July 29, 2008 • 8:08 pm • POSTED BY brendan quinn
While cruising around some web design sites–where engaging copywriting seemingly ranks somewhere near saturated fat content on some of the sites’ lists of priorities–I was pleasantly surprised to discover this wonderfully written and truly inspiring site, GirlEffect.org. Here’s a preview of the main video on the site, but I encourage you to visit the site, [...]
July 25, 2008 • 12:34 pm • POSTED BY adamrgarcia
Peter Karlsson Petey’s from Stenstorp, Sweden, and he was the 1991 World Champion in men’s doubles, AND the 2000 European Champion in men’s singles. Check out that Scandinavian brow.
July 24, 2008 • 9:23 am • POSTED BY Adam Flanagan
Last night I watched the film “Control,” a movie about Ian Curtis of Joy Division, based on the book “Touching From A Distance,” the autobiography of Deborah Curtis, Ian’s wife. Even for those that aren’t a fan of Joy Division, I have to recommend this movie, the cinematography is amazing, and the soundtrack is top [...]
July 23, 2008 • 1:42 pm • POSTED BY Lindsey Gice
Every so often, this Japanese men’s magazine, Free & Easy, seems to pop up in my inspiration research. I still can’t get the full story on it, but it’s like 30% archive, 30% style guide, 30% catalog and 100% awesome. It’s sort of an homage to classic American men’s style, cataloging everything from pea coats [...]
July 23, 2008 • 7:48 am • POSTED BY adamrgarcia
BLDG BLOG http://bldgblog.blogspot.com California-based writer and blogger Geoff Manaugh writes on “architectural conjecture, urban speculation and landscape futures” on his blog-spot. Frequently updated, incredibly informative and wildly imaginative musings on what-is-now, what-never-was and what-could-be. It’s a mix of cultural and architectural fact, futurism, anthropology and architecture. It’s about how humans live with one another, the [...]
July 21, 2008 • 8:24 am • POSTED BY adamrgarcia
—————————– John Grider/Broken Crow Imagine you’re walking through an abandoned parking lot at 10:30 at night. Rusting, twisted shopping carts and dead lamps surround you, part of the landscape, archaelogical. The terrain is muted. Buffmarks, dull-dusty concrete, cracked tar, peeling paint falling off the wall in cloud-colored flakes. And in the center of this scene, [...]