Month: September 2009

Bookwant

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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.

The Therapy Is Not Working

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I want to take some sort of exception to Soundwalk‘s seemingly pure commercial aspirations, yet cannot experience anything but pure love for them. I want to dismiss Phillippe Starck‘s work for them as generic dubstep and cousins, but instead I cannot turn it off. Must be some hocus pocus involved. On the upside, I have learned that the pokeyness of the App Store has its place from time to time, as I hope to salvage some pride and break this spell before the iphone release of the mix is approved.

24 Hours: The Starck Mix – Design – Wallpaper.com – International Design Interiors Fashion Travel.

But, The Name?

/ sasukakir

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Shots brightened my day with this article on a Copenhagen agency saving its director’s chair for females exclusively. The article did raise some unanswered questions (what was the nature of the feedback gathering in Southern Europe that was 95% positive? Does it’s gender-blind predecessor Agent Zoo continue?)

I imagine the agency was named Female Zoo by its male founder, rather than by its directors, since they are surely selected in part for their creativity.

But hey, in such a male-dominated field, this agency concept smells sweet by any name.

shots – News.