Grafica Della Strada, The Signs Of Italy
It starts with a 16 year old Louise Fili traveling to Italy, stepping off the plane, and falling in love with a billboard. That moment marked the start of Fili’s typographic obsession, and budding career in graphic design. (more…)
Refracted Alphabet
“A follow up refraction experiment featuring the Alphabet spoken by the late GREAT Richard Pryor. Mixed with Blockhead’s ‘Coloringbook’.”
Reinventing the Camera Strap
“Camera slings aren’t new, they’ve just gotten popular in recent years. When we set out to make the Loop, we challenged ourselves to surpass every aspect of existing camera slings and make something better…”
Prison Tattoos of Danzig Baldaev
Rick Poynor on the Russian prison tattoo flash art of Danzig Baldaev on show in London along with photographs of tattooed prisoners by Sergei Vasiliev.
Lomography Sprocket Rocket
Forget full-frame censors. Images from the Sprocket Rocket include the film gears.
Leica M9 ‘Titanium’ Designed By Walter De’silva
Selectism: Leica M9 ‘Titanium’ Designed By Walter De’silva
Webponce’s Visual Dictionary
Launched in February 2006, The Visual Dictionary is a massive collection of searchable user submitted typographic photographs with over 7,500 images of over 4,000 words.
The Disposable Memory Project
The Disposable Memory Project is leaving disposable cameras around the world. People are picking them up, taking a few photos and passing them on. Eventually the cameras returning home The Disposable Memory Project to tell their stories.
Death Sale, a Lifetime of Accumulation
Danielle Aseff presents the surreal practice of estate sales with the photo documentary “Estate Sale.”
Tare Lugnt’s Latest Issue – Tattooed
The latest issue of Marc Strömberg’s magazine Tare Lugnt has been tattooed on his leg. Large-scale prints will go on display in Göteborg and Stockholm this month. More info at the Wall Street Journal and the Tare Lugnt site.
Tilt-shift in Moscow
A promotional video for maptype.com. Great conceptual use of tilt-shift photography and motion graphics. LInk from Farbwolke.
Bildschöne Bücher
Bodo von Hodenberg of Berlin’s Bildschöne Bücher offers a novel angle to book dealing. Born out of his successful 25books.com, Hodenberg takes a curatorial approach to selling books on photography, art and design. See a video on Bildschöne Bücher at Monocle.