Back To The Future

Irina Werning is an Argentinian photographer whose recent project has been to recreate people's childhood photos. The attention to detail is really amazing. Even if a specific piece of clothing or prop, is a little off...it is pretty darn close! It must be really fun to do these. Really great work. Via fucking young! ••••

Library of Congress on Flickr

The Library of Congress has started a digital catalog of their photos. I could not be happier, these photos are magnificent. I am just starting to get back into film photography (hey, holga.) and these are a great inspiration. Found out about this through a great new blog, DesignAudit.net. Check it out! Side note: imagine if it was your job to scan all of those photographs.

Superior Monopoly Money

In the wake of this economic crisis, I guess it's natural that our minds have been turning to the contents of our wallets. Everyday, Steve Heller writes a post relevant to design or art, called the Daily Heller, brought to you by Print magazine (if you are interested in having it mailed to you, visit the website here— I personaly love to see it show up in my inbox!) The other morning, he featured examples of emergency money made by the Germans and Austrians during their inflations after WWI. The Notgeld from Germany and the Heller from Austria are examples of the worthless but incredibly beautiful currency created during this period. But as much as I would love to see new money designed for the US (the penny is a nice start), I certainly hope it doesn't come to this! ••••