June 5, 2009 @ 12:01 am
Isaac Chen created this wonderfully simple magazine rack that uses nothing but wire and a big black knob to keep your magazines from falling on the floor. Wow, I need one of these right now. Actually, I need several of these. This is such a fantastic piece of decor!
May 10, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
This simple floor lamp is called the Inchino Floor Lamp and it is designed by Antonino Sciortino for Busnelli. Its impressive height and short base make it seem like it’ll fall over any moment, but I have a feeling it’s pretty stable and efficient with its use of space. I want one in my future living room, right near my future reading chair. Mmm. :)
February 21, 2009 @ 1:23 pm
I’ve seen this photo plenty of times before, but for those of you who might not be familiar with it, it’s a photograph taken by AP photographer Nick Ut on June 8, 1972 of a group of children fleeing the South Vietnamese village of Trang Bang after an accidental napalm bomb was dropped there by South Vietnamese planes. The photo’s obvious centerpoint is then-9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc, who is the girl shown completely naked and running. The photo went on to serve as one of the iconic images of the Vietnam War, used by some as the ultimate proof that the war it Vietnam was a bad idea.
Anyway, the reason why I’m writing about this is because I just came across actual video footage of the bombing. I don’t know whether or not this is common knowledge among the generations older than me, but I certainly haven’t seen this video before. And now that I have, I’m incredibly saddened and unable to shake the image of the hanging skin from these burned children. I imagine that the children are so stunned by what just happened that they aren’t even feeling any immediate pain.
I warn you however, that the video is shocking and very graphic. So if you want to see it, it’s embedded inside.
