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IKEA Cardboard Digital Camera

IKEA is taking names and kicking asses. First, a all-in-one sleek white modern TV set and console. Now, a low-cost digital camera made out of cardboard. While most people use their smartphones as digital cameras, the new IKEA camera could be really fun to be surprised as to what photos you’ve taken. We’re so used to instant gratification that we forget how much pleasure can be derived by waiting.

From ckck:

Seems like IKEA are really shaking things up this year. In addition to the previously announced TV set, they’re also going to release a digital camera made of cardboard called Knäppa (“Snap”). It’ll hold 40 photographs at a time and plugs directly into your USB port. While it’s not the prettiest camera the world has ever seen, I do love the idea of a screen-less digital camera that brings people back to the wait-and-see days of film.

Death Cab For Cutie, backed by Magik Magik Orchestra at the Beacon Theatre, for my birthday, 4/29/12

Youth Lagoon at Beacon Theatre, for my birthday, 4/29/12

The Drums at Webster Hall on 4/22/12

Tanlines at Bowery Ballroom 04-12-12

Lego Camera Obscura by Sabino for Lollapalooza Chile:

A few weeks ago Lego told me they were sponsoring Lollapalooza Chile festival, and they asked if I had any ideas for the kids area. We ended up doing a little workshop where kids could learn how to assemble cameras obscuras (pinhole cameras) with Legos, along with a little talk about how cameras work. We had a great time and kids loved them, haha.

Jon Hammburger 

(aka Jon Hamm in a diner for Esquire UK)

Macro Insect Photography by Ondrej Pakan

Famous photogs pose with their most iconic pieces

“The Tank Man of Tienanmen Square. Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston in victory. The portrait of the Afghan Girl on the cover of National Geographic. Many of us can automatically recall these photos in our heads, but far fewer can name the photographers who took them. Even fewer know what those photographers look like.”

More from Wired here

Classic iconic young Dylan

Leica asked me to shoot 3 photos for their Place2be blog

You can read more about it and see the photos in their full glory here.

Damien Basile, an Art Director turned Digital and Social Strategist, is the Media & Marketing Director of Perks Consulting.  In November 2009 he founded a monthly digital influencer panel and mixer event series called Digital Somethings and in February 2010 he founded Addieu, a mobile app that helps you exchange contact info & connect on social networks instantly when you meet someone. He is also currently blogging at Coolne.ws, which he started in order to talk about cool and interesting things, from events and things to buy to tech and toys. We armed Damien with a Leica D-Lux 5 camera and asked him to document his favorite spots in New York City as part of our #place2be series.

One Jackson Square

One Jackson Square is a residential building that I watched go up in the time that I’ve lived in my neighborhood in the last 2 years. It’s also made my life more convenient by bringing TD Bank and Starbucks underneath it. The most amazing thing about this building is the way the sun reflects in random shafts of light onto the street in the middle of the day. If you walk underneath one it feels like an instant heat burst. I see it everyday when I walk to the subway and it makes me that much more happier to see this beautiful building undulating in the sky.

FSC Barber

This is my barber shop, FSC Barber, which is at the end of my short block at Horatio & 4th. Freeman’s Sporting Club Barber’s original location is at Freeman Alley, hence the name. They are a first class gentleman’s barber shop in every sense of the word. It’s hard to choose just one barber, as they’re all unique in their own way and every single one of them is top notch. I know – I’ve tried many of them. Besides the beautiful vintage interior, the amazing thing about FSC is that they hold private parties for Esquire magazine among others. Also, if you come late on a Sunday, there’s a list for a haircut, so get there early.

Pastis

Pastis is up the block from me, which is really amazing as this is such a great late night spot. Apparently there’s a secret menu from midnight to 1am which I have yet to try. This is the sister restaurant of one of my favorites, Balthazar. The interior is all old world Paris with all the charm and grace that comes along with it. The weekends can be a bit rough to get a table without a reservation during prime time, but none of that matters as a nightcap here is magical. The crowds are gone by then and even though there are still people around you feel like there’s no one else around but you and your company.

- Damien Basile

Greg Melander gives us a little insight into the now iconic Windows wallpaper that he helped bring about:

“This photo is a blast from my past. I came across this article (Ever wonder where the Windows XP default wallpaper came from?) I just so happened to be the designer who helped choose this image for XP in 2001 and contrary to what this article says, yes, I did end up making slight Photoshop modifications. I raised the saturation levels, adjusted a few flowers in the foreground, took out a few clouds in the sky and adjusted the mountain the far distance. At the time I would have never thought this image would become so prevalent around the world. I also ended up doing the silver and olive themes for XP back in the day. Later on I also did the black XP theme for media center. That was my favorite one.”

Lomography Chile organized a hand-made lomowall with 7000 individual analogue photographs called, “La belleza de la vida real”. All this photos generates an abstract pattern covering a 20x2,4 meter (66x8 feet) wall, and took a bunch of enthusiastic people more than 28 hours to paste every photo. The work of 471 photographers is being exhibited until late September at the Centro Gabriela Mistral, and will travel around Chile during the year.

(via sabino)

Norwegian design studio Skrekkøgle created a giant gold coin and placed it beside real life items - a car, a shopping cart, a Vespa, a telephone booth and a dumpster. The photos were taken with a tilt shift effect to make it look like the object that the coin was next to seem like it was a toy version of itself. 

More here.

(via kirstinipasta)

“Pentax has announced the world’s smallest and lightest digital camera with interchangeable lens. The Pentax Q-Black is only 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.2”. It has 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor, capable of producing 12-bit DNG RAW and JPG images and to benefit from very low noise even in low light situations. And you can choose a variety of specialty Q lenses which include prime, zoom and fisheye lenses… Other features include HDR Capture, 1080p HD Video, Sensor-Shift Shake Reduction, 3 Inch LCD Monitor, 5 FPS, Bokeh Control Filter and smart effect.”

More here.