East Berlin under the GDR

This looks really good. Maybe it'll make it's way over here, not and just Germany.

Tokyo bicycle parking tower

I know it's not new, but just look at the way it takes the bike away from you in the blink of an eye!

2012 Olympics pictograms

These appear to be a great solution to what must be an extremely difficult brief. I can't wait to see them about town. The event posters that use the pictograms are definitely something I'd like to own. See the whole story here.

Expo 67 Cards

These are great, I don't know what they are but I reckon they were about looking into the future or something. They look quite professional I feel.

Click the photo for more.

Great cycle lanes

Check some great ones out here.

Design Council image archive goes online!

A selection of Marianne Straub's textile designs, used on British Railways in the 1960s

The Design Council's slide collection has been launched online as a database featuring 4,000 images of British design from the 1940s to the 1990s.

The Design Council – the national strategic body for UK design established in 1944 – owns thousands of images of a vast array of products (tableware, furniture, lighting etc), engineering components and machinery, as well photography that relates to architectural projects, interior design, graphics and corporate identity.

The Design Council slide collection can be viewed at vads.ac.uk/collections/DCSC.html, while all of the VADS collections are housed at vads.ac.uk.

Source

http://blog.studiohelmich.nl/

I like reading this blog and I think you might too, they seem to live somewhere nicer than here.

Non-Format: IBM

Taken from via. Excellent.

http://rcrdlbl.com/

I thought I'd share this website, it's new to me, and has some good free music too.

Another photograph

Permit to ride

I went here the other day and in return for £2 they gave me this nice orange permit. It doubles up as a sticker although I didn't use it. It's too big.

Nice Results Form

I managed to screw these bits of paper up, they looked even nicer before hand. You'll notice there were some nerves on the last hole and the other person won.

FLICKR LOGO

Stupid isn't it, but you can get rid of it apparently..

OLYMPUS XA2

After keeping an eye out for a while, for a decently priced Olympus XA2 on eBay I finely came up trumps last week. Today was the day when I got my first set of prints back, and they all look nice and sharp just as I'd been hoping! Not bad for a £12 camera, with flash, boxed etc.

Click on the image for a few more from the roll of film.

SEA WEED SCAN

I don't know what type of sea weed this is - maybe you do? Anyhow it came all the way home with me, stored flat in a book, ready for scanning. Digital book pressing.

SUPERMARKET AISLE

Taken at a popular South London supermarket while waiting for someone to chose a fragrance.

NEW PURCHASE - MINOLTA AF-E

I got this cheap camera from eBay and have just put a couple of films through it. I think it takes great photos. It also came with some small star filters - I'll try these out on the next film. It also makes an amazing sound when winding on the film, a loud kind of crunching noise.

NEW BEER MAT

This is the latest one to be added to my collection, it's great!

WWII Spotter Card

SUTTON LIBRARY 1975

You can still buy these postcards in the library, they look like they've been there since 1975.

SOURDOUGH STARTER

I began this at the weekend and now I am at the stage of having to feed it fresh flour and water having to feed it daily. This will go on for the rest of the week. Then hopefully I will start to use it in a few recipes I have in various books.

Read more about sourdough starters at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough

THE DEAD WEATHER - TREAT ME LIKE YOUR MOTHER

Treat Me Like Your Mother by The Dead Weather, directed by Jonathan Glazer

DOOR HANDLES

Nobody makes door handles like these anymore.

SWISS GRAPHIC DESIGN: PRECISION AND PRESENCE

If only this was a little nearer to home I'd go.

TULIP USB

I need one of these, if it stands up that is..

FIAT ADVERT

This is a nice advert. If you know what car it is, you'll know when it is from. If you know feel free to tell me!

PHOTOGRAPHS

Strawberrys taken on a redscale film. The guy in the shop didn't know what had happened to the film he said: "I think the film has gone in the wrong way - there's been an error."

CYCLING ART

This is fairly nice to see. There's plenty more of it here to have a look at.

LEICAMENSCH'S PHOTOSTREAM

Have a look at Leicamensch's photostream over on flickr.

PHOTOGRAPHS

ECOFONT

(via here)

If we all used this for print thien we'd use 20% less ink..

COMMUTE

This is how I commute on days like today.

ADVERT

It's Your Ride from Cinecycle on Vimeo.

This really is worth watching if you have time.

SCANWICHES

http://scanwiches.com

My sandwiches wouldn't look this good.

NHS LEAFLETS

When I went to the hospital I found these. I thought they looked nice and I hoped the turquoise one would cure me. It couldn't though, as I had a fracture - this one was useless. There wasn't any fracture leaflets left.

CYCLE AROUND THE WORLD

(via here)

This man is aiming to cycle around the world quick than the other man who did it recently. I don't know if he can do it personally. He must be a fairly confident kind of person. You can sponsor him or he even invites you to join the last part of the journey with him.

CLIP STAMP FOLD

This is gorgeous and if you agree you can see more here.

IF I COULD I WOULD

Buy these. But I can't find them anymore in size 11 - this is my size.
These are Nike All Courts made in collaboration with A.P.C. You can get them in this nice red or blue or even all white - limited numbers.

TANK.TV - JOHN LATHAM

John Latham / Speak / 1968-69 / 16mm
(via tank.tv)

This looks good: tank.tv is extremely pleased to have the rare opportunity to present a selection of John Latham’s films: Unedited Material from the Star, Talk Mr Bard, Speak, Britannica, Erth and more.

MUSIC HUNTER

If anyone wants to give me some music this would be greatly appreciated.

ROLL MAKING

I have had this book since December, and now I have got really used to the dough making technique taught in this book. These are some rolls I made yesterday. The book is called 'Dough by Richard Bertinet.' He makes out making dough is a breeze but you'll need a couple of attempts to perfect it like me. Use fresh yeast - ignore him saying you can use dry yeast - you can't.

OUTSIDE

I saw these cows on Saturday. I don't know what breed they are though, if you know - let me know. I would like to know you see. They don't move much, they just sit down viewing the area.

MORE DOGS

(via ebay)

SILVER DOG

This is my first silver dog. I am looking to getting more in the future.

BEING IN SWEDEN

I acquired this nice looking book recently - 'I thought what a nice book.' However inside it teaches you to be quite rude to people in Sweden. I don't mind though I like the little book.