January 2011
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“Before 1454 (the year the printing press was introduced) witchcraft was...”
– David Crow
“Newman’s first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you’re upside down.”
– Paul Newman
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C A R S O N
So, here comes new magazine on the block C A R S O N. ”Dedicated to quality in design, fine art, illustration, photography and writing”, edited by Alex Storch, with creative direction from Carson.
Before I go any further, a disclaimer. I’ve been offered a free subscription to C A R S O N in return for blogging about it. I wouldn’t normally do that, but David Carson has...
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Cinema 2010
So here’s everything m’self and Dr B saw at the flicks in 2010. There’s a few notes and things under the list (and here’s the 2009 list for comparison).
The Road Daybreakers No Distance Left To Run Up In The Air A Single Man The Wolfman The Crazies Soloman Kane Shutter Island Green Zone The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I Love You Philip Morris Kick Ass The Headless Woman How To Train...
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When designers wore lab coats
You can say what you like about the hulking, hubristic, Helveticous beast that was Unimark, but I do rather like the idea of wearing a white lab coat whilst designing. I’m not sure why – maybe something to do with how much I enjoyed science/institutionalized pyromania class at school. Of course, I think I might be on my own with this one …
“The white coats were Vignelli’s idea. He thought...
