So disappointed with sweden

i have always spoke of sweden and the nordic states as the pinnacle of civilized world, as something US and the rest of the world should look up to. today i am so disappointed to see that even there everything is up for sale. by xy

collage of the day: if you didn’t know, now you know – what a world?

the australian
the swede
the t-shirt

it goes something like this… handsome australian born male, nomad, brain whiz, ex hacker, reveals truth through classified leaks, makes cover of time magazine, is told to stop… refuses, site is shutdown, domain refused, credit card is disabled, citizenship is denied, is accused of rape… by a swede, with CIA links, case dismissed on lack of evidence, outsmarts the system gets site back up, rape charge is reinstated, interpol arrest warrant issued, arrested in london… and were told truth kills in a world where lies apparently… save! merry xmas and happy shopping. if you don’t like reading watch this from svt. by xy

a handsome ideology


something as simple as the perfect little stool can speak of a collage of perspectives (if you want to contradict yourself), but in the spirit of getting back to basics i’ll just say that quality handmade craftsmanship of natural materials, that can last a lifetime is better for you, and me, and them, and mother earth, and your image ;). i can imagine this multi-purpose cuttie aging well. you can pick him up at another country. by kl

the biggest cat: the nearly extinct siberian tiger

was reading about the the siberian tiger, dont ask me why, but i found an interesting point that led me to think… the rare siberian tiger is near extinction, and less than 300 remain in the wild. during the soviet rule, they were protected, and numbers controlled, but after the fall and the western style business endeavors their numbers plummeted, along with their long protected habitat, the siberian woods, cut down for lumber, all due to lack of government spending and high demand through the poachers on behalf of the tigers. it made me think, about big businesses polluting our world, dumping toxins in the amazon, depleting our oceans, buying out our governments, cutting down our forests…. everyone wants to be rich (not a problem, who doesn’t want to be comfortable and travel the world) but at what fuckin’ cost? as much as individual might is right, and a small government is good, it surely has its downfalls. you need a government to protect what belongs to us all, because individuals can be greedy, and that’s a key role of a government. now does that have to be socialism? or is it just being a human? hopefully a logical one. by xy

the most expensive book: John James Audubon’s Birds of America

having just spent days painting birds in mexico i found this book rather curious and desirable. if only i had 9 million dollars to spare, that is. a rare copy of john james audubon’s “birds of america” is heading to the auction block and is expected to fetch between $6.2 and $9.2 million. billed as the world’s most expensive book, it is one of only 119 copies in existence. the 2-by-3-foot tome consists of 435 hand-colored prints of Audubon’s famous illustrations. it comes, of course, from the collection of a british baron who died in 1955. sotheby’s, which will hold the auction in december 2010, has 8.8 million reasons to believe the audubon book will fetch a fortune. that’s how many dollars a copy sold for at a christies’s auction in just 10 years ago! wow! by uh

Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. prohibited from enforcing the ban on the oil company

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you gotta love the sellout losers like martin feldman, i really wonder how much money is needed to make you become one of these disgusting, unethical, moral-less idiots. makes me sick: “a new orleans federal judge, martin feldman, “immediately prohibited” the U.S. from enforcing the ban on the oil company and lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by president obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. drilling services share prices went up upon the release of the news. by xy

what’s behind the logo

I know we are not in any way a political blog. so please feel free to disregard the message and simply appreciate the community of graphic designers coming together through greenpeace’s behind the logo initiative to express their point of view on a certain oil spill in the mexico gulf… this one is my favorite, but you can see them all on flikr. by kv