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Broken Pencils

Photo by Paul Octavious for his new design firm Broken Pencils. Previously.

September 3, 2010 • Chicago design photography web design • twitter • facebook

Because all of these things around me are my metaphors

A few of many photos taken from inside Ray Bradbury's home by LA photographer Zen Sekizawa for Listen to the Echos: The Ray Bradbury Interviews by Sam Weller.

Since Listen to the Echoes was released a little over a month ago, many people have asked about the full-page photographs at the front of each chapter in the book. Here’s the story. Ray Bradbury is a pack-rat. A borderline hoarder. The man saves everything. His west Los Angeles home is museum of his life. Everything is there, from the many autographs he collected as a teenager in Hollywood; to the shelves and shelves of books gathered over a lifetime; to rooms overrun by toys. There are matchbooks going back to the 1940s. Political buttons for candidates he supported in the 1950s. Fan letters written to him throughout his career. Original, hand painted animation cels from a range of classic Disney films, given to Bradbury personally by Walt Disney himself. It’s all in the house.

I have asked Bradbury a few times, “Why do you hold on to everything?”

The answer: “Because all of these things around me are my metaphors.”

September 3, 2010 • photography • twitter • facebook

Manly Numbers

Photos taken for a spread in Men's Health Magazine by Marian Bantjes. (via Glass)

September 1, 2010 • design illustration photography • twitter • facebook

Locks & Letters

Flickr user chrisinplymouth's wonderful collection of doorlocks and letters. See also his collections of emergency onlys, chocolate money, and remote controls. (via modcult)

August 27, 2010 • design photography typography • twitter • facebook

Move Over Julia Child

Killer photography by Ryan Matthew Smith for the forthcoming 6-volume 2,400 page Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. (via kottke)

Editor's note: Quixoti.cc's 100th post!

August 27, 2010 • books cooking food infographics photography • twitter • facebook

File This Under "My Wife Wants To Go To There"

Great shot of Ik Kil Cenote in Mexico by Christina McNiel. Found on the exceedingly wonderful photo blog Pictory in their latest series on bodies of water called In Deep.