The dude at Police Informer is steadily posting a very well-selected catalog of 90’s skateboarding gems.
Posted on March 31, 2008 at 02:50 PM | Comment (1 comments)
Here is a great example of a beautiful design that didn’t meet, or maybe outright ignored, its real-world objectives. Massimo Vignelli’s New York City Subway map of 1972 is as beautiful and thoughtful as it is ignorant. Central Park as a square? Sure, why not. But hey, when your name is Massimo and you have photos like this floating around, you can do whatever the hell you want.
Posted on March 27, 2008 at 11:08 AM | Comment (0 comments)
Did you know where shapes that make up the international ‘peace’ symbol came from? Me neither. Here is what the BBC says.
Posted on March 21, 2008 at 09:27 AM | Comment (4 comments)
Stevie D. at three legendary Chicago spots. Slashin’ at Seawall with frigid Lake Michigan lurking below, a truck-bending wallride at 1st National Bank downtown and snapping one at the Firehole on the Northside. Yeah!
Posted on March 15, 2008 at 10:56 AM | Comment (3 comments)
Rode out to Queens to Kissena Velodrome on Sunday with Kyle, Mike, Massan, Joe and Shino (a special and very fast guest from Tokyo). To say it was cold out there would be an understatement. So with a firm “Roger That!” from FDNY-Mike, we built a good old picket-line style oil-drum fire to stay warm. Between that and the PBR’s, it was almost enjoyable out there. Ended up in Jamaica and got a chance to ride around and see parts of Queens that I hadn’t before. Saw some unusual architecture, a magical airbrushed dragon and met some new people. Left Manhattan at noon and didn’t get home until midnight. Good Sunday.
Posted on March 10, 2008 at 09:29 PM | Comment (1 comments)
Who knew CW11 had Soul Train re-runs on Saturday nights?
Posted on March 10, 2008 at 08:15 PM | Comment (3 comments)
Especially when they are a Ducati 916, a Desmodesici and Valentino Rossi’s bike. This was model heaven in Tokyo. Ships, cars, motorcycles, airplanes in all shapes and sizes. I remember being little and wanting to get models, but was always bummed when they didn’t look as good as the hi-tech airbrush and marker illustrations on the box.
Posted on March 08, 2008 at 03:56 PM | Comment (1 comments)
Falling in line with my slight obsession of all things 60’s lately, here are two of my favorite title sequences from Saul Bass. The first are the end titles for West Side Story (1961) and the second group is for Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest (1959). Here is a sweet site that has cataloged and written about his motion picture work over the years.
Posted on March 02, 2008 at 05:56 PM | Comment (1 comments)
