you’ll never recognise yourself on heartattack & vine

King Lear quote of the day:
“O, let me kiss that hand!”
“Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.”

Continuing the experimental ‘odd own projects about Tom Waits’ series.
Inspired by an interesting Halloween decoration project here.

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semi-permanent

So I’ve just got home from Semi-Permanent, a design conference in Melbourne. I’m waiting for the take-away to arrive so I can head back out to the after party, because some kind soul gave me a free ticket. But I thought I’d give you a wee glimpse of some of the excellent people I heard [...]

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azure sage messages

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Happiness, chronology and change.

all via swissmiss
The changing face of everyday design:

I can teach you: a Flickr set

How to be happy in business

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tie-pography

Ties. Alphabets. Who could want more?

Tie-pography. Via

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when capitalism goes awry

Check out this image from a Russian poster mocking/celebrating the economic crisis. Click the image to see the rest of the calendar.

“Out of money, you richy dumb?
That’s no problem!
Join us in finding food on the dump!”
This one is a Soviet food poster (more, if you click the picture)

Just in case anyone else out there [...]

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literary and fiscal desires

I covet this.
and while I’m at it, I covet a stronger Australian dollar and a better exchange rate.

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