Cabinet de curiosites
Playboy founder who sold – and lived – the dream of polygamous bachelorhood
“What are the best books about the history of photography?” We looked at 12 different photography history books and came away with 139 different titles.
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Illustrator Eiko Ojala (previously) tackles complex topics with masterfully simple images. Though his work often appears to be made with layered paper, the artist clarifies on his website that he works digitally, building each image from scratch. Cleverly using negative space, mirroring, and raking angles, Ojala conveys nuances of the human experience within tight creative constraints. The Estonian illustrator works with clients around the world to provide imagery on articles ranging from loneliness to climate change: recent publications include Oprah Magazine, Harvard Business Review, and The New York Times. More
Designer: Li Mubai (李慕百) 1980, September Love study Ai xuexi (爱学习) Call nr.: PC-1980-002 (Private collection) More Chinese propaganda posters? See: chineseposters.net/
Designer: Meng Muyi (孟慕颐) 1954, August Listening to stories from the uncles of the Volunteer Army Ting zhiyuanjun shushu jiang gushi (听志愿军叔叔讲故事) Call nr.: PC-1954-008 (Private collection) In the background: the 1952 poster "Long live the victory of the Korean People's Army and the Chinese People's Volunteers Army!" - see www.flickr.com/photos/chinesepostersnet/6648502791 More? See: chineseposters.net
c. 1963 part of the Children's Day series
一早出門，門口停了台貨車，貨車上的水果紙箱都是這個字體。中午吃飯，小吃攤的招牌也是這個字體。下班後去看中醫，藥袋上也有。晚上去倒垃圾，垃圾車外殼又是它。去買宵夜，「鹽酥雞」八成也是這字體。順道去五金行買個水管，一瞥就知道是五金行。我們還可以一直舉例下去。選台灣代表字型若只看使用率的話，《商用字彙》的楷書應該能高票當選。
Some of the world's most beloved and acclaimed movie stars shined during the Golden Age of Hollywood. With iconic names like Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and Judy Garland, this period in Tinseltown truly brought forth some of the biggest names in cinema history.
What a pity that three months ago, when writing on the New Year’s Eve dinner of the Year of the Rabbit we did not yet know the Japanese Ne...
In December 1953, Hugh Hefner decided to print just 54,000 of his new magazine, Playboy, not knowing whether it would ever be successful.
