Galicia is a mountainous region of Spain with a rugged coastline combining high cliffs (some of the highest in Europe) with beautiful sand beaches.
Great surfing and write up recommended here:
Away from the few populated areas you will find stretches of beach all to yourself, even in summer. Most breaks are beach/point breaks with a few reefs located in the N of Galicia and a good spot, Patos (close to Playa America) in the SW. Exploration will pay off whatever time of year. Climate can be frustrating in Winter especially with high winds and rainfall.
Earn the “Great Outdoors” badge. If this were karate, I’d be a black belt.
Saving time without taking your gloves off whilst snowboarding? Add to that list a service for design studios running rounds of brew.
Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions – Albert Einstein
Breathtaking, utter simplicity.
First covered by the Guardian who ran this story back in 2009.
Invasion: ‘What I feel I am trying to convey is a sense of an aesthetically pleasing shape that clearly does not belong in that particular place or area,’ says Bosanko. Based in Cardiff, most of the light art is drawn either in the empty urban night spaces of cities like Newport and the artist’s home town, or in the more desolate landscapes of the Breacon Beacons.
He spent the past five years developing his technique. These images were taken with a long exposure on a digital Canon camera. Thirty-nine-year-old photographic artist Michael Bosanko has made these pictures, which have not been Photoshopped, using colored torches at night in the same way that an artist uses a paintbrush. His digital camera stays on a long exposure, ranging from 10 seconds to one hour to create the images against the backdrop of Cardiff, Newport and the Brecon Beacons in south Wales
The Faroe Islands is a country in the Norwegian Sea, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing country.
Remote island communities have always fascinated me. From the independent nature of the people who call them home, rugged scenery that often graces the landscape, the animals that live there- they can really spark the imagination.
Enjoying this sign.
Take the F train to 4th/Smith and you’ll take in this great legacy signage.
Time for some dark humored posters that reveal a twist of fate.
“I never want children are great.
For all life’s twists and turns: Flexible financial plans.”
HT @pivoting via Ad’s of the World
Great slideshow in today’s Guardian featuring David Lynch sketches. Gorgeous artifacts of visual thinking.
This year the acclaimed director of Mulholland Drive turned to publisher Steidl to collate his new book, ‘Works on Paper’, featuring more than 500 of his drawings dating from the 1960s onwards.
Amazingly simple yet amazingly clever design. Deserved mention
“Press-To-Open” flat keyrings by Eric von Schoultz made of sand blasted stainless steel. Just press/pinch and the leverage helps open the end! Easy to slip the keys on and off when needed. Saves those nails and fustrations
HT @notcot
Stupendous find.
I’m just not too sure Gucci intended this to go this far, right? (click to skip the smoking canister)
Clearly a provocative image, likely re-released to become a viral sensation. Gucci obviously took it upon themselves to race to the bottom of the heap. But why?
Branding Brands put it concisely:
As we all know, understand, and imagine; Gucci sells sex. Since 1994 when Tom Ford took over Gucci the company had one clear message “sex!” It was the sexual revolution of women lead by Tom Ford who’s dream was who’s dream was to empower women on a sexual level.
This recent campaign follows a simple undeniable trend: Sex sells. Gucci rose out of what seemed certain bankruptcy to one of the most popular and successful luxury fashion retailers.
Although controversial the original provocative ad campaigns by the “then” creative director Tom Ford ensured his message of sexual empowerment became a series of intriguing ads.
But let us be clear about the “now” brand message under new leadership of Frida, Gucci is a beacon of luxury taste, a fashion role model with a halo of respect. The imagination runs wild on Gucci’s seductive visuals, never the explicit. Sure my own righteousness is questionable.
HT @beautiful-visible
Amazing aerial view of Toyko taken by @IA
Nestled in a valley, far in the mountains, lies a beautiful gem of a lake.
North Wales, Scotland or the Lake District. Does anyone recognize it?
Knowing what to leave out: reduce the color palette, narrow the focus, increase the desirability.
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Paula Scher’s original napkin logo sketch. Michael Bierut talks about it:
When Citibank merged with Travelers back in 1998. On the very first meeting of the first day they worked on the project, Bierut doodled the “T” of the word “Travelers” as an umbrella handle. Now, he said, you see pretty much that exact idea everywhere. “99% of the word was done on the first morning.” He also good-humoredly acknowledged that partner Paula Scher insists she did the fateful doodle.
Chaise Lounges classified as one of the most inspiring classical furniture pieces.
A chaise longue brings you an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that’s long enough to support the legs. It is sometimes written as “chaise lounge”, which has persisted so strongly in the United States that it is no longer considered incorrect there, and can even be found in its dictionaries (an example of folk etymology).
Amusing graphic style on the home page of 
