LOSING THEIR COOL – TIBOR KALMAN

Tibor_Kalman_LosingTheirCool“Smoking is cool. Air Jordans are cool. Anything
with the Nike Swoosh on it is cool. Smashing
Pumpkins are cool. Absolut ads are cool.
Marlboros are cool. Kools are cool (and mentholated).

Young people have anointed scores of brands,
objects and media as the accessories that will construct
their unique and cool identities. Smoking is an
important aspect of cool, and the cigarette pack is a
critical fashion accessory.”

read more here by pp.

yes to dr. no

doctor no book cover first edition

doctor no book cover raymond hawkeytop: first edition dr. no cover art designed by pat mariott in 1958.  bottom: pan books version designed by raymond hawkey in 1963.  by sv

peace in the depth of the abyss


this looks so enticing right now. away from all the noise and petty bullshit around; here underwater, or there on mars. and you know what’s funny, is that i don’t mean this in a morbid pedantic death kind of a way that everyone takes, these days we simply dont have the capacity to understand pain, we have to act happy or depressed but there is that sweet spot in between where pain is actually beautiful… it is beautiful because in that point, you realize you are actually alive and not on prozac for two minutes. ponder on that for an hour and see if you’ve ever actually been there, even if, as a tourist. by dd