Question Suggestions: “small voyages into the collective psyche of humans who ask Google questions.”. By Justin Talbott.

Some examples:

why is my girlfriend crazy
is there anybody out there
do we have a soul
can you take me higher
where is chuck norris….

“During the second half of the 1950’s, Joe Bowler was one of the best and most popular illustrators at the Charles E. Cooper Studio. Bowler did work for all the major magazines, and was especially well liked by the art directors of the women’s mags for his beautiful paintings of romantic couples.”.
	Harry Anderson “works directly from nature or from color slides. He makes no preliminary sketch. After he has tentatively finished a painting, he turns its face against a wall for several days and then brings it out for a fresh look. He may examine it upside down or in a mirror to detect any flaws.”. (Norman Kent, 100 Watercolor Techniques)

Today’s Inspiration: a blog and a collection on Flickr by Leif Peng.
“For those with an interest in illustration from the 40’s and 50’s.”.

Top, right: Joe Bowler, Art Directors Annual cover, detail, 1952.
Bottom, left: Harry Anderson, watercolor, from the Collection of the Society of Illustrators.

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“The Dieter Rams 606 Universal Shelving System is an incredibly beautiful bit of design thinking. When it was introduced it must must have looked shockingly clean and industrial. The main idea wasn’t so new; but Rams’ shelving was like a pure idea of storage come to life. It still is. It’s difficult to imagine a system more stripped to its essence.”. (Erik Heywood)

Books At Home: a blog about bookshelves by Erik Heywood.

Above: Vitsoe 606 (Dieter Rams, 1960), living room shelving.

“…America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good.”. (Andy Warhol) “…I guess the same could be said of transistor radios. They were as ubiquitous as soft drinks, items of pop culture. Technology was going to make life easier and the newly invented transistor was on the leading edge of that brave new world.”. (Michael Jack)

Transistor radios: a set on Flickr, by Michael Jack.

Above: Regency TR-1 (1954): the world’s first commercially released transistor radio.

– “What are you doing on the outside?” – “I was a DJ.” – “What?”

Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986). With Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni.
“The story of three different men in a Louisiana prison and their eventual journey.”.

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Hiromi Uehara: Jazz, experimental, progressive.
Listen : The Tom and Jerry Show and Time Difference.

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Nerd Boyfriend: “shopping guide and style blog for the fashionably nerdy male. Men’s fashion, men’s style, vintage photographs, nerds.”.

Above: Sir Michael Caine, sleek loafers and knit tie.

“Asians are notorious for their quirky and cute poses and Asian Poses focuses on documenting these poses.”. For example: surprised, fighting, pleading, nyan-nyan.

Above: Puffy Cheeks pose, detail. Taken from: anamboy.com. Model: Kang Yui.

“There’s something riveting about 1000 Awesome Things that makes you want to keep coming back. Aside from the great humor, it reminds you of the little things in life, and how awesome they can be.”.
(Leo Babauta)

1000 Awesome Things, by Neil Pasricha.

My favorites:

• The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
• When the vending machine gives you two things instead of one
• Waking up before your alarm clock and realizing you’ve got lots of sleep time left

Signs. A short film about communication. By Patrick Hughes.

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