Glockenspiels, graphic patterns on Pyrex bakeware, the Work in Progress Society, cardboard sculpture, and foxes! Fine company for an article I wrote for the fifth issue of Uppercase Magazine – a visual survey of the design and aesthetics of DuPont’s marketing of synthetic fabrics from the 1920’s to the early 80’s. The history of the [...]
Hey, remember that movie Space Camp, where the kids get accidentally launched into space? Well, I came close to that cinematic glory on my recent vacation to Florida, when I went to (watch) the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch in Cape Canaveral. It was the perfect experience for an ex-Space Camp Nerd-turned-writer, and a sad send-off [...]
The best photography advice I ever heard: Take more pictures. Google Streetview’s got us all beat there. While I’ve yet to edit the shots from my friend Mitch’s 30 birthday at the Russian restaurant from 2003, they’ve got about a gazillion photos sorted and geotagged. Sigh. Anyhow, great post at the always-interesting Google Sightseeing about [...]
Jersey has clearly taken over the airwaves. Flip through the channels long enough and you’re bound to come across a sea of spray tan orange or a troop of juicehead gorillas. It almost reminds me of the Australia craze of the early ‘80s following the release of Crocodile Dundee, when outback jackets and leather vests [...]
UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo. Just a beautiful documentary by the good folks at Mother NY, in partnership with their client Stella Artois. It’s so nice when something like this gets made just because it should, and the agency and client both get it. Doesn’t need to be anything more than that.
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