There’s something lovely about abandoned books. They’re somehow beautifully tragic in their dusty, moldy state, and yet still full of potential — whether it’s to be rescued, taken to a new home (as I’ve done with several books I’ve found in abandoned houses and barns) and perhaps read once more, or turned into something new. James Charlick found this abandoned library in a manor house while doing a bit of urban exploration.
Via Boing Boing.
Artist Guy Laramee sculpts complex miniature landscapes from books. His latest series was inspired by the tsunami in Japan last year, followed two days later by the death of his mother.
Laramee has turned this Japanese dictionary into a piece titled “In Advance of a Broken Land”.
Japanese telecom NTT Docomo released this gorgeous advertisement for a new, wood-encased mobile phone (which itself is gorgeous). Watch and be amazed.
Via Boing Boing.
Back-dated and cross-posted from Facebook, this is my list of 15 movies that will “always stick with me.”
What’s a trailer doing in an all-time list of favorite movies? Because it’s the single best one and a half minutes of movie-making I’ve ever seen. The actual movie can only be a disappointment…
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