Category Archives: linkage

Away, bombs

Posted on November 26, 2012 by things magazine

Is this famous image of a Heinkel bomber above Millwall actually a German propaganda fake? Airminded is on the case / MDM Props are the manufacturers and makers behind many iconic contemporary artworks and installations, including Anish Kapoor’s Turning the … Continue reading →

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End of week collection of things

Posted on November 23, 2012 by things magazine

A big Friday link round-up. Deck the halls in a Slayer Christmas Jumper / incredible miniature military dioramas at Brigida Tripeira / Quick Streetview, instant access to the world’s front doors (via MeFi / are you growing tired of my … Continue reading →

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Back stories

Posted on November 20, 2012 by things magazine

Other things. Terrifying close-up photographs of eyes / scratch-building a Lamborghini / Three Star Books make artists’ editions, including work by Ryan Gander (I’m Trending) and Matt Mullican (88 Maps) / the story of Vulcan Bomber XH558 / landscape photography … Continue reading →

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Round and round and round

Posted on November 5, 2012 by things magazine

History of film, 100 years in a chart / Remember who you are, James Ward takes the considerable time and effort to attend an all-day long David Icke marathon at Wembley Arena, just so you don’t have to. Also by … Continue reading →

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Book covers, from now and then

Posted on November 5, 2012 by things magazine

A little late for this, perhaps: ‘Dracula will be a 740 page book by the artist Roman Vasseur that features the covers of an ongoing collection of novels from the vampire genre.’ See some of the covers already collected. The … Continue reading →

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A selection of links for the weekend

Posted on October 26, 2012 by things magazine

A random selection of links to delve into / all about George Bull, three mediums delve deep into the history of a former chocolate factory / a few weeks ago we posted this image, ‘helmet‘, to our tumblr and it … Continue reading →

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Off road and down dale

Posted on October 23, 2012 by things magazine

‘Thierry de Montcorgé, a competitive driver in safari rallies such as Bandama or Nice-Abidjan, is at the origin of a crazy bet: race a Rolls Royce in the Paris Dakar safari rally. What was just an idea during a dinner … Continue reading →

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Friday links

Posted on October 19, 2012 by things magazine

Quick link round-up. ‘Fossilizing’ With a Camera, revisiting Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Dioramas project / 9 experiments in large, a slideshow round-up of new architectural concepts / Adrift (Tyen) is a first person game that creates an atmosphere of creeping dread, simply … Continue reading →

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Another point of view

Posted on October 10, 2012 by things magazine

Rorik Smith paints remarkably dense architectural images, full of twisting viewpoints and multiple perspectives / the art of Simon Laurie / Lunch hour pops, a tumblr / The Coolhunter discovers the hidden peril of relying on social media: When Facebook … Continue reading →

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Spare the rod

Posted on October 3, 2012 by things magazine

The 10 best fictional architects. We always thought the Woody Harrelson/Indecent Proposal quote was paraphrasing Louis Kahn / Grasshopper 3D is where all the parametric guys hang out / generative paintings by Sergio Albiac. We also like his conventionally-painted series, … Continue reading →

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Elementary, but imaginary

Posted on September 28, 2012 by things magazine

The weekend link selection. A review of Black Metal: Beyond the Darkness (via Mountain 7) / after the recent post about the ‘hotel of doom‘, here’s some more images of North Korea / Paroneiria, a weblog / the brick and … Continue reading →

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Roads to nowhere

Posted on September 25, 2012 by things magazine

Jonathan Meades: ‘Architects are the last people who should shape our cities‘ (via World Architects): ‘The mediation of buildings can never be neutral. As long ago as the 1930s, Harry Goodhart-Rendel observed: “The modern architectural drawing is interesting, the photograph … Continue reading →

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The city sculpted

Posted on September 24, 2012 by things magazine

Alan Wolfson makes ‘miniature urban sculptures’, like Katz’s Delicatessen and Peepworld. Reminiscent of the work of Michael Paul Smith, who takes beautiful photographs of his insanely detailed car models in an imaginary suburb he calls Elgin Park. More photographs here … Continue reading →

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LA Noire

Posted on September 20, 2012 by things magazine

MichaelRyerson’s photostream is rich with imagery from the early days of Hollywood and LA, the highs and the lows / Edgar Martins, photographer and subject to much online heat for some controversially manipulated images back in 2009, has become a … Continue reading →

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Weekend link selection

Posted on September 15, 2012 by things magazine

Vintage Children’s Books My Kid Loves, a very excellent website / related, links to book cover art / Morning Type, a daily selection of typographical imagery and inspiration / the world’s oldest colour film footage, non hand-coloured, dating from 1902 … Continue reading →

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Maps of relief

Posted on September 13, 2012 by things magazine

Relief maps of the Western Front at the Australian War Memorial. Related, 3D relief maps made at The Cutting Room, who have an impressive portfolio of projects / Seed Capsules, a tumblr by Sophie Munns / Why I secretly recorded … Continue reading →

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On the trail of high weirdness

Posted on September 11, 2012 by things magazine

MeFi post of the month winners. The ultimate winner, High Weirdness by Mail is over 11,000 words of rumination on the cultish High Weirdness by Mail catalogue, a ‘directory of kooks’ assembled by the Reverend Ivan Stang of The Church … Continue reading →

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Weekend link selection

Posted on September 8, 2012 by things magazine

The Drawing Room, ‘an exhibition of outstanding original illustrations inspired by beautiful and brilliant everyday objects’. Showing next week at Luna & Curious and featuring the work of twelve illustrators, including Jess Wilson, a detail of whose work for Show … Continue reading →

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History and its objects

Posted on September 7, 2012 by things magazine

A History of New York in 50 Objects, via MeFi. Closely related to the British Museum’s A History of the World in 100 Objects (also available as a book). There’s always something compelling about collections – it’s one of the … Continue reading →

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The Bridge and Tunnel Crowd

Posted on August 30, 2012 by things magazine

The Atlas des routes de France was a vast survey of the country’s road and waterways, undertaken by Daniel-Charles Trudaine from 1745 to 1780 (although Trudaine never lived to see it completed). ‘The 62 bound volumes contain more than 3,000 … Continue reading →

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