October 2009 Archives

Sacred writ on Letters of Note

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Letters of Note is a brilliant new site that became an instant addiction from the first time I read it. Above is an example of the wonders you can find there: correspondence featuring the personal logo of imprisoned serial killer Richard "NightStalker" Ramirez.

Today, I was delighted to hear from the LoN's creator in regard to a missive featured here on the BofG--the letter to me from Matt Groening in which he Groening explained the relationship between the Simpsons and the divine. Check it out here.

In the hands of an Angry God

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Angry God is a line of hand-crafted jewelry by Jon Guac. Stores can get their own Angry God wholesale through Portland's Robot.


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Via Animal NY & MocoLoco, a sublime transformation of counterfeit toys:

China and its many meanings are explored in Ena Macana's new China Collection. A selection of toys made in China are re-made in Barcelona in a provocative way that inverts the counterfeit process often seen in China - transforming the toys into fashion accessories. . . .

Other pieces have more complex compositions, the arrangement and repetition of each icon like the military guns cross that give us a new reading, generating new icons, a cross, from the primary one, a military gun.



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