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7 thoughts on making great products : dom goodrum's blog : : the barbarian group

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:30:24 +0000

7 thoughts on making great products : dom goodrum's blog : : the barbarian group

Engine 26 @ The Whitney Gala 2010 (by Daniel Hirschmann)

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:19:10 +0000

Engine 26 @ The Whitney Gala 2010 (by Daniel Hirschmann)

RSA Shorts - The Power of Quiet (by theRSAorg)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:13:24 +0000

RSA Shorts - The Power of Quiet (by theRSAorg)

New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions as one-ton...

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:04:49 +0100

New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions as one-ton spheres of carbon dioxide (by CarbonVisuals)

1 of 18 / Made by Humans / Hyundai Vision Hall / Hyundai Motor...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:31:01 +0100

1 of 18 / Made by Humans / Hyundai Vision Hall / Hyundai Motor Group (by Universal Everything)

Briliant! Dave Brubeck with young Russian...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:12:15 +0000

Briliant!

Dave Brubeck with young Russian violinist

“During a visit to Moscow in the 80’s, Dave Brubeck met the faculty and students in Moscow Conservatory. While he was improvising on a “Ei, uhnem”, a Russian folk song, a young man downstage stood up to play Stéphane Grappelli-style violin jazz with him.”

(by afahsu)

via @openculture

(via Ai Weiwei Piles 1,200 Bikes On Top Of Each Other, For...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:34:12 +0000

(via Ai Weiwei Piles 1,200 Bikes On Top Of Each Other, For Dazzling Effect | Co.Design)

Infographic: The Changing TV Landscape

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:24:20 +0000

Infographic: The Changing TV Landscape

(via Iconic Photographs With Their Subjects Removed)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:58:19 +0000

(via Iconic Photographs With Their Subjects Removed)

“I have only my talent for drawing, so I...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:31:03 +0000

“I have only my talent for drawing, so I drew.”

austinkleon:

Ronald Searle, Les Très Riches Heures de Mrs Mole

47 jewel-like drawings by Ronald Searle made for his wife, Monica, each time she underwent chemotherapy. On New Year’s Eve 1969, Monica Searle was diagnosed with a rare and virulent form of breast cancer. Each time she underwent treatment, Ronald produced a Mrs Mole drawing ‘to cheer every dreaded chemotherapy session and evoke the blissful future ahead’. Filled with light and illuminated in glowing colours, the drawings speak of love, optimism and hope. Like the mediaeval illuminated manuscripts such as the 15th-century Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, to which the title of this book refers, the 47 drawings are on an intimate scale and were never intended for publication.

When asked about the drawings, Searle said, “I have only my talent for drawing, so I drew.” Here’s a little more about them:

Prior to the cancer shock the couple had bought a decrepit house in the south of France and, despite her illness, Monica continued to devote her time making this house a home.

Devastated with his wife’s diagnosis Ronald did the only thing he knew how to do to cheer her up. .. draw.

Before every chemotherapy session he gave his wife a painting. Monica was depicted as a mole, a very happy mole celebrating life in their new home. (The Mole idea came after their discovery of a large celler that they made into a cosy room)

‘Everything about them had to be romantic and perfect,’ says Ronald. ‘I drew them originally for no one’s eyes except Mo’s, so she would look at them propped up against her bedside lamp and think: “When I’m better, everything will be beautiful.”

Searle died last week at 91.

(Images via bluedoorbooks)

RFID Beat Box (by Danne...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:00:09 +0000

RFID Beat Box (by Danne Woo)

via http://brendandawes.posterous.com/rfid-beat-box-creates-music-with-wireless-dis

Most Contagious 2011 View more presentations from Contagious

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:02:30 +0000

Most Contagious 2011

View more presentations from Contagious

Horrendously funny. Hysterically awful. Take your...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:27:26 +0000

Horrendously funny. Hysterically awful. Take your pick.

ALTERNATE REALITY - “THE KING THAT NEVER WAS” (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (by attorneyguy)

via @mattmuir

Just lovely. Lisa Hannigan - I Don’t Know (by...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:53:23 +0000

Just lovely.

Lisa Hannigan - I Don’t Know (by lisahannigan) via @glinner

(via Upcycling, yes! (via Apartment Therapy Re-Nest) –...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:01:33 +0000

(via Upcycling, yes! (via Apartment Therapy Re-Nest) – Unconsumption)

(via Supercut.org — The Wire: Characters say the epigraphs from...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:14:12 +0000

(via Supercut.org — The Wire: Characters say the epigraphs from all five seasons)

PAINTING REALITY - the official - (by IEPEart) via @tobybarnes

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:16:49 +0000

PAINTING REALITY - the official - (by IEPEart)

via @tobybarnes

UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives (by...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:31:56 +0000

UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives (by waxpancake)

‘They are the colours of New Mexico’ (via Annie...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:10:12 +0000

‘They are the colours of New Mexico’ (via Annie Leibovitz’s best shoot | Art and design | The Guardian)

Time Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock (by tiltedtwister)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:20:26 +0000

Time Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock (by tiltedtwister)