January 2009
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WTF? Google warns me to enter wikipedia after searching for some information. ‘This site may harm your computer.’
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“I think that lately a lot of things smell like beef.”
– Mareen via telephone
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“i love getting an email from a friend (who lives far away), in which he is...”
– Mareen. I think, this is one of our greatest coincidences so far.
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26 years of notes
Uber-designer Michael Bierut talks about the 85 notebooks that he’s carried around over the last 26 years (not all at once, of course).
The notebooks function like a security blanket for me. I can’t go into a meeting unless I have my current notebook in my hand, even if I never open it. Because I carry one everywhere, I tend to misplace them a lot. Losing one makes me frantic....
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WatchTED: Tim Brown - The powerful link between creativity and play
At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play – with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn’t).
(Recorded in May 2008. Duration: 27:59.)
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“Arbus’ Werk ist ein gutes Beispiel für eine Haupttendenz der...”
– aus: Susan Sontag – Über Fotografie, Essay ‘Amerika im düstern Spiegel der Fotografie’, NY, 1977. I’m sorry that’s all in German, but I don’t find the original text online and won’t translate it back into English on my own. (from: Susan Sontag - On photography,...
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Young deer hit by Google Street View Car - caught... →
This is sad and bizarre all at the same time. And very freaky. This could never had happened before 1998. “Oh Peter, look! The Google Street View Car hit a deer!” (via livejamie)
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I think this is only possible at an university for design: Just right now I was in the elevator with my faculty director. And his bicycle.
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Nearly 90 hours without coffee now. Just because of elevated blood pressure. I can’t stand it much longer. I’m caffeine addicted.
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notamovieposter.tumblr.com →
Lovingly crafted by various film poster designers, these are the film poster designs that didn’t make the cut. (via yooniverse)
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David Bowie - Heroes
One of my all-time favorite...
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“20% are very interested in new things, 50% can be persuaded and 30% are in their...”
– Pierre Boulez (via bryanmckay)
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“Death to Helvetica, btw.”
– Götz Ulmer, CD JvM, Hamburg
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Cover Browser →
I just accidentally stumbled over this amazing collection of covers. You can browse through groups or via tags and topics or even randomly.
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“B[u]rack Obama wants to be my friend. At Facebook. And his favorite movie is...”
– Anne
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Fact: the Doner Kebab was invented in Berlin. The inventor died.
In sad news for anyone who has been drunk and hungry at 2 am, the man who invented the döner kebab sandwich nearly four decades ago in Berlin has passed away. (via sabine)
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WatchJapanese Goblin Shark
This is definitely one of my ‘what the fucking interwebs?!’ moments.
The goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, is a deep-sea shark, the sole living species in the family Mitsukurinidae. The most distinctive characteristic of the goblin shark is the unorthodox shape of its head. It has a long, trowel-shaped, beak-like rostrum or snout, much longer than other...
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Spiegel Online: Regelrecht deutsch →
Trotz eines herausragenden Staatsexamens sollte eine litauische Juristin zum Einbürgerungstest. Ihr Beispiel offenbart Absurditäten des Zuwanderungsrechts.
Wenn die Deutschen wären, wie Frau Hackel ist, dann könnten sie ziemlich zufrieden mit sich sein. Sie lernten fleißig, sie lachten herzlich und sie sagten Sätze wie: “Ich mag an diesem Land den Spargel, die Großstädte und das...
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WatchTED: David Carson - Design, discovery and humor
Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery – and for this journey, it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous, funny and wise review of his work and found images. It’s packed with quotable moments from Marshall McLuhan, William S. Burroughs and Carson.
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After five years with the same mobile phone, I am finally looking for a new one. Because the iPhone charges are insane, I just want to buy a phone without a new contract. So in my current shortlist are LG KU990, Sony Ericsson G705 and Nokia N78. But I can’t decide. All those different test reports are just confusing me. Anyone has expierence with one of those three?
Just reblog this via...
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I think there is a huge difference between a Banksy and a Shepard Fairey nowadays. And I am not referring to the art.
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“Wenn ich die Augen zumache, ist alles schwarz. Das ist der Beweis dafür, dass...”
– Patrick über die ‘Argumentation’ der Kirche bzgl. des Darwins Dilemma
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Fact of the day: At the age of 16 Olivia Wilde won a pancake eating contest in Australia - 33 pancakes in 20 minutes. So girls, eat more pancakes!
Polaroid is saved!
“For a generation, the Polaroid camera gave near-instant pleasure to millions of users around the world, chronicling everything from births and weddings to the downright explicit. But when digital photography came along in the 1990s – with instant images and the ability to edit and delete pictures before they see the light of day – Polaroid was doomed, its iconic white-framed snaps apparently...
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WatchTED: Paula Scher - Great design is serious (not solemn)
Paula Scher looks back at a life in design (she’s done album covers, books, etc.) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having fun. Look for gorgeous designs and images from her legendary career. (via swissmiss)
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Just two days ago we figured out that we’re neighbours, and now I recently ran into Sabine and Josh, who came back from their IKEA Shopping tour :) I think Berlin is something like a village.