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Today, 03.20.10
Here are Today’s images.
TODAY is a weekly jewel box of seemingly random, yet thoughtfully selected, images. At times tender, wicked, nostalgic, amusing, and dazzling, each edition is presented without narration, editing or explanation by its author, designer Eric Baker. "It all began as a goof. One day I sent a good friend about 50 random pictures of cheese. I don't know why, but to me cheese is funny, perhaps it is the word itself and its various connotations. Eventually I began looking closer, or should I say broader at 'things'. Things lost on the fringes...ordinary, odd, beautiful things. Esoteric images, old diagrams, typography, cartography — visions of a once promising but now extinct future."
Editor's Note: All images link to their original source and are copyright their original owners.
Editor's Note: All images link to their original source and are copyright their original owners.
Comments (9) | JUMP TO MOST RECENT COMMENT >>
I really look forward to these images each week. What a nice eclectic collection of ephemera.
Cool Eric, thanks for the pictures. Are you using some specific tool to bookmark or save those pictures?
Awesome! Best collection yet.
very cool set Eric....
I recognized buffalo without even thinking, haven't seen that image in years. In fact I only recognized city hall and said why does that look so familiar.
Love the percussion & jazz...
Best
TS
I recognized buffalo without even thinking, haven't seen that image in years. In fact I only recognized city hall and said why does that look so familiar.
Love the percussion & jazz...
Best
TS
Hello Eric, Vaughan Oliver introduced me to your blog. The images are marvellous... so inspiring. I would love to see them in my mailbox, so can you add me to the mailing list? Thanks :)
i have another one of the persuasive percussion albums. very cool!
Fabulous images... PLEASE Add me to your email list :)
Thanks for a beautiful and stimulating beginning to my day.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eric Baker is design director for The O Group in Manhattan, where he strategizes design for all things luxury. He is also on the faculty at The School of Visual Arts.More Bio >>
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