I thought Tilt-Shift was the description of my snowboarding technique. But this is better: Touring a tilt-shifted Jackson Hole mountain resort accompanied by a party-mix of Pink Floyd’s ‘Time’ http://bit.ly/eFdgs3. Black diamonds are a muse’s best friend.

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Tiny Jackson Hole

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International. It also marks the 50th anniversary of beautiful and evocative poster art created for the organization. Check out some of the best of these with a slideshow at Guardian UK: http://tinyurl.com/3j8kasa

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Amnesty Posters

There was a time when, if you wanted a vessel for your crematory remains you could choose between an old shoe box, a MJB coffee can, or something that looked like Louis the Fourteenth’s bedpan. But not any more: Thanks to the folks at Capsule Project on the web at http://capsuleproject.com, you can now choose from these sleek containers in a variety of styles, forms, and materials. Design that stands the test of time.

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Modern Urns: Cool Cubed

Discovering your muse is easier than ever with the newly updated and reorganized Library of Congress archives. The link provides easy access to this treasure trove of images, movies, sounds and printed ephemera. An embarrassment of riches, and public domain.

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History codified

With Inside New York Eateries, artist Wijnanda Deroo continues her long-term exploration of the architectural interior as a genre of photographic investigation. Deroo scoured New York’s five boroughs documenting the full spectrum of the city’s culinary institutions. From Cafe 233; des Artistes to Papaya Dog, the Russian Tea Room to Yonah Schimmel’s Knishes, Deroo’s viewfinder alights on diverse sites (and sights) where New Yorkers sit (or stand) to consume thier daily bread. More interiors at the artist’s website— Indonesia :: Curacao :: Mexico :: Berlin

Shamelessly cribbed from Metafilter

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Culinary Cribs

This is a little bit different entry for what is typically a visually-centric blog about mind candy, but bear with me…

I can’t say for certain, but it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if, when the creative teams at Weiden & Kennedy are looking for a snappy new–yet obscure–pop tune to layer into a TV commercial-slash-cultural touchstone they’re producing, they tune in to local alternative station 94/7 KNRK.

94/7 is the stalwart bastion of alternative in Portland, as it has been for more than decade. Two of my go-to features of the station are Sunday evening programs Passport Approved and The Bottom 40. Passport Approved is a regular feature of Portland radio station 94.7 KNRK, wherein host Sat Bisla spins an eclectic mix of imports (and by import, I mean both that they are significant, and that they hail from overseas). You should listen to it.

The Bottom 40 has been a favorite of mine, and “appointment radio” for several years. Every week, show host Greg Glover presents new music, obscure classics, interviews and more. As he tells it:

The Bottom Forty is where listeners hear new music (Yeasayer, Surfer Blood, The xx), deep tracks from “classic” alternative artists (XTC, Talking Heads, The Replacements), as well as the “unusual” (Isaac Hayes, Eno, Hank Sr.). Throw in an insightful and original interview with an up-and-coming or legendary artist along with useful information and you have just one example of a single “issue” of The Bottom Forty…”

Greg Glover is a cool guy, and is to alternative music what Googlemaps is to getting where you’re going.

For a full multimedia experience, while you’re listening to The Bottom 40 or Passport Approved, sync up with the online version of Trouser Press, where you can get news and background on some your favorite performers, and their musical family trees.

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A musical muse: close eyes for visual

Frame by frame conversion of feature length film compressed into single pixel wide strips to create a sort of cinematic barcode. Though, at 30 fps, the bar would have to be 168000 pixels wide. I surmise therefore that some of the pixels have been deleted. More here.

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“I live in a steel box” is not a phrase that conjures romantic notions of mid-century cool; the evocative ‘Mad Men’ swagger that Julius Shulman captured in his iconic images of Case Study 22. But to look at these boxes, an amalgam of steel, ceramic, brick, wood panel and glass, confirms the artistry and vision of the designers and architects that created them. There’s a photo essay at: http://www.eichlernetwork.com/fnc_steel.html

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Mid-Century Steel

A short history of Lego from depression-era Sweden to modern day global juggernaut, and its packaging, presented by, if not a noted expert, then at least an informed and admiring fan. See it here: Codex99

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Building A Brand, Brick by Brick

This blog started out as an extension of something I used to do in a few shops where I worked: Every morning I would send a link to all the creatives of something cool to look at. I called it “It’s [fill in the day], do you know where your muse is?” A phrase stolen from a subscription call to action a friend of mine did for Communication Arts. I don’t know where he stole it from.

Anyway…there’s a slight possibility I could get back to posting something everyday, which would be nice. And there is certainly no shortage of wondrous and magical things in the world to look at, and be inspired by. But, one day at a time.

So hey, it’s a random Thursday in March. Do you know where your muse is? This is a collection of a couple dozen spiral or hellical staircase images; 20 cool staircases and four creepy ones. Hat tip to Lava360 for bringing these to my attention (via Twitter).

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Where are you going