what was happening in north america in 1974? well, among other things, there were two related events, the u.s. supreme court decision: united states v. nixon, 418 u.u. 683 & u.s. president richard nixon announces his resignation, effective august 9, 1974. there was also the continuation of the 1973 oil crisis into 1974. there […]

if your interested in industrial archaeology, i would encourage you to look at these wonderful duotone photographs from john bartelstone in his new book from this year, the brooklyn navy yard. the historic brooklyn navy yard, adjacent to the fort greene neighborhood, is one of the last remnants of brooklyn’s industrial supremacy. tomorrow tuesday, february […]

today, february 4th 2010 would have been lenny bacich’s birthday.
blue birthday for an old friend, i will miss you dearly . . .
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happy new year brings us to the year of the X (the roman numeral for ten) just like the chinese new year, february 14th, will bring us to the year of the tiger . . .

pratt studios room 59, is the home this semester to twelve id juniors in jeanne pfordresher’s studio section and the entrance is not just the approach to the shared work space, but also a graphic portrayal in images to the individual characters that are setting their sights on becoming designers and how they see themselves. […]

opening reception(s) thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm:
ippodo gallery • 521 west 26th street b1, (between 10th & 11th avenues)
new york, new york 10001, telephone: 212 / 967-4899
opening reception thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
shigeru uchida & ippodo gallery
design indaba: shigeru uchida & the power of weakness . . .
gana […]

besides the utility poster (with images of hammers, from achillie castiglioni and other, individual hand tools, photographed by walker evens) here are some more recent hand tool compositions, from june 2009, that i photographed at thirty-seven antwerp street, brighton, massachusetts, at bill bancroft’s neighbor, named john. as an artisans & a craftsman, john’s arrangement of […]

there’s a interesting (unfortunatley rather unknown, at least in america) book from swiss photographer thomas keller called, take this longing. the title comes from references to music from leonard cohen’s, take this longing and johnny cash’s, i walk the line. a number of the photographs were taken in berlin as well as other locations in […]

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.
untitled, zero . . .

jörg ratzlaff: gabriele, 1984