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In this simple (yet intricately complex) piece, I’m intrigued by the deceptive simplicity—yet highly skilled typographical execution—of the “office” composite, with its seeming abandon of fluorescent post draped architecturally across the space. I want it...and I want to know how to do it. Two of my highest compliments. |
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Ever notice when you look at a word long enough it stops functioning as that word and becomes pure form? Robb Ogle has (more than 100 times) with the most common English word: the. |
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I’m a sucker for old-school air travel tickets. Initially inspired by the book Carouschka’s Tickets, which was given to me while I was in college, I’ve been collecting airplane tickets for years. Naturally, when I first saw these Pilot and Captain T-shirts by our friends at The Heads of State, I fell in love. |
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A Million Times is a kinetic art installation by Humans Since 1982, a Stockholm-based studio led by Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff. The 288 analog clocks, installed in a 24 x 12 clock rectangle (135.5 x 71 x 2 in.), are controlled via iPad and programmed using custom software. The two black arms of each white powder-coated clock slowly move to form visual patterns that transition into a functional digital clock interface. The piece is currently on display at the Victor Hunt gallery in Brussels. |
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Pamela D. Arceneaux, senior librarian and rare books curator at The Williams Research Center, is currently researching and writing about New Orleans Blue Books. But these blue books aren’t social registers or pricing guides like Kelley Blue Book for cars, they were prostitute directories for Storyville, where prostitution was legally sanctioned in New Orleans about a century ago. No one knows the true author nor publisher of New Orleans Blue Books, but weirdly, Will Bradley’s Mission Toys—ornaments designed in 1904 for the American Type Founders Company (ATF)—appear in some! Follow along as this curiosity develops. |
