notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

2024-03-15

post/745052303259811840

photo 14:14:05
brooklynmuseum:
“Pierre Cardin, a fashion designer known for his futuristic creations, said “the cosmos has always attracted me, even before the Space Age…I always imagined that man would one day walk on the moon.” On July 20, 1969, Cardin was on the...

brooklynmuseum:

Pierre Cardin, a fashion designer known for his futuristic creations, said “the cosmos has always attracted me, even before the Space Age…I always imagined that man would one day walk on the moon.” On July 20, 1969, Cardin was on the Champs-Elysées, surrounded by thousands of anxious and excited people watching the Apollo 11 footage, “waiting for the dream to become a reality.” 

Just a few months after this momentous event, Cardin toured the @nasa Manned Space Center in Houston where he had the privilege of trying on an astronaut’s pressure suit. This was a moment that Cardin later said is his most beautiful memory. 

Opening today on the Apollo 50th anniversary, Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion encapsulates the excitement surrounding the moon landing with a retrospective of designs envisioning a bold Space Age future. See it now through January 5, 2020.⁠

Pierre Cardin wearing Apollo 11 space suit, 1969. (Photo: Courtesy of Archives Pierre Cardin. © Archives Pierre Cardin)

A five year old post, so sadly you cannot go and see the exhibition, but this was a good source for a reblog.

CNN has a good overview with some pictures from the exhibition.

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text 10:41:20

milksockets:

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‘naty abascal, space suit by nasa, new york, december 21, 1964, photograph by richard avedon’ in expedition: fashion from the extreme - thames + hudson (2017)

2024-03-10

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post/744613276299689984

text 17:55:57
image

A diagram of Holborn terminals, including one which inspired the design of the Holborn 9120.

Riccardo Bianchini, Inexhibit.com:

the system comprised a single-piece keyboard-monitor console and a massive external unit that contained two floppy drives (an optional 30MB hard disk was also available).
There are few doubts that the distinctive hallmark of the Holborn 9100 was its periscope-like 12” built-in monitor protruding from the console.

Image: Technisch Museum

2024-02-27

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text 17:00:26

thingsmagazine:

image

Gonogo, a proposal for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, by Goshka Macuga.

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video 16:00:24
Pigeon, Man, Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, Lewisham, 1990, 90c6-02-33

Pigeon, Man, Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, Lewisham, 1990, 90c6-02-33 by Peter Marshall

A man. A pigeon. A van. London.

post/743521143605067776

photo 15:36:57
At the Aerospace Projects Review Blog, Grumman Advanced Stealthy Penetrator: Early CAD:
“[Included] is a PR image showing, presumably, a Grumman engineer at work on a 3D CAD diagram of the GASP. This image dates from no later than 1984, so the CAD...

At the Aerospace Projects Review BlogGrumman Advanced Stealthy Penetrator: Early CAD:

[Included] is a PR image showing, presumably, a Grumman engineer at work on a 3D CAD diagram of the GASP. This image dates from no later than 1984, so the CAD system was a pretty early one (though by no means the *earliest* CAD system).

2024-02-07

post/741711208625897472

photo 16:08:49
A suggested office layout for freelancers, from Practical Graphic Design Techniques, 1991, edited by Lydia Darbyshire. via Present & Correct.

A suggested office layout for freelancers, from Practical Graphic Design Techniques, 1991, edited by Lydia Darbyshire. via Present & Correct.

2024-01-24

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text 11:58:41

Please forgive the YouTube-inspired title. It’s a joke. Mainly.

Anyway, yes, I do actually use an iPod (specifically, a fourth generation (2004, click wheel) 20 GB model) as my music player when I’m out and about, or occasionally when lounging around the house. There are a few reasons for this that work for me that probably don’t for most people.

Firstly: I still use wired headphones (over-ear at home, in-ear outside). The iPod has a 3.5mm headphone jack, obviously; equally obviously, my iPhone (like almost all recent phones) does not. Sure, there are convertors, but that’s faff. So while I still avoid dragging myself into the 2020s and use Bluetooth, the iPod is actually more convenient.

As a digression: it’s really nice being able to use my pocket computer without a wire getting tangled up in it. Maybe this argues for AirPods, but I noticed because of the iPod, so why not just keep using it?

Secondly: I listen to albums. All the way through, in artist-decided order. Old ones, that I’ve had for years, usually. I also don’t use Spotify, Apple Music, or any other streaming source. So it’s not important for my music device to actually be connected to the internet, ever. An occasional sync to put music on isn’t the worst thing, especially as my tastes change glacially nowadays (and have for years).

Like I said, these are almost certainly unusual preferences now, at least if the flood of Spotify years in review and wireless buds are any indication. If I get AirPods, I’ll probably switch back to music on my phone (which certainly handles compilations better). Still, it’s nice having the music I own on a device, and that’s far less likely to change than headphone technology.

I will say: if you’re like me, and listen to albums (or rarely-changing playlists) on wired headphones, consider a dedicated device (either an old iPod, or something like the Shanling M0 Pro, which looks like an iPod nano 6th gen, but better). It might work for you, too.

2024-01-05

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Emmanuel Monzon, from his Urban Sprawl Emptiness series, 2016 (via)
I was wondering whether I could identify where the photo was taken, given the overhead power lines; they’re not seen very often in US cities. At first I tried San Francisco, but I...

Emmanuel Monzon, from his Urban Sprawl Emptiness series, 2016 (via)

I was wondering whether I could identify where the photo was taken, given the overhead power lines; they’re not seen very often in US cities. At first I tried San Francisco, but I found it in Monzon’s base of Seattle. Here’s a couple of Street View pictures taken from the middle of the road shown above.

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In the first you can see the canopy, no longer reading Westin (Street View’s photos have it until May 2019, but not after July 2021), along with a trolleybus (using those overhead lines) and a well-timed cigarette break.

In the second, that open door that dominates the Monzon photo is open once more, along with the two access covers that make it clear this is definitely the right spot.

If nothing else, this shows that there is a good photograph to be made from seemingly uninteresting downtown walls and alleyways, if one can spot it.

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