Ellen Kooi
Check out the work of Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi. More of her work is on view at the PPOW Gallery in New York.
Archive for October, 2006
Lived in Bars
Cat Power’s Lived in Bars video has a cameo by photographer William Eggelston. He kisses her ear.
learningtoloveyoumore
Delve more deeply into the assignments of Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July’s learningtoloveyoumore.com.
The Google
Henceforth, it’s called the Google.
I’m Just Saying
I’m just saying there might be a resemblance.
Hacking Everyday Objects
Swiss graphic design firm Atelier V. has posted a great collection of everyday household object that are hacked into fun new objects.
Photos From Kites
Here’s a Flickr group of photos that are all taken from kites.
Vintage Book Covers
Inspired by the book Penguin by Design, Los Angeles art director/graphic designer Joe Kral has started collecting vintage Penguin paperback book covers and putting them in a Flickr set. His Found Type set is nice too.
Benjamin Donaldson
Nice photo portfolio from Brooklyn photographer Benjamin Donaldson. All the sets on his site are great, but I especially like Terrain, Siberia and Portraits. He’s also got a set examining the life and accumulations of a 96 year old bachelor.
Caterpillar Invasion
Photos of a caterpillars invasion in Sweden.
Tiina Itkonen
Finnish photographer Tiina Itkonen has travelled to the northernmost part of Greenland four times to take photos and enjoy the lack of haste, the friendliness of the people, the silence of the glaciers and the peace of the landscape. And she’s taken some great photos there. Here everything happens immaqa agaqu
Schwinn Streamline
A new line of electric bikes are coming from your old friend Schwinn. This 2007 Streamline is not bad looking.
Beth Alice Cook
San Francisco artist Beth Alice Cook has made some cool and hilarious charts to define and understand relationships, emotions and decisions in her life. I especially like the elegantly succinct Hamburger Theory of Love and the dryly honest Sex History. But all her charts are great.
Steve MacDonald
Bitchin’ stitchin from San Francisco artist Steve MacDonald. With a Singer sewing machine, thread and big canvases, MacDonald makes some really cool art. He’s also made some messenger bags and hoodies. See more work here.
Bicycle Coffee Systems
How does one drink a cup o’ joe on the way to work when you commute by bike? Bicycle Coffee Systems, the Earth’s Leading Authority on Conveying Coffee by Bicycle–Since 1996, has answers.
Simone Shubuck
Weird, cool drawings by Simone Shubuck are up at the Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco. Also See more at the Kantor / Freuer Gallery in Los Angeles.
Earwig
There’s a really, really big earwig in a field in Germany.
Jeff Brouws
Check out the photos of San Franciscan photographer Jeff Brouws. I especially like his Approaching Nowhere series of photos of lonesome, ruinous urban landscapes and the cheery Freshly Painted Houses of Daly City. See more of Brouws’ work at the Robert Koch Gallery in San Francisco
When You Stare Directly at the Sun
Here’s a cool photo of the silhouette of the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis set against the sun.