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December, 2009

The Road

December 29th, 2009

Yesterday I finished the beautiful, but kinda depressing book The Road. Written by Cormac McCarthy, the guy behind “No Country for Old Men”. It’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Goes right up in the Top 5. It’s very poetic and unsentimental at the same time and I suppose there is where it’s beauty lays. It’s a story about a father and his son, struggling through a post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has been lost for ever. It’s about a fathers love for his son. It’s about hope without comfort. It could be seen as a warning.

Now they’ve gone and made a movie of the book. Guess I have to watch it, even though they will never get it right and how could they. One of the strenghts of the book is it’s language. Stripped down to the essence and beautiful. I can nothing but recommend it. No Country for Old Men next!

Bike EXIF

December 29th, 2009

Inspired by yesterdays post, I went looking for some bikes and stumbled upon this. Bike EXIF is about bikes and shooting bikes. It’s currated by Chris Hunter. A Creative Director out of Sydney, who delivers some very nice images of some very nice bikes. Me myself wouldn’t mind an 70′s Japanese, maybe one like in the image above. A Honda CL 350 (cafe racer), heavily customized. Probably never will get one though, as I don’t have a license either.

Scott Pommier

December 28th, 2009

Scott Pommier is a photographer who used to shoot a lot of skateboarding, but nowadays it seems that he’s more in to motorcycles. Not only great photography but also an excellent site. This is how photography sites are supposed to be. Big images, low loading time and an easy access to thumbnails. Also the best bio I’ve seen in a while.

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The Times Magazine

December 18th, 2009

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From The New York Times:

Once again, The Times Magazine looks back on the past year from our favored perch: ideas. Like a magpie building its nest, we have hunted eclectically, though not without discrimination, for noteworthy notions of 2009 — the twigs and sticks and shiny paper scraps of human ingenuity, which, when collected and woven together, form a sort of cognitive shelter, in which the curious mind can incubate, hatch and feather. Unlike birds, we can also alphabetize. And so we hereby present, from A to Z, the most clever, important, silly and just plain weird innovations we carried back from all corners of the thinking world. To offer a nonalphabetical option for navigating the entries, this year we have attached tags to each item indicating subject matter. We hope you enjoy.

Big Picture – 2009 in photos

December 17th, 2009

904_21443965Big Picture delivers the year in photos. Part 1, part 2 and part 3. The guy in the pink shorts just had a nap.

The American Dollar – Anything You Synthesize

December 16th, 2009

Put on your headphones, sit back and enjoy this mesmerizing piece for The American Dollar called Anything You Synthesize. It’s made by Onesize who’s a Dutch production company also responsible for the title film for Playground Festival.

Helsinki wake up!

December 15th, 2009

BikeCopenhagenFinal_posterWhile riding your bike in Helsinki, you’re in a constant danger of getting overrun by a car, bus or truck. The infrastructure just sucks big time. There is a horrible lack of bike lanes and that’s not very encouraging. Another big problem is the attitude amongst car drivers. It’s all about the survival of the bigger and more aggressive. A complete lack of respect for pedestrians and cyclists. So Helsinki wake up! Check out Copenhagen for inspiration. There 37% of the commuters travels by bike, which is great compared to our 6.8%. With climate change the biggest topic of the century and being appointed World Design Capital of 2012, it would be a great time for the City of Helsinki to step forward and do something. For more inspiration check out Cycle Chic or Copenhagenize. Fixies are a fad, bicycling is a mode of transport

Are Mokkelbost

December 11th, 2009

ION_Omni_05Are Mokkelbost makes these amazing collages. Bits and pieces of what seems to be colored paper and images from fashion magazines. He also has a band called Killl and… well go have a look for yourself.

Daniel Leyva

December 11th, 2009

Picture 1Daniel Leyva is a dude living in Brooklyn NY. He made this little site of his and apart from being downright crazy, it also uses javacript cleverly. So, no flash here. Look for the little door on the frontpage.

PIG 05049

December 10th, 2009

12_01Christien Meindertsma followed up on a pig (number 05049) after it’s death (by slaughter, needless to say). For three years she did research on the products made from one single pig and documented all 185 of them in her photo book. The pig had been shipped all around the world and among the products made was ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and bio diesel.