Meanwhile #207
Continuous gentle ripples of hyperlinkage
Welcome to Meanwhile, in which I bundle together the finest hyperlinks loitering in my tabs and drop them into your inbox – fuel for the week ahead. Check out previous editions for further inspiration, fascination and procrastination.
In the late sixties/early seventies, Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura captured the Troubles as never before. The retrospective of his work at Photo Museum Ireland has just wrapped up, but there’s a book coming from Prestel in a couple of months that looks gooood.
“It’s the Black Star Wars logo” – Meg Farmer explores the cultural impact of Boyz n the Hood’s influential visual world, and chats to graphic designer Brent Rollins about the inspirations behind its jazz-inspired logo.
Severance is back! Next year. It’s back next year.
“What would you want if you got to choose? Continuous gentle ripples? Hokusai’s wave followed by the Mariana Trench? Or something in between?” –
on the waves of freelance busyness and how to stay calm and productive in those silent troughs.Now we all know that philately will get you nowhere1, but the Royal Mail’s new Dungeons & Dragons stamps are all sorts of wonderful, especially the Dan Mumford-designed presentation pack. Clicking around the site, surprised to see what other special issues they’ve done recently – Spice Girls, Aardman, X-Men, Black Adder, IRON FLIPPING MAIDEN. Oh god I might start an album.
In the latest Book Cover Review, Jonathan Barbrook on book as time machine, specifically The Time Machine.
Nick Coupland’s Brutalist Branches paintings are quite, quite lovely.
In a new exhibition and book, photographer Elaine Constantine presents her fascinating document of the northern soul scene of the 1990s, revealing its extreme aerobics and unstoppable energy.
All the Paris Olympics venues. Little disappointed they didn’t use the Eiffel Tower for climbing. And look, I know that’s not how it’s pronounced, but calling a stadium “Nice Stadium” is objectively funny.
Esquire’s 75 best sci-fi books of all time. Ashamed to say there’s a lot on here I’ve never even heard of … but then again it doesn’t mention Jurassic Park, so what does it know? Stupid list.
That is all.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha sorry
Using the Eiffel Tower as a climbing wall is an incredible idea… A skyline building that’s not pure spectacle is practically unheard of.
Thanks for sharing the link on the inspiration behind the visual works of Boyz. Loved it. I recently visited the exhibit in LA.