Hans Rosling proves that data doesn't have to be dull.
He's well known for experimenting and presentating data in new and remarkable ways.
This clip from BBC Four shows him presenting visual data in a real space.
Amazing.
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On Your Bike
Bike culture has exploded in London.
Places like this and this have popped up all over the capital.
More and more people are wearing the hottest bike brands like they wear fashion labels.
Film festivals dedicated to (and celebrating) bike culture have sprung up:
(From the film Life Cycles 2 shown at the Banff Mountain Film Festival).
And now big brands have entered the fray, this idea from Red Bull is fun:
Jeff Bridges
The dude is a legend and his blog is one of my favourites.
Good mix of art / writing / thoughts.
I love his tone; gentle, humble. human and heartfelt.
Standing For Something
The most ground-breaking cultural movements of the last 100 years have all stood for something.
Pioneers, misfits and leaders use manifestos to inspire action and explain their vision and worldview.
This amazing book collects the manifestos from the movements that have changed our world; from communism to dadaism. It's an important cultural legacy all bound in the pages of one book.
'The Manifesto is remarkable for its imaginative power . . . it is the first great modernist work of art.'
Marshall Berman
And here is the fascinating manifesto for the Internet called A Declaration of the Independece of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow, written in 1996.
