First link round-up of 2015:
- New York celebrates the work of designer Paul Rand. Wish I had the chance to see this one, particularly since I really adore the Museum of the City of New York. NYC people, don't miss this exhibition.
- The Evening Standard (you know the paper everyone picks up after work in London), can sometimes produce some interesting opinion pieces. Read this one in newsprint (gasp!) on a bus ride home and found myself nodding in agreement and laughing. Obviously there are some holes, but it's quite accurate.
- The Last Relevant Blogger: I felt a great sadness while reading this. Hipster Runoff, although I wasn't a religious follower of his blog, was definitely my generation (particularly those of us who blogged (or still blog - dinosaurs!). After reading this, I started thinking back at how the internet has changed throughout time (having worked in it as a blogger and within the marketing/advertising realm). I hope to have a decent blog post to share soon. Or it might stay in drafts, who knows.
- While in Paris in December, I had the chance to visit the Kitsuné Café and the shop. Absolutely insane to think of how far these guys have come since releasing albums with then unknown 'indie' musicians. The shop is way overpriced, and I went mostly for nostalgia and novelty purposes I guess. Paper Mag's feature discusses their beginnings in an article from August.
- Another one of those articles where I was reading it and nodding in approval. At times, the writer pushes the writing where it's like "what?" but otherwise, absolutely spot on. Although I believe Homer Simpson said it first when he said (paraphrased here) there's nothing I hate more than rich people with Kickstarter campaigns.
