I recently gave a talk at Tokyo PechaKucha Night Vol 124. Basically an updated & much snappier version of the camo talk I did for Hackers & Designers last year. As described by the people of PechaKucha: He deconstructs the ironies associated with fashion being at odds with the military, pointing out that the armed forces are now more… Continue reading Camouflage: The New Plaid
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Camotalk – Amsterdam Hackers & Designers Meetup
Sources for the talk I’ll give today for the Amsterdam Hackers & Designers Meetup. Camouflage: Histories & Identities, Systems & Magic In rough order of the talk most things I’ll reference & that are shown on the slides. There aren’t sources for every single image, I honestly just have them in a big file of… Continue reading Camotalk – Amsterdam Hackers & Designers Meetup
Escaping the Cities of Drowned Ghosts
I’ve had this bit on the shelf for over a year now, just a thought that occurred to me while watching VICE on HBO’s Chinese Ghost Cities episode… You’ve heard about the so-called Chinese Ghost Cities. Puffy-faced finance consultants on CNN call them ‘a disaster waiting to happen’, or ‘the inevitable result of central planning’… Continue reading Escaping the Cities of Drowned Ghosts
Constructing Lunacopia
Yeah I should have been doing a bunch of other stuff, but due to a long run of boring work combined with more interesting projects getting postponed for months on end, I had to make something visual that actually got finished for sanity retainment purposes. When doing a collage piece I generally choose one book… Continue reading Constructing Lunacopia
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free. An essay on why Donald Fagen’s I.G.Y is the single best science fiction song. Ever. Full disclosure/disclaimer. The Nightfly album has been played to me since before I was able to make memories. It was grafted into my mind during the period in which I began to experience conscious… Continue reading What a beautiful world this will be