‘Dan Perjovschi is a visual artist mixing drawing, cartoon and graffiti in artistic pieces drawn directly on the walls of museums and contemporary at spaces all over the world. Lives and works in Bucharest.’
The work of Dan Perjovschi. Newspaper sources with drawings. Details.
‘The installation consists of a paint-bucket and a reversed, continuous world map cut from polyester-coated aluminium.’
This piece by Jørgen Craig Lello and Tobias Arnell illustrate the disconnect. See more of their work here.
Aside from the breasts, ‘Reverse View’ is one of the main images used for The 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia.
Conan’s back tonite.
Pictured, the work of designer Andy Mangold, student at Maryland Institute College of Art.
‘The cathedral’s south transept houses an 18-metre astronomical clock, one of the largest in the world . . . The astronomical part is unusually accurate; it indicates leap years, equinoxes, and much more astronomical data. Thus it was already much more a complex calculating machine than a bare clock.’
Photography by Peter Rinblad. More about the clock here.
‘If I could change anything, I’d straighten up that 0 on the number 10. It’s a bit wobbly.’
Here’s an excellent read by J.M. Mosley on the odd lettering used for the numerals at 10 Downing Street. Not quite the original, sort of an accident that is now part of history.
It’s interesting how small type details are often overlooked. The numbers on my own home are rather awful, and even though several years back I’d purchased some Bodoni as replacements, have never gotten around to actually installing them.
Found via Matthew Williams
‘The letters are bread’
The work of Northern Ireland-based designer Christopher Scott. Photographed by Ryan O’Neill.
Found via Art Chantry
‘DO NOT be afraid to let FB share your info for my MoveOn.org video. Nothing dangerous here. Just type ur name!’ –Olivia Wilde
Personalized video from the future – reminding us that every single vote still counts.
Click on the image to watch. Just type your name in.
And vote today – any way you can. Facebook will even help you find your polling place.
Be sane.
‘I’m totally voting for Eisenhower now.’ -posted comment
From the 1952 election.
and
Best political comment I’ve read this season comes from one of my students, Ashley:
‘NEWS FLASH: It’s 2010. You know what’s NOT a big deal? Smoking pot. Or being gay. Or women and brown people in politics. Can we all just acknowledge this already, or would you like a little more time to camp out in 1950?’
Found via Jamie DeVriend
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