David Galenson, a well-known economist, well-well-known for his work in quantifying the value and significance of artwork, has ranked art pieces based on visual citations in textbooks.

Very amusing… I guess my first question would be were only western textbooks used in the study or did Galenson survey textbooks in many languages, from many countries?

via NYT

id site just launched a few days ago and I just spent 1 hour on there. It’s got a great database of designers, products, shops…. basically anything related to design!

via nosigner

I’m loving this summerish HANABI TOTE by  B印 YOSHIDA (B jirushi YOSHIDA), the collaborative project between Japanese retailer BEAMS and YOSHIDA, the manufacture of PORTER bags.

How cool is that fan-pocket?!?

“I call architecture frozen music.”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe