Posted November 17, 2009 at 11:57am
In the future, so many people are going to become famous that one day everybody will end up being anonymous for 15 minutes.
— Banksy (via William Gibson tweet)
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Posted September 29, 2009 at 5:26pm
There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind…the whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. And what is also of very great importance in this uncertain world where destruction becomes continually more frequent and unpredictable, is this, that…it need not be concentrated in any single one place.
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H.G. Wells, 1937 (talking about micro-film)
via What’s Next
Posted September 21, 2009 at 5:22pm
Interior view of the Save-A-Nickel Store at 4210 Tennyson Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows stacked cans, fruit, and advertising signs: “Sunbrite Cleanser.” May 21, 1940, Rocky Mountain Photo Company (via ephemera assemblyman: Vintage Grocery Store Displays
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Posted September 21, 2009 at 5:18pm
‘group vase’ by agnes bar
Posted September 21, 2009 at 2:20pm
tittot glass manufacturer is part of the ‘the harder they fall’ exhibition currently on show at moss gallery in new york. their collection of vessels are glass cast using the lost wax technique, a method which was favored by artists in france during the art nouveau period. requiring about 50 interconnected steps, the art form was revived by mr. heinrich wang, creative director of tittot, taiwan in 1987. the process begins with a hand drawing on paper which is then sculpted into a clay prototype. a silicone mould is cast in order to create a positive model in wax. the wax piece is then removed from the mould and the imperfections are removed to create a seamless piece. a wax model is then cast in a plaster mould and placed in a steam room to allow the wax to melt away slowly, exiting the mould through a small gate. various colors of glass stones are then selected by the artist and placed inside the plaster mould and fired in a kiln, where the glass melts together, combining the colors together and filling the plaster form. when firing is complete, the piece is carefully removed from the mould and polished.
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A village called Milly, somewhere in France. Thanks Charlie D.
