David VosburgWorking on stuff Seeing inspiration Sharing snippets Quipping and quoting Living here Copyright 2012 Tumblr (3.0; @davidvosburg)http://blog.davidvosburg.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvywzy7D01qza9cho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Titanic survivor (via <a href="http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/titanic-survivors-1912/" target="_blank">The Retronaut</a>)</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/17048377047http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/17048377047Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:43:47 -0600historytitanicblack and whitephotographyretromenswear<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a4NCnH7RPZY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Let this make your day.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16931031061http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16931031061Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:52 -0600videomusic videopogowill smith90s<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/7792431?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I really enjoyed watching this reel.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16777876526http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16777876526Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:08 -0600videovideographymotion graphicsanimationfilmproduction<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymqmaFC5M1qzn2ito1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://steedtastic.com/post/16776025815/f-yeah-taken-with-instagram" target="_blank">kylesteed</a> (taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16777821243http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16777821243Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:36:14 -0600<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35688592?byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16591234017http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16591234017Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:09:41 -0600typetypographyfilmdesignartdesign cultureretroletterpress<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35404908?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Oscar nominated ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16531918283http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16531918283Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:27:07 -0600filmanimation3dbooksbeautyinspirationartcolorblack and white“In the end, the truth is your only asset.”http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16529857810http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16529857810Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:38:16 -0600quoteinspirationtruthsimplicitylifemoney<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydiyeZyrH1qza9cho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Loving the work of <a href="http://v.winterbureau.com/" target="_blank">Winterbureau</a> here in Chicago.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16481641836http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16481641836Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:42:14 -0600designartpaintingcolorline<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2yj6aHi01qza9cho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>As a lover of both art and history (how can you not love both?) the photography of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_H._O%27Sullivan" target="_blank">Timothy O’Sullivan</a> has captured me recently. He has a great deal of work currently being exhibited here in Chicago. You can find much of his work in the <a href="http://archive.gov" target="_blank">National Archives</a>, including the ‘Harvest of Death’ photo, a <a href="http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16023388266/absolutely-blown-away-by-these-colorisations-from" target="_blank">colourised version</a> of which I posted previously.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16157538241http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16157538241Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:45:06 -0600historyphotographyartAmericaminingblack and white<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p4RSW-G5ZTE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I loved getting to see some of the <a href="http://www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/2010-09-09_marcel-broodthaers/" target="_blank">abstract film-collage work of Marcel Broodthaers</a> at the <a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/" target="_blank">Art Institute of Chicago</a> this past weekend.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16124575383http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16124575383Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:06 -0600artfilmfilmmakingabstract artabstracttypographycollageinspiration<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0hoyYUR91qza9cho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markweaver/3349826967/in/set-72157612257465491" target="_blank">Skullbeard</a> by <a href="http://www.mrkwvr.com/" target="_blank">Mark Weaver</a> (via <a href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/accidental-mysteries-010812/32088/" target="_blank">Design Observer</a>)</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16074777745http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16074777745Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:46:09 -0600layersdesignillustrationredbluecolordesignart<object width="400" height="284"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011/Blank/PhilipZimbardo_2011-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/PhilipZimbardo_2011-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1206&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=zimchallenge;year=2011;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;event=TED2011;tag=Culture;tag=education;tag=gaming;tag=gender;tag=sex;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="284" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011/Blank/PhilipZimbardo_2011-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/PhilipZimbardo_2011-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1206&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=zimchallenge;year=2011;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;event=TED2011;tag=Culture;tag=education;tag=gaming;tag=gender;tag=sex;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p>This is disturbing, brilliant and challenging.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16072140368http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16072140368Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:47:24 -0600sexmenwomensocietyinternetlearningeducationpsychologyvideo<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XM30JGnnvno?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This looks like it is going to be awesome.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16024231782http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16024231782Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:59:44 -0600videographitistreet artartpaintingtempt<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxypq4gtCN1qza9cho1_500.jpg"/><br/> Operation Crossroads Baker, Bikini Atoll<br/><br/> <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxypq4gtCN1qza9cho2_500.jpg"/><br/> American Civil War, "Harvest of Death"<br/><br/> <p>Absolutely blown away by these colorisations from <a href="http://imgur.com/a/wapUe" target="_blank">Sanna Dullaway</a>.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16023388266http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/16023388266Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:44:28 -0600photographyblack and whitecolorinspirationhistorynuclearwar<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q4UmIEZLdd0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>It was fun to get to work on the music video for this beautiful song by the incredibly talented <a href="http://www.christawellsmusic.com/" target="_blank">Christa Wells</a></p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15998315472http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15998315472Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:49:00 -0600musicmusic videofilmnaturelightsunlightbeauty<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnhezuBpn1qza9cho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love this image. (via <a href="http://culturekeeper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">culture keeper</a>)</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15681809846http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15681809846Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:11:23 -0600colortextureredarchitecturewinterdoorwindows<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkgf6GdEB1qza9cho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkgf6GdEB1qza9cho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkgf6GdEB1qza9cho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Paintings and cloth pattern design by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_and_Ray_Eames" target="_blank">Ray Eames</a></p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15606736137http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15606736137Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:57:06 -0600artcolorshapepaintingeamesray eamesdesignpattern“If you sell your expertise, you have a limited repertoire. If you sell your ignorance, you have an unlimited repertoire… the journey from not knowing to knowing is [your] work.”<br/><br/> - <em>Richard Saul Wurman, founder of <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">TED</a>, in the recent <a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/2178281391/" target="_blank">Eames documentary</a></em>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15556148052http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15556148052Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:05:22 -0600TEDinspirationquoteartdesigndesign cultureEamesArchitecturedocumentaryfilm<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxayk5FJLg1qza9cho1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxayk5FJLg1qza9cho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The logo and factory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_National_Watch_Company" target="_blank">Elgin National Watch Company</a>, makers of the (still working perfectly) pocket watch that belonged to my great grandfather, and that I received over Christmas. Pictures of the watch soon.</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15322381606http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15322381606Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:52:53 -0600watcheswatchmenswearaccessoriesretrovintage<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx7nj0xZhS1qza9cho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_addelsee/6591809807/" target="_blank">The obliteration room</a> (via <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/" target="_blank">Colossal</a>)</p>http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15231310298http://blog.davidvosburg.com/post/15231310298Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:01:48 -0600artmodern artpolkadotspolka dotscolorstickersdesigninterior designpiano