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Design: Moleskine notebooks on the web
Note- and Sketchbooks from the manufacturer “Moleskine” have for two centuries been a daily companion of artists, writers and designers.
The legendary notebooks were originally produced by French bookbinders who mainly supplied Parisian stationery shops until 1986 when the last of these family run businesses shut down in France. In 1998, a Milanese publisher brought the Moleskine brand and revived the tradition. Since then the Moleskine books have again found many friends around the globe…
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Food: Squirrel now officially on the menu in the UK
The UK newspaper “Daily Mail” today reports that grey squirrel are now “officially” on the menu in restaurants in Britain.
“…A top restaurant is serving up free grey squirrel pancakes to hungry diners. Peking duck-style squirrel wraps are being offered to diners at…
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Video: Bad day
So it’s video night tonight - well then you should also have some “happy music”
try this one - Daniel Powter’s “Bad day”…
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Video: It’s no good
One of our greatest - Depeche Mode performing “It’s no good”
But then there is also “Sister of night” for the dark side of it (sorry we could not locate a video online)…
and for something completely different (the best as well - words are very unnecessary… ) “Enjoy The Silence”…
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Guerilla Art: G.R.L. Open City Online
Graffiti Research Lab presented the OPEN CITY show in New York. A video with peep work from 11 of the artists, pranksters and villains featured in the exhibition has now been put online…
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Video: Royksopp - Remind Me
Welcome to our wonderful world of infographics and listen to the music from Royksopp (Remind Me)…
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Design: PSST! 2 films released
PSST! 2 – a collaboration of different teams of designers, directors, and animators to produce short films has put all their new films online now. The nine films have been created by 27 different teams with more than 70 people over a 4 month period. Each film is comprised of three sections produced by three different teams. This process is the whole idea behind PSST! – a technique derived from the Dadaist game of Exquisite Corpse and the children’s game Telephone and applied to the arts of motion graphics, animation and film-making. PSST! 2 collaborators included…
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Guerilla Advertising: Cancer Scratch-Cards
In Hong Kong special scratch-cards were handed out to remind people of the high risk for women to develop breast cancer and urging them not to gamble with their lives…
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Happy Birthday Harry Belafonte
You won’t believe it but it’s the great man’s 80th Birthday today. So we wish you all the best and a great thank you for all what you have done in your life so far. And - as you can expect we are not talking necessarily about Calypso here….Harry Belafonte is to most people probably best known as the handsome singer who popularized calypso music in the US in the 1950s. But Harry Belafonte has done so many more things - a lengthy career as an actor, producer and music composer but more importantly is his longstanding work as an activist in the fights against racism, violence and world hunger. Being the first black performer to win an Emmy and…
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UK: Batman’s car for sale
Ever wondered how it would feel to drive around in Batman’s car. Well now you’ve got a chance to find out. One of the 1960s Batmobile created to promote the original Batman TV show is to be auctioned this month in London. The superhero’s car, said to be the sixth produced, is expected to sell for more than GBP75,000 (USD187,000) at Coys Spring Classics auction on February 27. Not all of the Batmobiles were fully functioning, but this example was built as a fully working vehicle. In reality, the car is almost 6 meters long. The Batmobile going on sale was built by…
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