We rely on the Boston Globe’s The Big Picture – current stories told through powerful photography – for a periodic reality check. The latest of the desperate famine situation on the Horn of Africa, centering around Somalia. As we find ourselves focused on HOME here, we were struck by images of makeshift shelters made out of sticks,…
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photo: fast forward A while back, our friend Fast Forward showed us images of his recent trip to Hong Kong; many are annotated in true Fastian (or is it Forward-ian?) style, which show HIS unique way of seeing things, as an experimental/culinarian composer/artist . Beat-up drums full of something – cooking oil, perhaps – become…
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(Video link here.) “Don’t sweat the small stuff “has become a self-help mantra that we often tend to agree with. It’s easy to get caught up in unnecessary details or minor challenges and lose sight of the big picture. However, occasionally we’re reminded that every piece of conventional wisdom has its foil. The above video from…
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Business cards can be so unimaginatively designed, that we are happy to post about innovative ones when we find them, as a reminder of the possibilities. We love this utterly succinct business card by Boris, although he got a good amount of flack about it on his site: some commenters complained that it doesn’t let…
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While we were away, we discovered that SayMedia has included Sally and ‘the improvised life’ Say 100: The Voices that Shape Opinion. They polled ten category experts to identify ‘100 Voices that Matter’. Thanks to Julie Carlson, founder of Remodelista, we share the Shelter category with the likes of The Selby, Desire to Inspire, and…
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(Video link here).We have long admired musician/artist Björk, so were happy to stumble on this YouTube video of her giving a house tour, even though it’s clearly years old and from another era of her life. No matter; it is so full of quirky charm and ideas, it seemed like a fitting post to come…
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