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Monthly Archives: February 2012
x-rays to come home to
Bert Myers, retired doc turned photographer, takes x-ray images of seashells and fossils and other kooky cool artifacts.
You can find more from Dr. Myers here. Way to go, Bert.
pop art keds
cool kid kicks inspired by roy lichtenstein. via altered states.
pucker up
hello, valentine
more npr valentines here. go on, heartbreakers, say it like you mean it.
art on the road
nyc’s department of transportation is inviting entries for one of their signature beautification projects: barrier beautification! artists and designers can find more info here on how to get a chance to design and paint a mural on those ordinarily unremarkable concrete barriers separating bike and car lanes.
photos via nyc streets.
great idea.
fish dish
don’t forget to write a love letter
i know it’s not valentine’s day yet, but this nifty ring on the cool hunter’s list of gifts to buy your loved ones caught my eye.
you can buy it here. for me? you shouldn’t have.
met maze
saw this via the museum nerd. (love!) unclear on the date – looks like an early 70s/late 60s design.
Update! I was right. 1969! Thanks, design archives.
paris versus new york
I’ve been following Vahram Muratyan’s blog, Paris vs NYC, for a while, and now it’s in book form. People call it a sort of “online travel journal,” but it’s a lot more exciting than that. Muratyan is a graphic designer with a cheeky sense of humor and a clean, minimalistic aesthetic. His playful pairings of iconic images from the two cities generally have a ring of truth to them, for better or for worse. (Winter in Paris? Miserable. I’ve spent enough Februaries there to know Muratyan’s depiction of “météo” in Paris is true. And if I had a dime for every time I heard an American in Paris craving a bagel…) Some classics below:
