Links published in May 2006 — Going down ↓ is going back in time.
¶ Waiting to Excel: 58 Days Worth of Drawing Exercises in Microsoft Excel as Rendered for Web.
¶ Break + shoot: high impact photography. They got strawberries, glass, eggs, jello, fortune cookies.
¶ Socialist Classicism reviewed: The Architecture of Moscow
from the 1930s to the early 1950s – Unrealised projects?.
¶ MFA Design exhibit at Yale: copy it now while it’s still “fresh” and “avant-gardist”.
¶ Mogwai’s Friend of the night video. Y’a rien qui bouge, c’est tellement beau. Comme Francis je dis wow.
¶ LE LINK DU JOUR: Tomer Hanuka’s illustrations. Pure, raw, bleeding talent. (thanx Turf)
¶ Objectúm-sexuality: “It is simply to be emotionally and sexually attracted to OBJECTS.” Now guess what she is emotionally and sexually attracted to: walls and fences. “And I am of course married to the Berlin Wall.” Weird in the haus.
¶ Makeover madness: un photoshoot assez fucké et dégeu pour Vogue Italia avec comme thème la chirurgie esthétique. J’pense que les mannequins ne mange pas assez de carottes parce qu’elles portent tous des lunettes.
¶ Nike+iPod. D’la technologie dans tes souliers. Moi j’veux la même chose mais dans mon casque de bain. (via cfd)
¶ Vos goûts musicaux sont douteux et la trame sonore de votre dernier dinner party était aussi excitante que d’entendre votre oncle parler de la conspiration “Da Vinci Code”. Heureusement Beats in Space vous propose un archivage de son excellente émission de musique électro-funk.
¶ Book of the moment : Swiss Graphic Design. It’s not as if anyone will be doing anything better this century.
¶ Modest Mouse Ocean Breathes Salty video. Directed by Chris Milk. I like the crow costume.
¶ 10 Things I Hate About Commandments. With Samuel L. Jackson as Principal Firebush! (thanx Jim)
¶ Johnson Banks. Super portfolio, super oeuvres, super design. J’ai passé une heure à tout regarder.
¶ Un portrait de famille à travers le temps. “On June 17th, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.” Une variation de la même idée.
¶ Thoughts on blog interface design. “There’s often a wealth of information to be found therein: information that is frequently buried deep within archives and comments. This article looks at ways to bring that information forward.”
¶ I’m very tempted to use this right now: sounds to promote sleep and relaxation. Not sure about the gulls though. Ka-kaw! Ka-kaw!
¶ Forget yesterday’s mustache post, we got a winner today: World Mustache Championship 2006.
¶ Michael Wolf’s 100×100 is photographs of residents in their flats in hong kong’s oldest public housing estate: 100 rooms, each 100 square feet in size.
¶ Study: Alligators Dangerous No Matter How Drunk You Are “Our data strongly indicates that human intoxication does not transform an alligator into a docile creature that enjoys wrestling.” (thanx Dave)
¶ Aaah, si juste j’avais assez de piloswité faciale pour m’amuser: Moustache photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh.
¶ Super Mario Galaxy. Mario just ain’t like in the days. Looks like fun nevertheless.
¶ I kind of have to post this event though everybody already has: A look at the life and work of the renown architect in Sketches of Frank Gehry. (via pretty much everybody on the web)
¶ I linked this jadis on the old site, but Pleix films still makes visually interesting films. The Birds video is particularly nice. (merci encore Francis qui laisse des messages fuckés de fin de brosse sur les répondeurs du monde à 2h du matin.)
¶ “New Beginings carry out tasks in everyday situations with the purpose to provide solutions to identified problems.” (merci Jihef)
¶ The Fartparty comic. Its protagonist (with the black hair) is a girl, just so you know.