Spring is sprung (in the northern hemisphere, that is)…
Happy Nowruz (new year) to my Persian, Kurdish, and Turkish friends (and those of the Iranian diaspora everywhere)… and best wishes on this equinox to all—may you find balance and enjoy the axial tilt.
Frühling blühender Kirschenbaum (Switzerland).
Winnipeg, Canada
I met up with long-time climbing buddy (and talented [also very modest] architectural technologist) Simon Statkewich for brews and dinner last night. At Simon’s place I noticed a copy of Cottage magazine lying on his coffee table—replete with a cover feature on the new Fay Hut in Kootenay National Park that Simon designed (as a volunteer) for the Alpine Club of Canada—to replace the original built in 1927 after it burned down in 2003.
Top photo by Matt J. Simons; bottom photo by Marta.
Washington, D.C.
Another year goes by, and the world’s (now rapidly dwindling) ‘Superpower’ is still involved in ill-begotten warfaring in the cradle of civilization. When will it ever end… or will it never end?
Looking back to last year’s post (language warning still in effect)… here once again is ‘Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV.’
Berlin, Germany
If you appreciate or collect classic or art photography (or new imagery, for that matter) you’ll likely love Lumas… enjoy.
I’m not sure why—but I’ve been thinking about Joseph Beuys once again (deutscher Aktionskünstler, Bildhauer, Zeichner, Kunsttheoretiker und Pädagoge)… and then I came across the above image here (thanks to Silvie for the link).
Friday the 13th…
Be kind to the media buyers… ad placement and the context in which audiences encounter marketing messages have much to do with the success or failure of the intended communication. (Thanks to Matt Warburton for this link).
Winnipeg, Canada
Geez magazine is looking for a half-time, Winnipeg-based person to help with business aspects. The new Associate Publisher would work closely with other part-time staff. Application deadline is 31 March, with an anticipated start date of 15 April.
A clever idea (also a useful reference tool re: peer opinions on typography, as the rankings are determined by sorting and combining “best font” lists from a variety of interesting sources), here.
(Thanks to Kathryn Lancashire for the link).
