I developed another five rolls of film last night – no surprises any more – it’s all recent stuff. I like this photo a lot. It’s somehow such a Canadian thing to do, to go play hockey in the middle of the summer.
I am trying to purge my links-to-blog folder. Here is a set of completely unrelated things.
The first two links come courtesy of one of my favourite websites – kottke.org.
On the day Albert Einstein was to be buried, only one photographer was allowed to witness proceedings, Life Magazine’s Ralph Morse. The photos were not published for 55 years at the request of the family, but they are available now. Check them out.
If you were a dictator, what would your private jet look like? You can take a peak inside the jets of some of the world’s dictators here courtesy of an enterprising photographer Nick Gleis.
Really nice work from various Japanese illustrators at Tokyo Illustrators Society website.
As somebody who photographs corner stores, I really, really, really like these whimsical photographs of small train stations in former East Germany by Schilling Holger.
Don’t miss Stephen Doyle’s unique paper sculptures or Margaret Shepherd’s beautiful calligraphy art.
Croatian word of the day: željeznička stanica train station [zhe lye znee chka stan itza]
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A root cellar on Change Islands, Newfoundland. There is another one here.
A bunch of design links today.
Absolutely stunning covers of eight Penguin Classics developed in partnership with AIDS awareness fund (RED).
Three posters developed for a waxing salon. The funny thing is that when a friend originally posted these on her facebook page I did not clue in that there is more to that particular choice of animals…. My mind just does not work in dirty ways. Sorry.
An interesting blog about design from Australia.
Top ten in custom letters for 2009.
Work of Croatian designer Vladimir Končar.
And Thinking for a Living is a site/magazine about all sorts of things. Check out the different sections on top of the page. Navigation takes a bit of getting used to, but then it seems like the most natural thing in the world.
Croatian word of the day: slovo letter
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From the outside, you’d be hard pressed to identify the set of white structures as a general store, but that’s what this is. This is the largest store on Change Islands and here you can buy everything from Purity Jam Jams (sorry about the auto-play music) to fiberglas boats.
A set of miscellaneous links today:
Here is 20 examples of modern Arab logos.
A flickr set of weird Eastern European book covers, although I don’t see anything weird in it 
A website for an interior design firm called Wonderwall. The experience can cause slight seasickness, but it’s an interesting concept.
And here is what Kurt Vonnegut has to say about writing style. While I agree with most of what he says, I got to admit that I am having trouble getting through his Slaughterhouse-Five. It just doesn’t quite work for me.
Croatian word of the day: stil style [still]
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