We mentioned the amazing low-fi Digital Harinezumi camera a little while ago. Superheadz have just released its successor—the Digital Harinezumi 2—with higher resolution images and the ability to record in black and white and with sound. To mark the simultaneous release around the world they have an exhibition at Logos gallery in Parco in Shibuya to explain the history of the camera and its evolution from 110 film camera to its current format.
The all star exhibitors include Charlotte Gainsbourgh, Miranda July, Spike Jonze, Nick Waplington, Harmony Korine, Michael Stipe, Bruce LaBruce and Jens Leckman.
—Lee Basford, 17 November 2009
Type fancier site Typographica has put together a simple website showing an exhaustive collection of photos of classic logos and letters in (mostly) chrome and steel. Mid-century cars make up the bulk, with old fans, fridges, cameras and bicycles all getting a look in.
—Chris Noble, 13 November 2009
Graphic tickler, artist and Levelogger Lee Basford teamed up with friend and illustrator Simon Peplow to grit their teeth in a zen-inducing cyclothon across the south west of England. Hills came and hills went (and then more hills came and went) but, much like Pheidippides, they never gave up. Granted, then had gears, village pubs, comfy tent equipment and didn’t die at the end, but still. You try it.
—Chris Noble, 11 November 2009
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Not too long ago, on a website very close to this one (this one), Mark Noble waxed lyrical about Olympus’s brand new high-end compact shooter, the E-P1, which was inspired by its classic old high-end compact shooters, the PEN series.
Surprisingly, Olympus have just mothballed the E-P1. Welcome, the E-P2. (It’s as if Olympus sent out the E-P1s and then realised the factory had missed off a few things.) Aside from a couple of fancy and useful-looking focussing features, the major upgrade is the addition of a port on the back, just below the hot-shoe, that enables plug-in gadgets such as the new, included, digital external viewfinder (shown above, top), which can be used at any angle up to 90
—Chris Noble, 10 November 2009
THE E-P2 WILL BE ON THE SHELVES IN JANUARY AND WILL SET YOU BACK AROUND US$1099, UK£850 OR €949
THE GXR WILL BE AVAILABLE AT SOME POINT FOR ANYONE WHO INVESTED IN BETAMAX IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
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Anyone who puts this film down has forgotten the feelings and emotions they had as a kid and doesn’t have kids of their own or do but have never paid attention to their feelings and emotions. Ah, it’s a sweeping statement, but why anyone wouldn’t be taken by this film is otherwise beyond me: at 101 minutes, it’s a startlingly faithful adaptation of a book that, adapted literally, would likely run shorter than the ad breaks during an episode of The Simpsons.
People who say it’s boring have probably watched too much Jackass for their own good, as the film is
—Chris Noble, 07 November 2009
Gizmon, a Japanese camera company that makes add-on lenses for various compact cameras, have just released two new external lenses for the iPhone. There’s a fisheye and a wide/macro lens which both use a magnetic attachment to connect on top of the built-in iphone lens. Prices start at £23 for the wide/macro and £45 for the fisheye.
—Lee Basford, 06 November 2009
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RIDERS READY
Whilst I’m fully aware of the righteousness this may well exude, I have to announce (via levelmag.com and beyond to the whole world wide web) that I’ve recently had a bit of a revelation.
I pondered thus: times being what they are, and while some are struggling to hold their business together and also working overtime to keep a grip on what they’ve fought for, a fair few freelancers—illustrators, graphic designers, photographers like me—must simultaneously have more time on their hands—dare we admit it—which maybe is being dedicated to scoring new business, working up their portfolio finally, visiting galleries and fffound.com for inspiration and generally doing all the stuff they’re certain they will when on holiday or on the sofa but
—Tom Oldham, 22 October 2009
RIDERS FOR HEALTH HAS AN INSPIRATIONAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND, OF COURSE, A WEBSITE that you should, really, check out
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I’m wary of buying stuff online. I like to feel the object, flip through the book, try on the shoes before I lay out my hard-earned. The lure of a book of Evan Hecox’s art was too much, though, and despite my fears of it being a half-arsed print job, I clicked “Buy”.
I needn’t have worried. This 160-page book is well built with a thick hardcover, great binding, quality printing and clean design, has an educational intro with shots of Evan’s studio, and depicts a large proportion of the man’s fine art work, sectioned out into his various methods and media—plates, linocuts, skateboard decks and whatnot.
If you like Hecox’s art, you’d do well to take the plunge and click this onto your coffee table. I’m glad I did.
—Chris Noble, 22 October 2009
The guy never stops making stuff—and this interesting short is one of the bits he managed to squeeze in between the cracks of Wild Things. One of the things I love of about Spike’s work is that they provoke thought. Happy 40th my man!
—Andy Jenkins, 22 October 2009
I was fortunate enough to attend the premiere of the Maurice Sendak doc Tell Them Anything You Want in New York last week. DO NOT miss this extraordinary film on HBO starting October 14th. Directed by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs.
—Andy Jenkins, 13 October 2009
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