Norman Bel Geddes designed the 'Patriot' radio in 1939. You can just imagine the cheerful propaganda of To New Horizons (see below) piping out of this star spangled box.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Greater and Better World of Tomorrow
Norman Bel Geddes designed the 'Patriot' radio in 1939. You can just imagine the cheerful propaganda of To New Horizons (see below) piping out of this star spangled box.
I Love Lego (and lego makers).
A selection of the brilliant and bizarre Lego models people put on Youtube. The Pneumatic Caterpillar is truly mind warping (skip to 2:50 if you're impatient!) while Jennifer Clarke's Crane stands out for sheer quality of aesthetic and technical detail. I love the industrial atmosphere and meta-functionality* of the Pin Sorter and last but not least the Felt Tip Printer and its crew of operators just reeks of fun...
* I may have made this term up. But I'm happy with it. Are you?
That's You!
That's you, back then, celebrating the deregulation of the financial industry and the end of western manufacturing with some plastic gizmos from the far east.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Restrepo
Still from Restrepo, the best documentary I have yet seen about soldiers and war.
Tim Hetherington (Photographer and Directer) was killed by Gadaffi forces whiled reporting in Libya last year. There is a really moving tribute to him and his incredible work here.
His partner in making the film, Sebastien Junger, has published a companion book entitled WAR. It is up there with any of the Hemingway pieces on American conflicts.
Made In Britain
Part of the information display system on the first computer at Bletchley park.
Reminds me of an AIR album cover...
Where to begin?
I've been lax in posting over the last few months but have built up a stack of lovely images. Please enjoy.
USS Pueblo. Only US ship currently held by enemy forces. (North Korea).
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