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Hammer and sickle disappear from central Berlin

Monday, November 21, 2011

Aeroflot throws its iconic Berlin signage out with the trash
One of the last hammer and sickle emblems in Berlin has disappeared from its prominent place in the centre of the city.
The hammer and sickle – the symbol of communism and the Soviet Union – was removed from most public buildings across the former [...]

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Public Pattern Transport

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Zürich
Toronto
Tel Aviv
At some point I couldn’t help but notice the extraordinary diversity: Each town has its own design. Sometimes there are several types. No butt ever seems to pay attention. So I started collecting snapshots with my phone. Feel free to submit your local pattern here: http://publicpatterntransport.tumblr.com

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BACK TO THE HANDMADE — THE MAKERS

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Few hours ago Erik Spiekermann was ironically praising the great return to the handmade when commenting this news, about the poor woman who bought a wooden iPad for $180… believing it was for real! But despite the irony directed to this specific and unbelievable case, there seems to be something going on regarding handmade products [...]

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THE BLACK BBC

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Two decades ago, the rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy), described rap music as the “the black CNN”. Rappers in London found their own way to describe the political and social background that led to the English riots in the past week. Here’s an excellent and in-depth article about the subject by writer Dan Hancox in [...]

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WHY FRIDGES?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Films are being shown on fridges, in London. Here’s why.

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NORDKREUZ

Monday, August 1, 2011

Street artist Evol is a bit of a household name in Germany, but it’s really nice to see how he evolves into a fine art practice that is actually more than taking graffiti into the gallery – it’s more like taking the entire city into the gallery.
Or into nature, as for this installation called Nordkreuz, [...]

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RUNNING ON EMPTY

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

There have been numerous photography series on cities such as Tokyo or Los Angeles without people, but to see a video of car-struck LA without cars… Painstakingly assembled by Ross Ching. (via Ignant)

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