Flip-book-like animation

parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.

Via Looking Up.

Lively leaves

Biodiversity by Christoph Niemann for the NYT blog.

Book dissections

Brian Dettmer blows my mind! He does great stuff with cassette tapes, too (thanks, Gene!).

Flying Dreams

My boss tipped me off to this series by Tabitha Vevers, titled "Flying Dreams." She painted all sorts of people's dreams about flying - simple but delicious, isn't it?

Before the notebook computer there was:

Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo.

Brilliant little video with a high-tech little black notebook. (via BookFutures)

Collective Yawn

Peter Funch takes photos on New York street corners and pastes them into single photographs. (via Kottke)

You know how I feel about alphabets

Tangled Alphabets at the MOMA. (via Silliman's blog)

If it sticks to the walls, it's done

Dying to see this exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum - it's made out of tape!

More 20 x 200 love

Secret Language 3 by Valerie Roybal.

Beard alphabet

Hooray, I made you a beard!

Check it out

30 emerging photographers selected by PDN. (via Kottke)

The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn

By Owen Murphy and Joelle Dietrick. (Image via The Coleman Center)

The Diggers

20 papayas planted in the ground for public nurturing and consumption. A piece by Gaye Chan and Nandita Sharma, deconstructed very intelligently In The Conversation.

Re: LIVE LIKE YOU'RE IN FORBES MAGAZINE!!!

Soon the artists will all have to move to the Financial District because rent on apartments in Brooklyn is the only rent that isn't plummeting in this economy.

Subway knitting

A particularly nice post by Every Person In New York.

Inauguration art

Nothing like Maira Kalman to make you feel happier about the state of the union. And red-eyebrowed museum guards and plastic flowers in the Walt Whitman rest stop. (Thanks, Katie.)

Brooklyn Morning

I can't remember whether I've posted about it, but I've been completely in love with Youngna Park's work for about half a year now. I finally purchased a piece called Brooklyn Morning (above) from Jen Beckman's gallery. It not only captures the mood of my neighborhood, but some of the magic that's leftover here in early daylight.

Younga Park has an incredible archive that makes me wish I could thank the internet for granting me access to such beautiful, high-res photos.

Check out her sense of light and geometry:


Her sense of space, color, and mood:


The way she uses simple props to construct a narrative:


And her unusual use of focus:


All photos courtesy of her archive. If you too want to wake up to a street full of confetti, check her stuff out.

Two things I almost forgot to show you

Wallpaper made from New York Times headlines (photo via WallpaperLab, and link via The Gothamist).

The Guggenheim says coffee is an art.

Unraveling

Elbow-Toe has an opening tonight in L.A. C-MONSTER posted "Carleton Arms" this morning - lovely.

I realize I've been posting more beautiful pictures these past few weeks than stories about publishing. I hope that's not too bothersome. This industry is gruesome at the moment; when we finally have our hands on a copy of How To Talk To Girls, or the economy improves, maybe the publishing angle for blogs will be rejuvenated.

I'd like to post a little bit about each of the books I read this year. It's nice to put together a list so none of them is forgotten. If you've done the same, please leave me a little comment - I'd love to read what you're reading.

Bicycle bell watch

Currently I'm taken with Poor Life, who designed all of those lovely clothespins that were popping up on blogs last week.