Asphalt Archeology, a photo series by Mike Mission collecting photos of objects embedded into the asphalt of NYC.
Posted December 12, 2011 at 2:31pm in Asphalt Archeology Mike Mission STR820 photo asphalt embedded found object
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Lewis Winter, a designer in Melbourne, Australia, has given financial support to 373 projects (including three portrait commissions, an interest of his). “My motivations probably aren’t that different to the Medicis’ … just my budget,” Winter told me via e-mail. His average pledge is about $15, and his most generous was $140. “I think Kickstarter helps people do something a lot of us have forgotten how to do — ask our neighbors for help,” he continued. That said, he also had some caveats about the crowd as patron in the digital age, noting that projects typically get many more Facebook “likes” than actual backers: “Apparently a whole lot of people like something so much they’re not even willing to give it a dollar.
— The Trivialities and Transcendence of Kickstarter by Rob Walker
There’s No Place Like Here: Brazenhead Books
A short (3m20s) video documentary about a secret bookstore in NYC.
And if that leaves you wanting more, here’s a very brief New Yorker piece: Wanna Buy A Book?
(Source: etsy.com)
So I started a blog inspired by my wife’s blindness in one eye (fortunately temporary).
It’s called One Eye.
It’s a rich aesthetic vein. The blog updates once a week on Mondays, and I’ve got plenty to keep it going for months/years.
You should check it out.
