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on sunday (11/15/09) »the NYTimes« spotlights...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:29:00 -0500

on sunday (11/15/09) »the NYTimes« spotlights typographic OCD:

the long ‘s’ verses proper ligatures…
ƒ vs. ﬁ

» long ‘s’ « (via typophile)
» ligature « (via wikapedia)

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Appollinaire (“La colombe pognardée et lejet d’eau,”...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Appollinaire (“La colombe pognardée et lejet d’eau,” Calligrams, 1918) explore the space between visual representation and linguistic description; an interstitial territory also explored by the De Stijl, Constructivism, Dada, and Surrealism, albeit using different tools.

»UB«

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400

»UB«

»sandro’s« changes

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:29:00 -0400

»sandro’s« changes

Mel Bochner: 42 Ways to say no.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400

Mel Bochner: 42 Ways to say no.

Video

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400

If I had $3–5K…»Jasper Johns Embossed Alphabet«...

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

If I had $3–5K…»Jasper Johns Embossed Alphabet« at Christie’s

»Dirk Krecker« (typewriter artist, etc.)

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

»Dirk Krecker« (typewriter artist, etc.)

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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:10:00 -0400

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a lesson in strategy (taught by a cat)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:26:19 -0400

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

– Calvin Coolidge

There’s just one hitch, though… did you catch it?

Absolutely all of it: 100% of this approach - depends on having the right direction. Without that one little element, the entire effort is for naught.

I’m reminded of Alice, who asked the Cheshire Cat:
“Which way [should I] go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where,” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

Taken from A lesson in strategy, taught by a Cat, by Mark Hurst

Photo

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:34:00 -0400

a »DFW book« and still don’t know why Jon...

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

a »DFW book« and still don’t know why Jon Krasinski is directing…

some images from my very talented friend »Jenny Hee...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

some images from my very talented friend »Jenny Hee Chung’s« design work for Anthropologie/Leifsdottir Spring 2010 line (the theme was The World Awaits You):

View a slide show of collection »by blogger Effortless Anthropologie«.

Today, it is one year since David Foster Wallace took his own...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:45:00 -0400

Today, it is one year since David Foster Wallace took his own life. To mark the tragic anniversary, John Williams, editor of »The Second Pass«, reprinted an essay, which originally appeared on another site of his (»special way of being afraid«) on September 16 of last year.

i cannot outgrow the tactile delight of pop-up books. case +...

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400

i cannot outgrow the tactile delight of pop-up books. case + point: (A) the Tate has created a couple of teaser films of a forthcoming pop-up book by David Carter: 600 Black Spots.

{and below} ABC3D by Marion Bataille, which I bought last year.

Video

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

automation with a human heart

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:09:29 -0400

so my whole interest with/of Stivale’s transcription of Deleuze’s l’abécédaire happened as a result to a synchronicitous (re)find of DDD14, aka the Stenographer’s Stenographer. this idea of a fourth person, or ‘a curiously conscious third person, once/twice removed’ seemed a good place to find a closure to the big frightening “T.”

l'abécédaire

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:33:00 -0400

The eight-hour series of interviews between Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet, filmed by Pierre-André Boutang in 1988-1989. There’s a couple of videos. I enjoy these for mannerisms, can’t claim to understand everything even though I am working on that… Transcript/translations available at the website of Charles J. Stivale (prof in Romance & Languages at Wayne State Uni in Detroit) »here«.

Video

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:00:00 -0400

the neighbors

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:33:00 -0400

the lines i trace with my FEET
WALKING to the museum
are more important than the lines
i find there hung up on the walls…