Merely because this blog was previously bereft of this song, which was an oversight.
Mother of Pearl
December 23, 2013
Imminent demolition of 122 year old building in Vancouver’s old Japantown
December 3, 2013
The frantic festival of demolition continues in Vancouver, a city whose demolition rate is double that of Toronto’s. And Toronto is no paragon of heritage either.
The City of Vancouver is attempting to force demolition of the 122 year-old building which belongs to the Ming Sun Benevolent Society.
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Protected: Interpretation of Enzo Mari’s Sedia Chair by Russell Baker, Bombast Furniture
November 27, 2013
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Tangiers
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Protected: Enzo Mari’s classic 1970s chair modified by artists and designers – Presentation House Gallery auction
November 15, 2013
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The oldest written melody in history circa1400 BC
November 14, 2013
Hurrian moon hymn circa 1400 BC inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablet
“This is “a “live” arrangement of the 3400 year old “Hurrian Hymn no.6″, which was discovered in Ugarit, ancient northern Canaan (now modern Syria) in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuneiform text of the ancient Hurrian language – The Hurrian Hymn (catalogued as Text H6) was discovered in Ugarit, Syria, in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuneiform text of the ancient Hurrian language.
What our cheap clothes really mean
November 11, 2013
The Greenpeace video below contains some pretty disturbing images, including villagers subsistence fishing near the toxic outflow of the factories making our clothes.
Because I work in textiles but on the vintage/green side, I’m painfully aware of the problem of the industry’s toxicity.
PBS story on income inequality and behaviour: Money on the Mind
November 5, 2013
Wow. The effect of money on behaviour, and why BMWs are less likely to stop for you at a crosswalk.
Textile design animation by Gavin Edwards, sound by Thomas Williams
November 2, 2013
The short film “Textile” was inspired by the exhibition Post War British Textiles at Copenhagen Design Museum. Gavin Edwards, the filmmaker, tells me that the idea was to bring the patterns to life with the aid of motion graphics in a dynamic and intriguing way.
Over 1000 dolphins escort ferry near Vancouver
Great video shot on Hallowe’en, October 31, 2013. Over 1000 dolphins swim alongside a BC Ferries vessel on its way to Vancouver through Georgia Strait.
CBC report confirms they’re Pacific white-sided dolphins which usually congregate farther out to sea.
(Do)lorem Ipsum
October 30, 2013
Lorem Ipsum text by designer Steph Borel.
At a party last night someone asked what the Lorem Ipsum dummy text passage actually means, and despite studying latin for years (anything to get out of math), and despite seeing this dummy text all the time, I realized I had no idea.
