Monthly Archives: January 2012

Camp Your Way Around the World

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to the wonderful world of the Internet all manner of travel related peer-to-peer services have emerged. Who hasn’t heard about (or used) Airbnb, the amazing international accommodations network? Well, now you can camp your way around the globe with … Continue reading →

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Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The fantastic series PBS Off Book has given us some truly wonderful and enlightening mini-documentary films on such varied and diverse topics as Steampunk, Product Design, Generative Art and Typography. Now, they have produced a terrific film on Book Art. … Continue reading →

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Time is Nothing to the Traveler

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

After quitting his day job in San Francisco, Kien Lam bought a one-way ticket to London on Virgin, packed a bag and grabbed a pocket-sized Lumix camera. He proceeded to make his way around the world, along the way passing though … Continue reading →

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Nobel Jury Snubs JRR Tolkien

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Well, actually the Nobel jury snub happened fifty years ago,but the despicable story only just surfaced. The Swedish newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet recently disclosed the sordid details after snooping in the official Nobel archives in Stockholm. It seems that C.S. Lewis … Continue reading →

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Painting by Numbers

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The always enjoyable London Transport Museum at Covent Garden is debuting a very cool new exhibition in its main gallery today called “Painting by Numbers”. The show features vintage versions of the au courant interweb fad—infographics. The historic versions of … Continue reading →

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Made In Iceland

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

During the summer of 2011, Austrian photographer/cinematographer Klara Harden hikes solo for twenty-five days throughout the Icelandic countryside. The result was this extraordinary video that she created from her adventures. Even if you’ve have been fortunate enough to have visited … Continue reading →

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The Art of Travel

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The Boston Public Library Print Department is home to a marvelous, though little visited, collection of more than 350 vintage travel posters from the “Golden Age of Travel”, the 1920s through 1940s. Rail travel had opened up all of North … Continue reading →

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Get Lost In Some Good Books

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in 2011 we shared a story on the book sculptures and installations of the Slovakian-born artist Matej Krén. Now the enormous stacked book assemblege that he calls “Idiom” has found a permanent home in the Prague Municipal Library … Continue reading →

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See Europe This Year (by Bufalino)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the Piaggio APE 50  tricycle, the German designer Cornelius Comanns has designed a one person home for modern travelers. The Bufalino Camper is a great mixture of Italian design and German functionality. The mini-camper comes with all services … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

I never make New Year’s resolutions, but the late great Woody Gutherie did. Here’s the list that he wrote in 1942 at the age of 30. 1. Work more and better 2. Work by a schedule 3. Wash teeth if … Continue reading →

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