I may be ambivalent about history, or I may just misunderstand my appreciation of history. One thing I am decidedly appreciative of, however, is discovering that something significant to me has a longer history than I realized. Learning in Times Online that Alex Steinweiss pioneered graphic album covers in the 1940s gave me one of those moments. It gave me another very familiar moment, too – the moment of MATERIALIST DESIRE. For you see, Taschen is releasing a book on the guy and his work on October 6. The 2009 Christmas wish list is begun.

How Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover – Times Online.

Saw this image through Wooster Collective and was instantly captivated, in no small part by the setting. Clicked through to its original home in Flickr, and read the amazing tale of this Belgian village Doel. Please follow my lead.

street art Doel – Roa vs Resto on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

There is a simplicity to this guy’s project that I enjoyed.

Photography vs GameBoy.

And it made me think of the intro to a project I did in 2002, which I trimmed out for this post (sorry for the longish load, qt was easier to get of this than Flash = lazybones):