Above, the Breguet-Richet Gyroplane 1 of 1907, an Emmett-like contraption of dubious aerodynamics / Sketches of Optimism From Detroit’s Glory Days, car design from a bygone era / collecting old American Road Maps / the Dynamic City Foundation, charting the speed of Chinese urbanism, and the state's intention to 'have built four hundred new cities by the year 2020, at a rate of twenty new cities annually' / a tragic set of empty Paul Rudolph Houses taken by Chris Mottalini. So much waste / rare books at Simon Finch. Related, the Bookscans database of cover art and MoMA's collection of illustrated books.

Visual round-up. 40 fakes / Ordigami / butterflynet / Public Image, a project at the General Public Agency / Jahsonic / Pony Express (almost entirely nsfw) / Vintage Photographs / The Research Cars of Mercedes Benz / stills from John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live / PartIV on Magic Highways USA, a display of boundless optimism, featuring 'sun-powered electro-suspension car which needs no wheels', etc. etc. / illustrations by Siggi Eggertsson.posted by things at 17:37 / 0 comments