Solemart is considered Germany’s biggest pop-up sneaker museum and store – bringing together some of the world’s most rabid sneakerheads. This year’s event continued their momentum as thought leaders in the community by following through and delivering bigger, better and rarer sneakers than in the past. With a good time had by all, Solemart certainly has their work cut out for them when it comes to topping their pop-up effort in 2012.
The Unicorn in Captivity. South Netherlands, 1495-1505. Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts.
Every Border Guard has his Day
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Only in the EU do the most hated of hated officials get their own special day via @CraigJamesWilly http://t.co/cfkRYudo @Berlaymonster
25.05.12 10:59
And it was yesterday.
Don’t tell me you missed it?
Did you travel?
Did you hug one?
24 May 2012 was European Border Guard Day (is there anything left that doesn’t have a Day?) What this means is anyone’s guess… do they get a day off, leaving the tidal cliche of migrants to flood through?
Do they get free icecream and a balloon?
Do they get amnesty from the European Court of Human Rights for puncturing dinghys off the coast of Libya?
Do they get to throw sponges at Greek guards, or guess the weight of the lorryful of migrants?
No, they got a nice big conference in Warsaw as a nice big thank you for keeping us safe. Poor bastards
The high point was a photo competition, which we think should have been a caption contest. See below the winner with BM’s effort at the image’s subtext.
As a diversion, the delegates were also offered a programme of loosely border-guard-themed movies. As if to rub their noses in it, however, the films were almost all arty flicks of hardship of poor individuals slipping past the naughty moustachioed border police, or alternatively suffering at the hands of same and being sent back to a life of poverty and oppression.
Yaaay Border Guards!
And the cost in this time of austerity and sadness? 400 000 euros (hidden away on page 118 of the EU border agency Frontex’s 2012 work programme)
“Let’s go over it again. I’ll handcuff and strip them and conduct a full body
search, then you jump out of the cake and sing happy birthday.”
(The winning photo by Jaroslaw Wtorkiewicz)
From BM contributor Zengerin
Historical Map: British Rail Greater London Network, 1965
Here’s a fantastic map out of England in the mid-60s, showing British Rail service in the Greater London area. It’s almost staggering to think that a map this well drawn was created without the use of computers. I definitely recommend clicking through to the large image on Flickr to savour all the beautiful, crisp linework: this map is technically excellent.
Have we been there? Yes, and I’ve used many of the great London terminus stations, especially Victoria.
What we like: Fantastic mid-century design work. There’s an amazing consistency in design throughout, which makes the map flow beautifully. The icons for Underground connections (a red roundel) and station parking (a small blue square) are simple and understated, yet easily understood. Peak hour routes are grey, and local train services are thinner black lines, giving nice hierarchy to the information shown. Final destination information for each of the routes is nicely integrated around the edges of the map.
What we don’t like: The thin black tick mark used for stations has the unfortunate looking (although strangely appropriate) effect of making the route lines look like railway tracks. The dashed routes make the map look a little busy, especially towards the southwest, where there’s a huge profusion of blue-and-white routes out of Waterloo station.
Our rating: Superb example of great transit map design from the UK in the ’60s. Four-and-a-half stars.
(Source: smallritual/Flickr)
An Epic Time-Lapse Map of Europe Over the Past 1,000 Years
YouTube user harrunostasj has created a fascinating look at European history in fast forward using the Centennia Historical Atlas. The mapping software is a “dynamic, animated historical atlas including over 9,000 border changes,” tracing the rise and fall of empires from 1,000 C.E. onward. Make sure to watch the video full screen in HD to see the year in the top left corner and notes on historic events in the bottom left corner (and turn up the volume to appreciate the dramatic soundtrack from Inception).
Europe and America – the self-confidence gap - By David Keating
It’s official: Europe will not be immune to bank failures. Any doubts about that were settled recently as both the continent and the UK witnessed a series of bank nationalisations. So with a truly interconnected financial system now bringing the economic crisis to a head in both Europe and North America, how are ordinary people in both areas reacting?
(Quelle: issuu.com)
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