Beautiful Vandalism

Tim Hetherington’s Diary

2011-04-21T17:14:34Z

Diary (2010) from Tim Hetherington on Vimeo.

I didn’t know Tim Hetherington well, but over the years I’ve spoken to him enough times that the news yesterday of his death threw me. I’ve rarely met a clearer, fiercer, more honest intellect, dedicated to understanding some of the most difficult aspects of the human condition through direct experience without looking away from the ambiguities.

He was also one of the nicest guys it’s been my privilege to meet and I know what a huge empty space his death has left for our shared friends in the Panos and foto8 family. I can’t imagine what that gap feels like for his immediate family but I’m so sorry for them, and for the family of Chris Hondros who was killed with him. My thoughts are with the other photographers who were injured alongside them and the people of Misrata who continue to be injured alongside them.

The video above was made by Tim recently as a reflection on his 10 years of covering conflict around the world and the nature of passing through those worlds and the ones most of us are used to. A deeply personal document, it seems the most fitting, and most troubling, way to come to terms with what is undoubtedly a huge loss.

Bike Boom Boxes

2011-02-22T18:03:07Z

Made In Queens is a short film by Nicolas Randall and Joe Stevens documenting the BMX-mounted soundsystems built by a group of teenagers in Queens, New York. It was selected for the 2008 Edinburgh film festival.

The film’s promo really seems to fit the subject, with screenings and partnerships with magazines and club nights as a way of touring it.

Not to mention, great photos of bikes loaded up with massive speaker boxes!

Via Adventure Kid

“The Internet is doomed to fail”: Don Norman extrapolates wildly

2011-02-14T15:40:17Z

A recent post by Don Norman on Core77 continues a series that seem designed as provocation.

Jason Spero (Admob, Google) talking about mobile

2011-02-12T22:44:19Z

Jason Spero, formerly of Admob and now Google talks about why it’s still early days for mobile and what brands can do to stand out.

Kim Jong-Il looking at a radish

2010-11-30T12:37:39Z

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody played on old computer parts by James BD594

2010-09-08T14:50:35Z

Peculiar - an icon set made entirely by CSS

2010-09-08T12:49:48Z

This is pretty amazing. An icon library created entirely in CSS.

Dave Mead’s photographs of the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Championship contestants

2010-08-17T17:34:32Z

A collection of portraits by photographer Dave Mead from Austin, Texas of the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Championship in Anchorage, Alaska.

Branislav Kropilak

2010-07-13T14:29:00Z

I love this series of train images by Branislav Kropilak. Take the time to browse through the other series on his site.

The birds!

2010-05-10T09:20:27Z

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s installation for The Curve in the Barbican is just beautiful.

A flock of zebra finches cohabit with hooked up electric guitars and other instruments, nesting in and around the gear.

As they do so, they are continually creating sound.

Birds seem to get loops pretty instinctively!

Get Excited And Make Things!

2010-02-25T16:31:29Z

In response to the phenomenon of knowingness that was the Keep Calm and Carry On posters, Matt Jones designed an alternative that wouldn’t take things sitting down.

Newspapers need pay ecologies, not pay walls

2010-02-24T12:23:09Z

A lucid argument from Evan Rudowski, CEO of subscription content portal, SubHub, for newspapers and magazines to experiment with mixed revenue models such as freemium instead of taking polarising stands for pay walls or advertising only models.

World Cup branding winners and losers

2010-02-24T10:23:08Z

Jimmy Vamos writes on the Ruby Pseudo blog about the branding efforts surrounding the Fifa World Cup.

Crowd Control at The Market Estate Project

2010-02-23T21:54:46Z

The Market Estate Project is a ‘temporary community of artists and designers’ that are bringing their creativity to the bowing out party of the Market Estate in Islington. The estate is soon to be demolished.

Rich’s installation uses found materials to evoke the estate’s history of ‘marches, protests and vandalism’. Satellite dishes as police shields is inspired thinking!

Tickets are sold out for the event, but a limited number are on sale on the day (6th March).

Check out Rich’s work at Counterwork and the Market Estate Project here.

The business of Creative Commons

2010-02-10T12:19:23Z

Foto8’s Leo Hsu has posted a writeup of commercial photographer Jonathon Worth’s experiment with the business model of Creative Commons licencing.