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Mahons que semblen nínxols, o fornets, o columbaris... Mahons quadrats compartimentats on amagar-se o amagar vergonyes o tresors... Només l'home pot fer una cosa semblant, freda i repetida... tot el contrari de la Natura, que només fa peces úniques on regna l'espiral, la curva, els remolins... i la Vida!
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This abandoned trainyard is only one of its kind as it is on the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster. The rusting carriages, piles of metal debris and what remains of the platform make it a far cry from the bustling station that once welcomed people from all over the Soviet Union to work at the nuclear power plant.
After the disaster, passengers arriving at Yanov station were immediately put on evacuation buses and sent back out of Pripyat. Today, the town is within the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
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Luxury is an odd thing. It's equally about what we can have and what we cannot.
The legendary gourmand James Beard claimed that a simple baked potato was true gourmet food. And indeed, an organic yellow potato baked with its skin on sprinkled with coarsely ground sea salt will truly open anyone's imagination.
Personally, my favorite two snacks are cottage cheese and ketchup and avocado sprinkled with sugar (try these separately, you just might never look back).
True luxury still requires its semantic relations.
I called this design a "composition" hut rather than a writer's hut simply to marry the idea of a writer's abode and a musical composer's abode. The idea of going someplace to create requires a kind of 'compression' that is difficult to both identify and to enact. What should a street photographer's hut look like? And how about a golfer's hut?
It is no coincidence that the word hut and heart are similar. Both may be semantically related here.
Mahler's Komponierten haus had a peculiar entry: the low door opened out inside to a much larger interior space, perhaps in the style of Japanese teahouses. A golfer stepping into a tee box faces a similar quasi-compression.
The legendary James Bond film "Goldfinger", has a scene onboard a private jet. This production was designed by Sir Ken Adams. Nevertheless it is a perfect ingredient to infuse fantasy with design for a homage to Ian Fleming.
Why isn't a Bond interior more simple? Perhaps because this is part of the Bond vocabulary.
In the film and in the hut, both parties are secretly observing each other. It's a perfect symbiosis.
The bathroom represents the womb or the kitchen or a fire element.
Pussy Galore tries to control Bond with a Smith & Wesson. Bond coolly replies that if she were to use that on him, the bullet would go through the fuselage and everyone would die. The gun represents a neutralized fiire element. Contrast this with the intimate, warm and vibrant shave Bond has in the bathroom as he observes the scene. This slow act is oddly a metaphor for composition.
I like to think of my drawings as an Ozu notebook for one of his films. The scene on the spread pages is visually and textually set slowly piece by piece by two men over many bottles of Sake. Indeed, Tateshina is the perfect shrine for the genre of the composition hut.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
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Two giants hover over the intentions of this design. both are men of genius, with similarities.
I've long admired Peyton Manning
for his innovative qualities and his contributions to an intellectual approach to American football. At times he has been wrongly seen as eccentric, which only reflects upon the lack of intelligence and judgment of a few sportswriters.
Manning's innovative thinking has a resemblance to the conductor Herbert Von Karajan, another larger than life forward thinker.
Both Manning and Lombardi are family oriented men with a firm religious foundation. Lombardi went as far as to once have had intentions toward priesthood.
The proposed redesign of the Lombardi trophy is as a tool for creativity, things that I have been making all along to be used. They are essentially randomizing machines in the style of John Cage. The user inserts slides of plays from a game into the viewer (actual screenshots of plays from an actual game or diagrammatic screens from the playbook) and generates numbers which index to an assorted list of call symbols from Manning's list as well as those from other quarterbacks for Manning to modify and adapt. This randomizing factor (something that PG Wodehouse often used to generate names of characters for short stories) may provide surprising combinations that may befuddle the opposition defense in a game.
In the lower half of the enclosure is a dedication space to the noble devout Lombardi. The miniature chapel-like meditation space honors Lombardi's habit of Catholic examen and confession. In this respect it has qualities of a confessional (rear red curtain and subtle wood detailing). It also has storage for a memento in a space off to the side. The space can be viewed either from the back or the side via a mirror or via an eyepiece. The quiet, solemn atmosphere (naturally lit from a light bar) communicates to the owner of the trophy the importance of finding an inner peace before a major football game.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
The "Terrific Air Raid" noted at the top of the page refers to a savage bombardment of Alicante during the Spanish Civil War. It was reported that six Insurgent planes dropped 100 high explosive bombs in 20 minutes and that most, if not all, of the victims were civilians. What strikes me is that the Catholic Church, which exercised such enormous influence over the Spanish people for centuries, was nonetheless powerless to prevent this bloody conflict. Of course, the Church, having earlier initiated such ventures as the Crusades and the Inquisition, was herself no stranger to violence in the name of God. My theory is that by the 1930s (and in reality, likely long before that) the Church had done irreparable damage to her credibility as a voice for peace.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: The Saint John Citizen was a short-lived newspaper of the late '30s. And that forthcoming marriage, noted at lower right, proved to be a pathetically brief one, as the groom was killed in a boating accident. Ms. MacDonald, I might add, was a considerably better-looking bride than this photo would suggest.
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Finally, after over a year and many promises, here is my version of Arkham Asylum.
There’s no need for many explanations here in this text, because I designed an 82-page Making-of-book that explain every little step. And the best part: It’s for free.
You can find all the pages here on flickr or you can download a free PDF-version from Uploaded.to. You don’t need to create an account, just follow this LINK. It takes about 20 - 40 minutes.
Well, I hope you enjoy everything.
Typefaces in use:
lowercase »a«
Danila Orlovsky’s (ParaType) fashionable, geometric Didone »Circus Didot«.
Circus Didot typeface presents a rework of a typical neoclassical serif type in a constructivist style. Analyzing the shapes of characters author placed basic geometric figures — triangles, rectangles, circles… above the contours of letters.
Resulting constructions staying recognizable letters at the same time bore a resemblance to pictures of Russian avant-garde artists from 20th century. This discovery has brought an idea to design a typeface where the tendency of a modern serif type to rationalism and geometry is realized in maximum possible extent. The prototypes for the project were taken from the works of Didot, lettering experiments of Russian constructivists and art deco artworks.
The technique of juggling with shapes and overall grotesque approach to the design explains the selection of the name for the font.
ligature »rt«
Corey Holms’ geometric, monoline, sans-serif typeface »Area«.
Area hearkens back to the disco era, reminiscent of nightclub and record advertising.
The rounded simple forms are updated with the implementation of negative kerning, which gives the typeface its unique look and modern feel. It is enhanced by the addition of over 50 ligatures that refine the final type treatment even further.
and
Silas Dilworth’ (TypeTrust) clean, geometric sans-serif face »Breuer Text«.
Breuer Text is a simple geometric sans with relaxed curves and slightly condensed proportions suitable for moderate lengths of body copy. The italics are optically adjusted obliques with a selection of augmented lowercase glyphs for a warmer read.
Breuer Text offers the distinct aura of technical precision in a personable tone, ideal for instructional copy or safety warnings. Its basic structure and conservative letterforms maintain a level voice without turning robotic or sterile.
Pair with the two-font Breuer Headline family for a simple and complete editorial type system. Breuer Text includes Small Caps, Old Style Figures and Tabular Figures.
use the defense mechanism of projection.
Paranoid personality disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.
Those with the condition are hypersensitive, are easily slighted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions to validate their prejudicial ideas or biases. They tend to be guarded and suspicious and have quite constricted emotional lives. Their incapacity for meaningful emotional involvement and the general pattern of isolated withdrawal often lend a quality of schizoid isolation to their life experience.
Projection is a defense mechanism that involves taking our own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people. For example, if you have a strong dislike for someone, you might instead believe that he or she does not like you. Projection functions to allow the expression of the desire or impulse, but in a way that the ego cannot recognize, therefore reducing anxiety.
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Araki's well written monograph, "Subway Love" has nostalgic photos (one is shown in a "re-photo" below as a recommendation for the book). He systematically used various format lenses and cameras for this book.
This is my second araki-dedicated camera. His colorful and quirky personality easily inspires design, even eyeglasses design.
This proposed camera will surely attract attention (something araki can readily handle).
A pair of eyeglasses in clear and cool white tones attach to the photographer. A red button operates a set of pink & grey trains (as shown in an attached photo) that move along three settings intersecting with up to 5 vintage lenses.
Authentic tokyo train station chimes randomly sound from mp3 clips as the train stops at each juncture. You can hear a sample of some typical chimes from the iPhone app called "Tokyo Yamanote Line Chimes".
Araki's original choice of 35mm, 21mm and 100mm lenses used for shooting the photos for his book translate well to vintage movie projector lenses of 17mm, 10mm, and a Summilux 50mm when connected to the Lumix micro 4/3. The two vintage lenses will keep the net weight down to a minimum. The Lumix used is painted in a flashy Araki commemorative red. Now you can re-create a 'subway kind of love' with the same araki outfit, more or less, but converted to digital. Araki might be amused with the surreal effects that the vintage & digital create.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2013 by David Lo.
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Drinking Sherry at 5pm extends now to the 2nd of my designs for "Sack", the 16th century English name for Sherry.
It is oddly interesting that around the 18th century people carried their own cutlery with them to their host's home, which is something that photographers still do today (they carry their own cameras) although cell phone and device camera functions (and to an extent Polaroid cameras of course) now have also 'antiquated' this practice. So in the future, we should see a Leica M3 on a sideboard in a room specifically as a reminder of a time when people were limited enough to have to carry their own cameras when visiting. But this Sack Camera will be seen then as still being modern as it is both a portable (at least to a Weegee) and a stationary camera for interiors. Read on for the details.
Derived from an antique 18th-century English Knife box that has been modified now to a pinhole camera. It should be noted that these decorative and elegant knife boxes had been modified for many decades into stationery and postal boxes. The camera has a removable dark slide/cartridge specifically recalling the mail slot for the postal box. As the sketch shows, turning the tasseled key opens the lens cover for exposure. This English knife box-cum-portrait pinhole camera is meant to be displayed elegantly on top of a wooden sideboard in an office or dining room as a drinks cabinet, accompanied by a service tray and other accessories. The back half of the knife box holds compartments for bottles of sherry, port, a gasogene and some crystal glasses.
The underside of the lid frames a token antique 18th-century fruit knife, not the type that would be displayed in a knife box but which evolved as a status symbol of the upper classes. Both Sack and fruit were scarce back then.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
Fun booklet on how to fight fatigue.
More info & images blogged at No Barcode Blog »
Photo: Javier García
Mar, serra, deserto ou montanha?
Acaso sugeríssemos a um grupo de pessoas que pensasse em um determinado ambiente, quando colhêssemos as respostas, quantos pensariam além de um determinado ambiente físico?
Estamos ligados naquilo que podemos ver e tocar: casa, mar, serra, deserto ou montanha. E menos atentos a “cenários” que não tenham uma consistência material palpável, como por exemplo um ambiente de alegria, fé união e esperança.
Também com mais facilidade sabemos construir a partir de materiais, casas, móveis, brinquedos, jardins. Äs vezes, diante de uns dias que julgamos aborrecidos ou tediosos, pensamos em viagens ou compras. Mas quantos de nós tem aptidão para criar ou mudar o estado da alma, do sentimento e do espírito a partir de uma mudança de atitude? Transformar tristeza em alegria. Ódio em amor. Inimizade em amizade. Desespero em fé. Desinteresse em interesse.
E não necessariamente mudar o espírito dos outros, mas simplesmente o de si próprio: deixar de se sentir uma vítima, um pobre-coitado, ou um desaventurado. E transformar queixas e reclamações em palavras de esperança e fé. Enfim: animar-se. Levantar-se do seu estado de apatia e letargia. Sacudir a poeira e seguir em frente.
De um jeito tal que independa de cenário externo: O dia pode estar ruim, as dificuldades batendo a sua porta e a falta de compreensão também. E a pessoa estar lá...com um estado de espírito independente do que acontece “por fora”. Com coragem diante de qualquer desafio.
Desunir é fácil, desanimar também. Mas ter dentro de si, um espírito que saiba unir as pessoas, traga a paz e alegria ao ambiente não parece comum.
E nada contagia mais que a emoção e o sentimento. Assim como uma pessoa com um sentimento ruim contagia rapidamente os demais, quem traz o bem também distribui isto rapidamente. E que delícia, prazer e privilégio estar diante de quem nos anima e empurra para a frente e para cima.
Indispensáveis estas pessoas que conseguem mudar o cenário de si e dos outros, animando, levando para a frente a si e aos demais, independente das dificuldades, impedimentos e impossibilidades.
São com certeza o “sal” da terra. Dão gosto pra vida.
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* Foto feita no Museu Nacional, Brasília. A frase é do Oscar Niemeyer
A turn-of-the-century (LAST century, that is!) theater poster.
As usual, a simple little sketchbook doodle (of a guy supported by his mustache) turned into a complicated illustration project. There's definitely something in my head that likes to complicate matters.
I probably got a little carried away with all the text, but it was fun writing it. I tried to mimic that early 1900s style as closely as I could. Be sure and view the original size to read it all.
I used the whole software arsenal for this one. The frame, boxes and text were all laid out in InDesign. The little flourishes (like the ones on either side of "You Dare Not Miss This Event") came from a dingbat font. I then imported all that into Photoshop. I thought the text looked a little too perfect and precise for an old poster, so I used a wave filter on it to distort it a bit. The curvey text on either side of the Major was written and distorted in Illustrator, and imported into Photoshop. The Major himself was drawn in Photoshop, of course. Then once that was all done it was time to destroy and age it, so that it looked like a hundred year old poster.
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“Whenever I’ve seen an attractive woman, I’ve done my best to photograph her. I don’t know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in the photographs.”
„Wann immer ich eine attraktive Frau gesehen habe, habe ich mein Bestes gegeben, um sie zu fotografieren. Ich weiß nicht ob die von mir fotografierten Frauen schön sind, aber ich weiß, dass die Frauen auf meinen Fotos wunderschön aussehen."
Trotz der etwas "klobigen" Schuhe - nach dem Lesen tänzelte sie, nein, schwebte sie fast durch die Ausstellung ;-) ...
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Happy Valentine Day my dear FlickrPeople ! Have some fun and try this recipe :))))) I found it somewhere on the Internet and it made me smile .... or ..hmmm.... I know I should be more serious, but what the heck, enjoy!
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Thanks to :
gorgeous textures by Sooper Tramp & HeleninaStock
and also fantastic stock from *Lisajen-stock
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a recipe for:
LOVE POTION TEA
To make another person fall in love with you, brew this tea on a Friday during a waxing moon (moving from empty to full).
Place all ingredients in an earthenware or copper tea kettle. Boil three cups of pure spring water and add to the kettle. Sweeten with sugar and honey, if desired.
.... recite this rhyme....
On the following Friday, brew another pot of the love potion tea and give some to the person you want to love you. He or she will soon begin to fall in love with you.
From a book on Druidic practices
photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
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quelqu'un pourrait me traduire ce petit texte SVP ? merci ...
Affiche trouvée sur le mur d'une terrasse où nous n'avons goûté que des mets extraordinaires ...
et....
Si ça miaule encore, faut mâcher plus fort!
big thanks to Guilherme Albani,Christina Igarashi, Jana and Tatiana.
www.japonique.com.br/retratos-das-ruas-por-junku-nishimura
and another exhibitiones at San Calros and São Paulo university in Brasil. thanks to Célia Abe for nice text.
別の展示会 於 ：サンカルロス連邦大学図書館及びサンパウロ大学文化センターサンカルロス･キャンパス
日本語www.bunkyo.bunkyonet.org.br/index.php?option=com_content&...
Portuquesewww.bunkyo.bunkyonet.org.br/index.php?option=com_content&...
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The Folmer graphlex baseball camera of 1926 with an innovative gearshift lever preset for specific focusing distances of different parts of the baseball field (The bases), forms are unique foyer and entrance to tiny galleries and interesting spaces for relaxation to enjoy views of a city skyline and structures, such as for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball Museum.
The entire pavilion sits atop the concrete base within a large reflecting pool. These large "huts" provide a opportunity for either tea huts and private offices for architect teams to plan additions to the main attractions and stadium.
The architectural model for this plan can be an opportunity for a commemorative portrait camera with adjoining green houses that have more opaque glazing as you go from the roof top to the lower levels. The reflecting pool supported by a small table, recalling illustrations of the early Camera Obscura, provides adequate humidity control.
Pen: 1950 Conway-Stewart #286, medium nib.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2015 by David Lo.
I can tell what this man is doing from his shadow. He is walking in front of one of my favourite Adelaide City Council carparks.
Schlafverblühmt
Der Himmel grollt
Jemand ist
Wie Katzengold
My guest contribution "wie Katzengold" is the bäämmm bäämm title of the German photographer's page www.KWERFELDEIN.de today.
The article is a mixture of photography and text, curated by Sebastian Baumer.
> kwerfeldein.de/2014/03/20/wie-katzengold/
Kurnau!
Parámetros :: Parameters :: Paramètres: FinePix SL1000 ; ISO 800; 0 ev; f 5; 1/400 s; 16 mm Fuji Lens.
Título :: Title :: Titre ::: Fecha (Date): Ví en tus ojo :: I saw in your eyes :: J'ai vu dans tes yeux ::: 2014/12/25 13:10
(Es). Historia: Tudela. España. En el casco histórico de Tudela, Plaza del Mercadal, hay un café-bar que se llama "De Risa y Oro". Esa frase es parte de un poema de Federico García Lorca; "Al oído de una muchacha". El poema está escrito en las losas de la fachada del establecimiento. Como siempre, el paseo matinal con Fray te permite descubrir rincones que posiblemente de otra forma no hubiera pasado a su lado.
Toma: Hice las tomas de todo el poema, pero esta última es la que tiene el final del poema y presenta al autor.
Tratamiento: Con Aperture. JPG. En el encuadre incluyo parte de la ventana de forma premeditada; creo que imprime una ayuda para la escala de la escena. Aplico diferentes grados de incremento o decremento de las luces con objeto de marcar el relieve del texto. Incremento la vibración del color y la saturación porque era un día nublado y no tenía un contraste adecuado que marcase el texto de forma nítida.
¡Eso es todo amigos!
(En). The History: Tudela. Spain. In Tudela's historical zone, Plaza of the Mercadal, there is a coffee-bar that calls " Of Laugh and Gold ". This phrase is a part of Federico García Lorca's poem; " To The ear of a girl ". The poem is written in the slabs of the front of the establishment. Since always, the morning walk with Fray allows you to discover corners that possibly from another form it had not gone on to his side.
Taking up: I did the captures of the whole poem, but the latter is the one that has the end of the poem and presents the author.
Treatment: With Aperture. JPG. In the setting I include part of the window of premeditated form; I think that it stamps a help for the scale of the scene. I apply different degrees of increase or decline of the lights in order to mark the relief of the text. I increase the vibration of the color and the saturation because it was a cloudy day and did not have a suitable contrast that was marking the text of clear form.
That's all folks !!
(Fr). Histoire: Tudela. L'Espagne. Dans la coque historique de Tudela, Place du Mercadal, il y a un café - bar qui s'appelle "Du Rire et l'Or". Cette phrase est dépêche d'un poème de Federico García Lorca; "l'oreille d'une jeune fille". Le poème est écrit dans les dalles de la façade de l'établissement. Comme toujours, la promenade matinale avec Fray te permet de découvrir les coins que possiblement de l'autre forme il n'avait pas passé à son côté.
Prendre: J'ai fait les prises de tout le poème, mais ci-mentionnée est celle qui a la fin du poème et présente l'auteur.
Traitement: Avec Aperture. JPG. Dans le cadre j'inclus une dépêche de la fenêtre de forme préméditée; je crois qu'il imprime une aide pour l'échelle de la scène. J'applique différents degrés de développement ou décrémente des lumières afin de marquer le relief du texte. J'augmente la vibration de la couleur et de la saturation parce que c'était un jour nuageux et n'avait pas de contraste adéquat qui marquait le texte de forme nette.
Voilà, c'est tout!
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Abondened old barracks (like these ones in Benesov) are used for various events, like the one devoted to Ferdinand d´Estee and Austrio-Hungarian Monarchy in the yaear of 100th anniversary of his assassination.
One goes round many rusty pieces of a 40 year old history, like this one.
Another film swap project made by me and Bang Duong from Saigon. He shot the whole roll of films in my town, Nha Trang when he traveled here, then rewound the films and sent it to me. I carried the roll back to Saigon again and shot on the sencond layer on them.
• Film: Fuji Pro Plus 200
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A sequel to my previous design no. 250 is an adaption of the historic 1942 limousine built for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, known as the Cadillac "Duchess", which had custom compartments for Wallis Simpson's jewelry and Edward VIII's pipes and tobacco.
Max Vandemeer, acted by the wonderful Robert Morley, tours Europe as an arch villain food editor (a guest villain to the 1966 Batman series would be near perfection) with an entourage of kitchen henchmen and a decoy getaway vehicle when chased by the police. For this, the excessive, modern Falstaff simply must have two limousines; one to dine in and a second for smoking.
The Pullman Cigar car has a fold-down lap desk to reveal a sizable cigar cabinet to sample cigars from various boxes in Vandermeer's collection as they age in his home cabinet. This allows a minimum evaporation of the oleoresins. The Pullman's humidity is slightly higher for this reason.
Morley's henchmen and guests sit slightly lower in the cabin on "benches". The original Pullman of 1967 was more of a passenger car, whereas this redesign takes a feature of Lyndon Johnson's legendary Air Force One, where his desk was electronically elevated so he could appear more commanding (an strategic architectural feature originally conceived for the Capitol building) to his guests and staff. In this smoking car, Morley's elevated seat allows for easy cigar meditation as he can view outside the windows and can pontificate at ease over the guests.
The pull out lap desk is for reading and making notes (or tiny instructive atelier drawings) inside cookbooks. A library of favorite historical opera singers on cassettes, forty of them, each bound in red leather, is located in both car doors, commemorating Morley's early musical career aspirations.
An espresso machine and scotch bar allows Vandermeer time to relax from his life as editor and arch criminal, as described in my previous design for his Rolls Royce Dining car.
Please also see my related designs nos. 180a and 180b, dedicated to the Duke of Windsor.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2015 by David Lo.