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「古い世界は死に際にあり、新しい世界は出生の苦しみにもがいている。目下現今は化け物たちの時代だ（The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters）」——2025年、第2次ドナルド・トランプ政権発足以降、主にジャーナリストたちに食傷気味なほど繰り返されて少し陳腐に感じられる程になってしまった言葉だ。 Continue reading 化け物たち七変化の時代

丸山信子（ナイス折り紙）「スターリース Star wreath」　（8枚組） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4conxD4x6v4 豊穣ミノリ（豊穣折紙）「隕石 Meteor」（6枚組） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMS7pnIzRQ4 永田紀子「流れ星 Shooting stars」リース（8枚組） https://amzn.to/48uwzj4 Continue reading スターリース／隕石／流れ星リース

The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts Towards Infinity is the name generally given in English to an 1882 lithograph by French artist Odilon Redon.[1] It depicts a hot air balloon in the shape of an eye.[2] The image was used in the first translation by Charles Baudelaire of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry.[3]

(via Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis - South Netherlandish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis

South Netherlandishlate 14th or early 15th century

The Magic Roundabout has become a big part of life in Swindon since it opened in 1972

(via Six of the world’s most unusual roads - BBC Bitesize)

Sometimes on a car journey it feels like you’re simply going around in circles - welcome to Swindon's world-famous Magic Roundabout!

This isn't just one roundabout, because it's made up of five mini roundabouts encircling a central island.

It opened in 1972 and was initially called County Islands by the local authority. But the people of Swindon began referring to it affectionately as the Magic Roundabout in tribute to the BBC children's programme of the same name, which ran from 1965 to 1977. Eventually, in the early 1980s, its nickname became its official name - thanks to David Glaholm, who introduced a motion formalising the name change during his time as a councillor in Swindon.

He said: "I'm just pleased that the name 'Magic Roundabout' has spread around the world, which means the name 'Swindon' has travelled around the world too."

「１２がつ２０にち　にちようび　はれ　きょうは、とくになにもありませんでした。ただたのしいだけでした。」

「混乱」

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. ~ Peter Ustinov

(via Architype Tschichold - The Foundry Types)

Architype Tschichold is part of the Architype Universal collection. A set of avant garde typefaces deriving mainly from the work of artists and designers of the inter-war years, whose ideals underpin the design philosophies of the modernist movement in Europe. Their ‘universal’, ‘single alphabet’ theory limits the character sets.

7月25日のBBCプロム（no. 14）でベートーヴェン『ピアノ協奏曲第3番ハ短調（op. 37）』の独奏を担当したヤン・リシエツキ。19世紀幕開け直後のウィーンの音楽界に旋風を巻き起こしていたベートーヴェン本人のごとく、鋭く猛々しく、同時にほとんど偏執狂的に細かい表現で、しばしばオケをひっぱるような演奏で興奮した。…

7月25日のBBCプロム（no. 14）でベートーヴェン『ピアノ協奏曲第3番ハ短調（op. 37）』の独奏を担当したヤン・リシエツキ。19世紀幕開け直後のウィーンの音楽界に旋風を巻き起こしていたベートーヴェン本人のごとく、鋭く猛々しく、同時にほとんど偏執狂的に細かい表現で、しばしばオケをひっぱるような演奏で興奮した。 Continue reading Untitled

The italic version in particular is lovely to behold. Cavedoni added some extra speed to it from the Baskerville standard (giving it more slant), and made the lines more fluid. Look at those serifs on the top of the b, d, and h—it’s like the top of the convertible is down and their hair is being blown back.

Minimal? Not at all. The majuscules (capital letters) have ultra-sumptuous ball terminals (look at the capital K) that almost drip in front of your eyes. The minuscules (small letters) feel handwritten with their thin entry strokes, but the perfectly resolved rounded terminals on the bottom of the m and n demonstrate there’s no way they could have been created by hand with a pen. They appear machined. 

“I think it’s as close to perfection as you can get,” says Ive, who confessed that he keeps a print of the italics at his desk.

(via After Apple, Jony Ive’s LoveFrom is doubling down on craft in typeface)

New Transport is a digital adaption of Transport lettering originally designed by Jock Kinneir & Margaret Calvert in the 1960s; pecifically for use on the United Kingdom’s new motorways (followed by the all-purpose roads). With minor modifications, it is still in use today. New Transport is designed by Margaret Calvert & Henrik Kubel and is available in seven weights: Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold & Black including Italics and Small Capitals. The character set supports all Eastern European languages

(via Imitation Butter | The Five Stages of Grief | Know Your Meme)