Sunday, September 12, 2010

Heavy Bicycle Loads (10 photos)

Heavy Bicycle Loads (10 photos): "


Apparently, some people in China have never heard of U-Haul. They are, however, amazingly efficient in the way they pack and move all their inventory on a tiny little bike.



'Manufactured Totems' is a series by Alain Delorme which brilliantly portrays the pressure Shanghainese migrant workers face. Piles of products labeled “Made in China” are stacked up to produce gargantuan sculptures, symbolizing their ever-increasing fetish with objects. The vertical nature of these items echoes the incessant expansion of the urban space - constantly under construction.













Alain Delorme

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Friday, September 10, 2010

Heavy Bicycle Loads (10 photos)

Apparently, some people in China have never heard of U-Haul. They are, however, amazingly efficient in the way they pack and move all their inventory on a tiny little bike.

"Manufactured Totems" is a series by Alain Delorme which brilliantly portrays the pressure Shanghainese migrant workers face. Piles of products labeled “Made in China” are stacked up to produce gargantuan sculptures, symbolizing their ever-increasing fetish with objects. The vertical nature of these items echoes the incessant expansion of the urban space - constantly under construction.


Alain Delorme
via mutual art

and I thought I had it bad when I had a few books.

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

keds for (grown) men

I imagine I'll be able to find a pair of these very soon but, sooner would be better.

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