How are we all? Me, I’m … rested. After a pretty manic few months, I had two whole weeks off, so the three of us jetted off to Paris and it was LOVELY. A few highlights: Nathanaëlle Herbelin at the Musée d’Orsay; the Jean Julien installation at La Bon Marché; the Eiffel Tower (thanks to this one incredibly tip: when booking, set your computer’s clock to French time); hitting every single comic store on Rue Dante; and of course the open top bus tour. I love an open top bus tour.
I was less keen on seeing a duckling being eaten by a crow at the base of the Eiffel Tower. That was … not great. Fascinating seeing how in the blink of an eye it brought together onlookers from all corners of the world in a frenzy of despair and fruitless attempts to help. THANK YOU SYMBOLIC DUCKLING.
Some recent work for Footnote and the New York Times over on my IG. Should probably get about to updating my portfolio site at some point.
Found and scanned by P&C: The Function of Colour in Schools & Hospitals, 1930. Eery as heck, like an anime high school version of The Shining.
Very excited to see Ian McQue’s narrative art book MILESHIPS appear on Kickstarter. It has of course smashed its funding target, but get your name on that order list now because this is going to be beautiful.
Just discovered Magnum’s collection of darkroom prints; iconic photos (like this 1967 Erich Hartmann shot of a snowstorm in New York) marked up with all the printing annotation and numbers and whathaveyou. A fascinating arcane language.
Snail-mailed typewriter interviews, you say? Now that’s a speed of social media I can get behind.
Myself and the child were having a big LEGO sort yesterday and discovered something quite wonderful – the shelves/dividers of Ikea Kallax shelves are exactly two studs wide, and will hold a simple bracket shape unsupported. So many possibilities! Some pics of it in action here. Swedish/Danish cooperation at its finest.
See also: neat new Ikea ads by INGO Hamburg.
Do I need this Yoko Ono t-shirt?
That is all.
This was originally posted on Meanwhile, a Substack dedicated to inspiration, fascination, and procrastination from the desk of designer Daniel Benneworth-Gray.
Header photo by Nil Castellví on Unsplash.