Friday, October 22, 2004

U-91035 Proteus. The Fantastic Voyage. And if this isn't enough, check out the Nanomedicine Art Gallery. 11:37:21 PM    | |

Creativity and such. Hugh MacLeod, the bloke who became more or less famous with drawing cartoons on the back of business cards, has published the manifesto How To Be Creative, with some interesting thoughts [PDF]. Nothing I didn't know already, but still a good piece of work. The usual thanks for a link like this go to Rocky, who still hasn't got his own website. Which might be a good thing. Because I know it'll be mega-weird. More - and other - manifestos at ChangeThis. 9:37:42 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Le Monde de Franquin. A fantastic Andre Franquin exhibition has just opened at Cité des Sciences in Paris and I've got to see it. Gaston's inventions retro-engineered; his Fiat; Spirou and Fantasio's Turbot (all in 1:1 scale) and lots more. And for those who can't find the time getting to Paris, there's always the official Franquin website. He was such a good one ... 8:07:19 PM   Art & Advertising, Cult, Literature | |

Specialised. Illustration Magazine is devoted to early pulp and advertising illustration and I haven't seen anything better. It's fab and I'm pretty sure I'll buy a subscription of their dead tree editions. Best thing is, the first 6 issues are online as downloadable PDFs. Free of charge. This is fantastic. 7:35:47 PM   Art & Advertising | |

Just to let you know. See this entry at IT&W. 7:26:27 PM   Cult | |

Lola. Tonight's entry for the Old Fart MP3 Competition: The Kinks and You really got me [MP3, 2.3MB]. 7:15:53 PM   MP3 | |