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don’t forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit.
- boris lermontov
* i love those instant and objects which are just making you feel simply good. I try to collect some of those material instant here.
August 01, 2009
Categories: I Like, Things
Tags: jar, light, photography, rainbow
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May 28, 2009
Categories: I Like, Things, thinking loud
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As Yet; still Untitled -> Unofficial new-akiba.com -> Day off.
Original image found on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seier/1244185274/in/set-72157600283667645/
Photgrapher: SEIER+SEIER http://www.flickr.com/photos/seier/
Text, taken from the flickr page (Seier+Seier):
le corbusier famously claimed that all architecture could communicate was ideas. and the original ideas of christiania are well put by the best buildings out there: an open community of equals; a deep distrust, no, dismissal of authorities – including architects; a deep trust in the creative potential of ordinary people when left to govern their own lives. modesty. individualism. sustainability.
today, there is a strong political will to tear the houses down. they are illegal, follow no building code, have no permits. the old copenhagen defense line on which they are situated must be cleared to protect the city’s cultural heritage.
but these buildings are cultural heritage too. and while the 20th century has left us all with a distrust of utopian and idealist thinking, tearing them down will be acting in a dangerous denial of history.
… this story reminded me a lot of the Manor House allotments being stollen for the good of the Olympics developers under the flag of the community development.
March 24, 2009
Categories: I Like, project
Tags: glass, house, shed
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Today we tried to bid and get an A0 plan chest to store and protect Amandine’s Book Setting posters (soon on Supermarketo) and the incoming first & A M P edition and the future projects we got around.
Unfortunately someone else got it at the very end (classical eBay-ian story…)
* I really liked the idea behind the blog ‘Reference Library’ run by Andy – in which he has a category called Objects I Didn’t Win.
To disperse my (evident) frustration, I’m posting the picture here – be prepared for a couple of those pictures…
** If anyone got a proposal for such a piece of furniture (A0/A1) in UK (London or not: we can arrange pick up & delivery) please use the comments to let me know.
January 16, 2009
Categories: I Like, Things, thinking loud
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● I quite like the final take on this matter; it emphasize a side of the often criticised web2.0 not that often underlined: the recommandation principle where you trust your friend.
Do we get the blogs we deserve? We vote by click, after all. Perhaps we shouldnt look at all those top 10 lists and Britney Spears photos. Successful blogs, such as Zen Habits, tend to balance the more fast-food type posts with longer, more complex ideas that will presumably keep readers coming back—although there are plenty of people who make a living posting dubious crap. Perhaps the escape route out of a hit-driven blogosphere is all of our newfound “friends.” The Internet has always been very good at counting page views but not so great at assigning value to whats actually in those pages. Facebook, FriendFeed, StumbleUpon, and the sharing feature of Google Reader have their annoying, nudgy aspects, but they allow us to rely on one another to sort out what is interesting and worthy. Put it on a T-shirt: Friends Dont Let Friends Read Bad Content.
How do bloggers make money? – By Michael Agger – Slate Magazine
(Via Design Notes)
October 04, 2008
Categories: I Like, ideas, thinking loud
Tags: blog, business, filter, infohub, money, ocntent, quality, quote, recommendation, web2.0
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- People consciously refusing to express ideas/views on the internet and who eventually prefer a couple of pinte at the pub and a few friends for audience.
- french silly expression that usually goes on my nerves but after all life wouldn’t be the same without them; like “tu vois ce que je veux dire?”, “oui mais non”, “ça ne casse pas quatre pattes à un canard”
- VW minibus (but also Martino’s Volvo and the old Saab that Laetitia had in Switzerland)
- Sweet cider, and red wine – but also a pint of Flowers
- Woody perfumes
- Walking by a school playground during kids’ school break around 10 in the morning – (a little bit of) sun and a cold and dry air.
and you what are your favourites things this morning?
* this list of 6 favourites things for this morning comes from this discussion
October 03, 2008
Categories: I Like, Things
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