Archive for January 2009
Inspiration: Book cover Archive
In the same vein as yesterday’s post – the Archive of Book Cover Designs and Designers ( for the purpose of appreciation and categorization)




Inspiration: Vintage Travel Brochures
Check out these stellar vintage travel brochures. Okay, I’ve got that travel bug again….


Inspiration: NFB

NFB
The National Film Board of Canada recently put their archives online. And wow – there is a ton of amazing footage
and films to be found. You can watch for free online and then order anything you’d like to have forever.
Here’s a link to one of many, with the Description from the site. (grr wordpress, please let me inbed this video!)
Very Nice, Very Nice
Arthur Lipsett’s first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, “Very nice, very nice.” It was was critically acclaimed and plays frequently in festivals and film schools around the world.
Inspiration: Make something cool everday
Check out the Flickr stream HERE for more of this:

Inspiration: PostSecret
If you’ve never read Post Secret – YOU SHOULD.
Here’s an example of an anonymous postcard sent to the blog:

Travel
Inspiration: Mel Stringer
Let’s make 2009 as positive as can be. Here’s Mel Stringer to get you started. I’m trying to convince my boss that he should commission Mel to do our portraits for our company website.

Mel Stringer

Mel Stringer

Mel Stringer
