“The Dieter Rams 606 Universal Shelving System is an incredibly beautiful bit of design thinking. When it was introduced it must must have looked shockingly clean and industrial. The main idea wasn’t so new; but Rams’ shelving was like a pure idea of storage come to life. It still is. It’s difficult to imagine a system more stripped to its essence.”. (Erik Heywood)

Books At Home: a blog about bookshelves by Erik Heywood.

Above: Vitsoe 606 (Dieter Rams, 1960), living room shelving.

“…America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good.”. (Andy Warhol) “…I guess the same could be said of transistor radios. They were as ubiquitous as soft drinks, items of pop culture. Technology was going to make life easier and the newly invented transistor was on the leading edge of that brave new world.”. (Michael Jack)

Transistor radios: a set on Flickr, by Michael Jack.

Above: Regency TR-1 (1954): the world’s first commercially released transistor radio.

– “What are you doing on the outside?” – “I was a DJ.” – “What?”

Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986). With Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni.
“The story of three different men in a Louisiana prison and their eventual journey.”.

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Hiromi Uehara: Jazz, experimental, progressive.
Listen : The Tom and Jerry Show and Time Difference.

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Nerd Boyfriend: “shopping guide and style blog for the fashionably nerdy male. Men’s fashion, men’s style, vintage photographs, nerds.”.

Above: Sir Michael Caine, sleek loafers and knit tie.

“Asians are notorious for their quirky and cute poses and Asian Poses focuses on documenting these poses.”. For example: surprised, fighting, pleading, nyan-nyan.

Above: Puffy Cheeks pose, detail. Taken from: anamboy.com. Model: Kang Yui.

“There’s something riveting about 1000 Awesome Things that makes you want to keep coming back. Aside from the great humor, it reminds you of the little things in life, and how awesome they can be.”.
(Leo Babauta)

1000 Awesome Things, by Neil Pasricha.

My favorites:

• The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
• When the vending machine gives you two things instead of one
• Waking up before your alarm clock and realizing you’ve got lots of sleep time left

Signs. A short film about communication. By Patrick Hughes.

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	“Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of several Personal Annual Reports that collate countless measurements into a rich assortment of graphs and maps reflecting the year’s activities.”.
	“He is the co-founder of Daytum.com, a site for counting and communicating daily data, and frequent designer of information graphics for numerous corporations and publications.”.

Top: The 2008 Report: Dining/Drinking, detail.
Bottom : The 2009 Report: Relationships/Activities, detail.

“The Espresso Book Machine is essentially an ATM for books.

Using digital files, it automatically prints, binds, and trims, on demand at point of sale, perfect-bound, library-quality paperback books with full-color covers.

The EBM’s growing digital library includes nearly two million titles.”.