Design Observer

Archive
Books + Store
Job Board
Email Archive
Comments
About
Contact
Log In
Register

Observatory

Comments (4) Posted 05.15.10 | PERMALINK | PRINT

Eric Baker

Today, 05.15.10

Here are Today’s videos.

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.

|

Share This Story

Subscribe to Comment Feed

Comments (4) | JUMP TO MOST RECENT >>

Great assortment, Mr. Baker, from Dali to... early Downey! Thank you, kind sir.

michael dooley
05.15.10 at 10:08

Gordon Parks...wow!

Bobby Martin
05.16.10 at 06:58

Stick with the single images, Eric.

Rob Henning
05.18.10 at 08:12

Posts were, as usual, great, but my test results are inconclusive. Unbeknownest, and no doubt uninterestingly, to you your image posts have become weekly forums in our home. Have spent the past weeks comparing living with teenagers vs. living with pets. The kids thought it was OK - the birds were very receptive (though they usually like more music). I will not hold this against either the birds or my teenagers - just assembling the data. In typical parent mode my opinion is irrelevant. God knows I love my kids, but right know the unconditional affection scale is tilted towards the birds - and this has nothing to do with how I felt about the videos.

Debra
05.22.10 at 08:56

LOG IN TO POST A COMMENT
Don't have an account? Create an account. Forgot your password? Click here.

|

Share This Story

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 >>

DESIGN OBSERVER JOBS

MORE BY Eric Baker

08.21.10: Today: The End
08.07.10: Today, 08.07.10
07.24.10: Today, 07.23.10
07.10.10: Today, 07.10.10
07.03.10: Today, 07.04.10
06.25.10: Today, 06.26.10
06.19.10: Today, 06.19.10
06.12.10: Today, 06.12.10
06.05.10: Today, 06.05.10
05.29.10: Today, 05.28.10
More by Eric Baker >>

BOOKS BY Eric Baker

American Trademarks: From the Roaring '20s to the Swinging '60s
Chronicle Books, 2010

More books by contributors >>

Assignment Creativity
A chaotic and entertaining collection addresses "the art of the art assignment."

Accidental Mysteries, 04.15.12
Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. This week's focus is Hannah Höch.

The Enduring Influence of Richard Hollis
An exhibition of Richard Hollis’s work provides the first public opportunity to assess the entire shape of his output.

Ezra Winter Project: Chapter Three
In his first post-Academy professional pursuit, Ezra Winter is hired to design camouflage for the United States Shipping Board, using a reductive visual vocabulary of bold stripes and patches of solid color that is far closer to the language of Klee and Kandinsky than of the Renaissance masters he loves.

Accidental Mysteries, 03.18.12
Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. This week's focus is surreal, mystical and metaphorical imagery in contemporary fine art.

Design Observer

Observatory

Featured Writers

Departments

Topics