Author: YMFY

Jan 20, 2011 China’s Poverty Line

Stefen Chow investigates the definition of China’s poverty line. Chow photographed food items that could be purchased for RMB 3.28 (49 cents), which is the daily income of those earning China’s official poverty-level wage of RMB 1,196 per year. Chow says, “This is not an emotional analysis of what it means to be poor. It...

Jan 19, 2011 Chris Bangle: Great cars are Art

Nov 27, 2010 Chunking Express, Frame Shot 0:47:39.00

By: Zack Selley In a film where two similar synchronous stories overlap the distinction between characters often becomes blurred. As is the case between Hong Kong officers 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro), and 663 (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) both officers overcoming lost loves through a myriad of unusual actions. The second and most prominent story in the film details...

Nov 27, 2010 A graphical representation of the score of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony (No. 5, allegro)

Each color respresents one music instrument....

Nov 26, 2010 Our Legacy: SS11 Observations

Our Legacy...

Nov 26, 2010 Best heard in the voice of a British actor in a period drama

"Should you wish to corroborate my boastings, I'll include a list of three references." Things I Have Written in Cover Letters....

Nov 25, 2010 Rapha & Paul Smith – A Conversation

Rapha + Paul Smith - A Conversation from RAPHA on Vimeo....

Nov 25, 2010 Ken Isaacs Living Structures

In the late 1940s a young design student in Chicago named Ken Isaacs was confronted by a serious shelter problem. Needing housing for himself and his new wife as well as enough space to carry out his work but just barely able to afford a tiny two-room city apartment, Isaacs needed a way to get...

Nov 24, 2010 12 Years of Graffiti

(via Beneath A Steel Sky)...

Nov 23, 2010 Airport Signal People, Edward Tufte