2012-05-08
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party outings 1964 front cover by smallritual on Flickr:
‘party’ here means a group of people. this is a book of suggestions for day trips to tourist destinations
2012-04-09
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In 2007 they were the subject of a large Tate Modern retrospective. “We felt we deserved it”, says Gilbert. “But we wanted it in the right Tate, not the wrong Tate.”
“Every English artist who has a show in Tate Britain is finished two weeks later,” says Gilbert. “It’s the kiss of death. If you have Tate Modern, then the other one must be Tate Old-Fashioned. They’re trying to say that they don’t really believe in British modern art.”
”2012-03-27
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The Cable & Wireless Giant Circle Map of 1945, photographed by iamdanw.
There’s a neater version at “Along What Dimension Is Cyberspace”, a post on what looks at a quick glance to be the fascinating (if slightly neglected) refractal site. (Again, thanks to Dan W for the pointer.)
It’s interesting comparing this decorative, slightly off-centred polar azimuthal map to the Pan Am route map, made just twenty years later, that I posted earlier. For example, the Empire and Dominions (as they then were) are shown in red, whereas Pan Am leaves the entire world off-white, and there’s far more labelling. Of course, both have the handy property of showing great circles (other than the Equator) as straight lines.
2012-02-20
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2011-08-31
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2011-06-14
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Courtney Boyd Myers: London’s Silicon Roundabout from a New York state of mind (via Dan W).
I should write more about the differences between UK and US mindsets, but this is definitely one thing I’ve noticed.
2011-05-23
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plastic map by maraid on Flickr.
Fantastic (and shot very nicely too).
2009-10-01
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Tea Making Tips from the Empire Tea Bureau, from the BFI’s national archive. So many great moments.
2009-06-22
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Captioned “A murmuration of starlings over Brighton Pier at sunset”, Linda Nylind’s photo illustrates Jonathan Glancey’s piece on the return of the seaside pier in The Guardian.
2008-11-27
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In the wake of the Creative Review blog posting the British Design Classics set of stamps, designed by HGV for the Royal Mail next year, the ffffound hive mind is in full gear. (Not that I’m immune to the tendency, but I tend to limit myself to just one image from the set. After all, I can always go back to the original post.)
Anyway, how could I not love those stamps? Mind you, I do wish they’d used one of Beck’s diagrams, or at least a recent TfL map that doesn’t look far too cluttered when turned into a stamp. Still, that’s full-blown rant material. Best step away from the post editor.
