_the “Lions in Bangalore” series is definitely something we want to take a look at.
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_you Nicholas Feltron, should have some coffee with some Gopher Magazine editors that follow your blog. Soon.
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_coming back to America: “[ the term ] Ghost Riding involves walking or dancing alongside a car while a vehicle is still moving” – videoart by Timo Bredenberg.
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_the GridLondon’s “Takeaway Box” is one of the most amazing brochures we’ve sen in a while, do look!
Big and Bold and Bad-ass
Our visit to the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection this week (a collection! and you can use it!) has us reeling with an aesthetic inspired by the specimens: “hard angular forms that reflect mechanical origins”. Big and bold, and fun, and (maybe this is just us…) the kind of beautiful fun that smells of popcorn. So… we rounded up some things we liked. A big thanks to the amazing David Shields for the tour!
Wood Type and Wooden Toys. Get [...]
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_the series “Corporate Franchise Architecture and the National Landscape” is something you should definitely see if you’re interested in contemporary USA.
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_our friend Estelle Hanania has a new book! This time it is about her Dondoro series and it’s published by the folks of Kaugummi.
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_probably you’ve seen this around, but in case you haven’t: the Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names by Pop Chart Lab.
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_finally we know who made the video that we saw at the Parc de Collserola in Barcelona! Javier Jaen!
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_do you know who moved into Alvin Lustig‘s studio in NYC after he passed away? Josef Müller-Brockmann!
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_music Monday indeed! listening once and again to Diamond Rings, specially this and this [ via Jess Sauer! ].
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_the Gopher and its co-editor Lope Gutiérrez-Ruiz are featured in Wired Magazine!!! Awesome Thursday and kudos to Lope! Larger images here and here!
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_what an amazing set of images: “El Pardo” by Carlos Sanva [ more to come in the next edition of the Gopher! ].