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Kampen church abstract 27 Aug 2013 | 11:16 am
One of my own favourites of the year. This is a detail of one of the columns of Kampen's most important church, which was completed in the 15th century. I upped the contrast and the colours to get a f...
Paging Lempicka 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
A vintage photograph from 1928 of a flapper girl driving an automobile - a subject that could have inspired a Tamara de Lempicka painting. The photographer is Andre Kertesz, who had his own blog entry...
Unicef: Bring back the child 25 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
Very creative and effective - these two advertisements by Unicef in Sri Lanka targeted against the recruitment of child soldiers. Excellent work by the local ad agency Leo Burnett.
Radar love 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
June 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of me being interested in the Dutch Top40 as broadcast weekly at that time by Veronica. To celebrate this piece of my youth, I intend to make Saturday Top40 1973 ...
Riverview waterdome 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
Frankly, I am disappointed with the quality of entries at the advanced Photoshop contest section of Worth1000 this year so far. Therefore, I went once more through their archives, and came up with thi...
Rhapsody in pink 22 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
I have decided to start a new category int his blog: "My digital art". The free software SuperPhoto that came with my new laptop has inspired me to create numerous digital art versions of my own photo...
Norway (the land of the midnight sun) 21 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
A bit of a curiosity, this 1925 travel poster for Norway - mainly due to the choice of font, which we tend to associate with Germany. That aside, this is a beautiful depiction of a gorgeous country, i...
Vogue July 1926 20 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
A vintage Vogue cover that gives a wonderful summer feeling. Beautiful Art Deco design, with a hint of Modigliani, by Eduardo Benito.
Unbuilt museums 19 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
The linked Hyperallergic article gives an interesting overview of a baker's dozen of museum designs that were never actually built. The architects involved include top names such as Gaudi, Wright and ...
Sibelius' symphonies 18 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
Between 1986 and 1999 I built up a considerable collection of classical music CD's (exceeding 2000 CD's in total). For various reasons I have played them a lot less in the past decade, but I am embark...
