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:51:00 +0200

Man on the bus, Voigtländer Vito B, Agfa APX 100

fromme-toyou: “Since you went away the days grow longAnd soon...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:28:07 +0200

fromme-toyou:

“Since you went away the days grow long
And soon Ill hear old winters song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall”

~Nat King Cole

A Young Man in Finance

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:52:07 +0200

A Young Man in Finance:

Another newspaper black out poem by Austin Kleon.

Nice idea. lizcowie: Newpaper black out poems by Austin Kleon

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:50:54 +0200

Nice idea.

lizcowie:

Newpaper black out poems by Austin Kleon

kunstwissenschaftlerin: kristinberlin: suzywire: (via...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:07:36 +0200

kunstwissenschaftlerin:

kristinberlin:

suzywire:

(via slightly)