A sift through a collection of style, design, whatever weblogs, all of which pump a relentless stream of eye-catching imagery into your browser, day in, day out: An Illustrated Treatise on Ammunition and Ordnance, 1880-1960, just another small portion of Steve Johnson's CyberHeritage International / Giavasan, imagery, etc. / "Eyes on the Metropole: Seeing London and Beyond", a paper by Sharon M. Twigg and Theresa M. Kelley.

The Greenwich Phantom, all about the London borough / the Top 100 Architecture Blogs, an in-depth collection of links, compiled by International Listings, a realtor / more link tag, Postmodern revision, Arkitektur juxtaposes two iconic images of destruction from the tail-end of the post-modern era, Zabriskie Point and Pruitt-Igoe.

Western Park Sublime gothic Sculpture (via Blanketfort) / the Elements of Branding, via Coudal / photos by Anne lass, via conscientious / Monoscope, the lure of the object / Dumb Angel, 'the proclamation of Modernist art, pop surf culture and Los Angeles sound design of the 1960s. Offering up pop with a consciousness.'

An epic collection of Hornby Trains goes up for auction . There are some beautiful items / Andy Bosselman, an advertising and design weblog / the selfdivider, a NY-based culture weblog / design for mankind blogs (often superfluous) objects / as does The World's Best Ever / along with Better Living Through Design / when was the first ever book written by someone called Steve?

Yatzer, 'design is to share' / Imedagoze, blogs on interiors, prints and textiles / ADEK Bouwkunde Blog, architecture and more / Brazilian architecture brut, the Casa de Pedra in Paraisopolis (site of this famous juxtaposition), the South American answer to the Palais ideal du Facteur Cheval.

The Girl in the Green Dress, more things. We like the House-off Switch / Luksus, places and objects / What's the Jackanory?, an illuminating weblog by photographer Andrew Hetherington / who links on to the work of Andres Gonzalez / Liberty London Girl has a nice take on the Atlantic divide.

Silent Noise Control, an mp3 blog / whatever happened to Levittown? A NY Times slideshow that illustrates more than a few of the famous suburban archetypes lurching uncontrollably towards McMansionism. Obesity, they tell us, is not our fault. Houses too can let themselves go / all sorts of imagery thanks to Bouphonia.

A review of Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex, or rather, the man who invented himself./ A purveyor of 'airport doorstops', Robbins embellished his life with bogus tales of orphanages and soliciting, yet still racked up 750 million book sales. A cover gallery / on the Use of Text in Videogames, an essay at the always engaging Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

Ishbadiddle, 'An occasional report on ephemeral things' / is this the package that shapes the architectural future? Maxwell Render / Let's be frank about Spence, or does Basil really deserve all this attention?posted by things at 23:28 / 0 comments