I recently discovered Abelardo Morell, a phenomenal photographer, and currently a professor at Boston’s own Mass Art. While all of his photos are beautiful I was particularly amazed by his Camera Obscura work. The way he blends landscapes into local settings, cities into hotel rooms and oceans into bedrooms is really unbelievable. Some of his […]

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I just found out about a great opportunity to browse and purchase great local art in Boston. The South End Open Market allows you to browse different works of artists from all over the local area and even meet the artists themselves. The admission is free and it just began and continues through October. The […]

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Alright everyone, so it’s been a ridiculously long time since we last posted. There are a few reasons for that, involving California, but none of which are that interesting so we are going to skip over the details. Anyway, I just found out about this great new exhibit at the ICA in Boston featuring various […]

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[ May 23, 2008 7:30 pm to July 2, 2008 7:30 pm. ]

Robert Knight, a photographer, and professor at Emerson College is going to be part of the Photographic Resource Center’s (PRC) Annual Juried Exhibition. I have had Rob for a class and he is a great teacher and a phenomenal photographer. You can see his work at his website. The exhibition has it’s opening reception on […]

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I have been plagued by the thought of Mechanical Placebo’s lately; after reading this article where Michael Luo discovers that the majority of ‘Push Here for Walk Signal’ buttons in New York have been deactivated. You know I have always had the sneaking suspicion that these buttons didn’t do anything, but I still pushed them […]

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[ May 18, 2008 to May 21, 2008. ]
That’s right, the famous HOW Design Conference is coming to Boston this year. I am extremely upset that it occurs at the exact time that I decided would be a good time to go to California! Anyway, if I could go, I would, so that means you have to go for me. Some really great […]

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[ April 9, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]

This Wednesday (April 9th) Erik Spiekermann, typographic superstar of recent Helvetica fame will be speaking at the Boston Public Library at the Society of Printers’ Dwiggins Lecture. This will coincide with the New England Book Show. This is an incredibly under-publicized event considering how well known Spiekermann is. I know I’m going to be there […]

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This is a photograph of the inside of Boston’s MBTA control room, and it is unbelievably impressive. You can view more pictures of their horribly ugly subway cars at their site. What I really can’t understand, is how the hell they have such a mind boggling control room, and are billions of dollars in debt […]

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Steven Sagmeister, of graphic design fame is going to be speaking at the ICA in Boston at 6 on Friday, April 26th. He’s quite an eloquent speaker and is sure to be interesting. He should be talking about his “Things I’ve Learned” series. Here’s a link to a previous Sagmeister talk.

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I know this isn’t EXACTLY a sports blog, but I have been in love with the Celtics this year. Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen have always been two of my favorite players and now that they are in my city I just can’t help but crumble. They are officially the best team in the league, […]

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