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Pennsylvania Station, New York City, circa 1935.
Photograph by Berenice Abbott.
My love for this building is a recurring theme.
Contact
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Photographer. Graphic Designer.
February 9
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Henry & Pike, New York City. March 6th, 1936.
Photograph by Berenice Abbott.
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Chatham Square Platform, New York City, circa 1939.
Photograph by Arnold Eagle.
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Aperture 3 »
Apple has just released version 3 of their photo-editing software Aperture and at a quick glance it looks like it’s a major step up from past versions. I’ve only used Aperture very briefly in the past and never found it to be the tool for me, but I’m going to test out the 30-day trial version and see how this one flies.
February 8
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HTML5 Sketchpad »
This is very cool: A Photoshop-like web app built with HTML5, javascript and CSS. Try it out in Safari or Google Chrome.
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“ It is often the margin of time spent on the tiniest details that separate the good designers from the great ones.
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Beautiful minimalistic timeline infographic from GOOD.
View the full, uncropped version.
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Click here to watch a video about Nine Hours, a new, beautifully designed capsule hotel in Kyoto, Japan. Capsule hotels have always fascinated me, but this is probably the first one I’ve seen where I’d really want to stay. It just seems very futuristic to sleep in a little pod, even if there’s no space travel or hypersleep involved. I quite like their minimalist design aesthetic as well (as seen above).
It’s odd that capsule hotels is still such a Japanese thing. I can think of so many times where all you need is just a bed to sleep in (like at an airport), and you have to pay a ton of money for a whole room and amenities you won’t use. The closest I’ve come to something similar was staying at The Pod Hotel in New York City, which has tiny little rooms with shared bathrooms along with very fresh modern design, but even those rooms were big compared to the capsule hotels of Japan.
February 7
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517 plays.
In A Sentimental Mood — Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
The perfect tune for a lazy Sunday.
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“ The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.
— Brassaï
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Spinner in Newberry, South Carolina. December 1908.
Photograph by Lewis Hine.
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Newsies in Nashville, Tennessee. November 13th, 1910.
Photograph by Lewis Hine, whose photos of children at work helped change the child labor laws in the U.S.
February 5
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Chinatown, New York City. 35mm.
February 4
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42nd & 5th, New York City.
