Meanwhile No. 224

In the Summer of 1980, photographer Lisa Barlow was following the curve of Connecticut’s Route 69 in a beat-up rental car, when she came across a giant cross looming above the highway. Intrigued by the miniature replica of Jerusalem she found, she soon fell in love with the people who lived nearby. Decades later, Barlow’s photographs have now been collected in a new book, Holy Land USA.

Lovely short film of the recording of Nick Cave and the Bad Seed’s Wild God. Even if you’re not a fan, it’s worth watching just for the gorgeous seventies sci-fi setting of Miraval Studios.

Posteritati’s exclusive collection of 30 original posters from the official Jim Jarmusch archive, each signed by the director himself. I’ll take them all thank you very much. Will come in handy for my regular trip to the barber, where I hold up a picture of Tom Waits and say, “THIS, MAKE ME THIS”.

TWA 001–005 – a collaborative project between studio DR.ME and Oliver Wilson, son of Tony Wilson, aims to bring the largely unseen handmade posters and collected ephemera of the music legend into the public realm.

What is the smallest story? Not the shortest story, but the smallest? Toby Litt on narrative minimalism.

Lithub’s 167 best book covers of 2024. So much wonderful, wonderful work.

Since the late 1950s, David Hurn has been photographing people engrossed in whatever they’re reading, from books and broadsheets to laptops and phones. His new book, On Reading, is a homage to the power of a good page-turner.

It’s Nice That’s Jenny Brewer talks to the team at UsTwo Games about the anticipated threequel Monument Valley 3 and how they’ve integrated more nature into the architectural illusion puzzles. Had no idea this was coming, so this is a wonderful treat for the end of the year.

Why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer. I try to avoid trailers as much as possible these days, but couldn’t resist this one.

Always nice when Etsy throws your own forgotten origin story at you from out of the blue. I dread to think how many hours I spent set-squaring and stenciling and transferring with the Crayola Designer Kit – “a unique drafting system for designing your own cars, trucks, airplanes and spacecraft” – circa 1989, but I’m pretty sure it was my first real exposure to the D-word. Anyone else have this thing?

This was originally posted on Meanwhile, a Substack dedicated to inspiration, fascination, and procrastination from the desk of designer Daniel Benneworth-Gray.

Header image courtesy of the author.

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