As it seems someone has neglected to delete my publishing ability on the blog (maybe I have been grandfathered in for life?), I figured I would share this link to the blog of infamous Minneapolitan Mike The 2600 King. Described as a collection of design artifacts from the 60′s, 70′s, and 80′s, it’s like the cool oldies station of design blogs. Check it out, check it often. Today’s post on “Eating Weekends” provides some especially tasty illustrations.
Every year a list such as this one surfaces to remind us just how old we are getting (and yes, I realize I am only 26, relatively young), but given it is our job to understand the psyche of 17 and 18 year-olds entering this year’s freshman class, I believe it is necessary.
Beloit College publishes its Mind-Set List to help professors and administrators understand the average incoming freshman’s frame of reference by describing how things have “always been,” or at least how they’ve been for the past 18 years.
If we assume the students in this class were born in 1990, they would have been conceived about the same time as the World Wide Web, taken their first steps as Clarence Thomas took the Supreme Court oath, and had their entire lives to angle for a gig with Teach for America. And the Warsaw Pact— what’s that?
The two men who compile the list—Tom McBride, a professor of English, and Ron Nief, director of public affairs—note that while many things have changed since the Class of 2012 was born, some things seem remarkably similar to the world as it was in 1990: “Rising fuel costs were causing airlines to cut staff and flight schedules; Big 3 car companies were facing declining sales and profits; and a president named Bush was increasing the number of troops in the Middle East in the hopes of securing peace.” Read the list after the jump.
Hardland/Heartland is a Minneapolis-based collaborative of thing-makers. I would say it’s not as much a group as a lifestyle and way of working. It’s process-based Apocalyptic Psychadelia. MadMax on a marred bitmap visionquest with Bucky Fuller in the be-skulled sidecar.
August 15, 2008 • 12:30 pm • POSTED BY adamrgarcia
Zoran Primorac Zoran was born in the Croation city of Zadar, and began playing table tennis at a club there as a youth. His next major accomplishment was in 1987, when at the age of 18, he won silver in the World Championship in New Delhi. The following year he took silver in the Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics, Primorac took 9th place in men’s doubles and singles, and did the same in the ’96 Olympics. In the 2002 World Championship, he reached the semi-finals only to be defeated by his former teammate, Jean-Michel Saive, of Belgium (next week’s Showcase!). Zoran uses a specially designed blade, made by Butterfly Table Tennis. It’s called the “Primorac Carbon.” Zoran Primorac plans on retiring after this year’s Olympic Games. Godspeed, Zoran. Godspeed.
August 14, 2008 • 8:46 am • POSTED BY Adam Flanagan
Bicycling is a big thing at our office, the majority of us who live in the city bike to work everyday. Some of use even cycle competitively, and there’s a whole group of us who bike to and from Philly’s best bars on a regular basis. That’s why I thought these two things would be great to share.
First, September 14th is Commerce Bank’s Bike Philly ride. I think a bunch of us should sign up and ride as a crew. Maybe we could make some t-shirts or bandannas. If you’re interested in riding let me know in the comments. There are 10, 20, 35, and 50 mile rides. The 10 mile just goes through center city and looks to be a lot of fun. It’s only $40 to register, and it’s limited to 5,000 participants, so we should get on it soon.
The other bit of bicycle fun I wanted to share is the trailer for the movie Made In Queens. Made In Queens was recently profiled on Creative Review’s blog, be sure to check out the great packaging and promo materials. Made In Queens profiles a group of Trinidadian teens living in Queens who customize BMX bikes with giant bass thumping sound systems. The film is shot beautifully by the team Randall Stevens. Hopefully this film will make its way around to the Philly Film Festival.
