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life on the edge of coolArchive for Underground
DO NOT try this on your train!
We often hear stories of over crowding on trains and the late arrivals. However these guys in Mumbai seem happy to ride on the outside of this train.
The New London Tube Map
London designer Mark Noad has revamped the London Underground map to be more geographically accurate.
The diagram uses lines set at 30 and 60 degree angles, unlike the original map by Harry Beck that uses 45 degrees angles only.
An interactive version of the map can be viewed on a dedicated website
The Oyster Card you can wear on your finger?
The Oyster card, London’s electronic travel card system, is something synonymous with natives and visitors alike. Unchanged for 8 years, designer Benjamin Parton thought it was time for a total redesign- something fun and memorable with improved functionality. The Oi is a wearable oyster card that can be worn as a ring or “watchstrap widget.” As easy to identify as it is handy, Oi aims to help ease the confusion caused by passengers fumbling for the old-school cards.
Oi uses the same radio-frequency coil infrastructure as the existing Oyster cards and the final product can be bent and twisted without damaging the internal components and is also unaffected by interference from other radio frequency devices.
Designer: Benjamin Parton
The train ride in….
The subway train in Tokyo is should we say…. a adventure. It is way over crowded and every 80 seconds when it stops, more people board the train and as a result, people push each other to the limits of what is humanly possible as far as optimizing space. People not only have to touch each other, they get pushed until they are close enough to smell each other’s breath and perfume. Most of the commuters who ride that train describe their ride on it as a miserable existence, just trying to hold their breath and hang on until their daily stop.
Photographer Michael Wolf observed this whole phenomenon and decided to take pictures of it. Since so many people get their faces smashed right up to the dirty windows of the train as the crowd pushes them up against it, he chose to photograph that. He spent 30 days in a Tokyo metro station capturing these shots. You can view the whole collection, called Tokyo Compression, at Photo Michael Wolf. At least they save money on window cleaners.
AMAZING Stockholm Subway System
The Kungsträdgården subway station looks like an archaeological excavation, with the remains of the old Stockholm Makalös palace. At Östermalmstorg the artist Siri Derkert highlights women’s rights and peace and environmental issues. The roof of one Stockholm station is red-lit, making it appear to be covered in billowing flames, and another boasts ancient-looking statues carved out of the tunnel walls.
New stations put South-East London on the commuter map
One of the lowest-priced areas of Zone 2 will soon be only four minutes from the City. Get in quick before prices begin to rise, says David Spittles The new line will plug Peckham, Camberwell and Dulwich into the Tube system for the first time New transport links quickly improve an area and push up property prices. That’s why now is the right time to buy a ticket to ride in south-east London. The key second phase of the East London line extension is the area’s next major connection.
The line’s new Overground service already connects Highbury & Islington with Crystal Palace and West Croydon, and amazingly, the £79 million made available for a further upgrade has escaped spending cuts. ‘Homebuyers take note: many good-value SE postcodes will no longer feel the isolation that has kept prices down in the past’
Read more HERE
Kanye West shoot / interview
Gotta hand it to him – the stylin is ON POINT!
Draped in Tom Ford, Dior Homme and Erickson Beamon. The issue is now available through newsstands for those interested in picking up a physical copy. Scans from the feature are offered below, courtesy of Frank.
Here comes the Palm Pre 2
The palm pre 2 will soon be released as the first device with the updated webos 2.0 since hp bought palm. the new device
boasts true multitasking using a 1ghz processor and a slew of updates that come in the new mobile operating system.
the phone will also have a 5 megapixel camera with a flash and video capability. the keyboard will slide out from the
main body, which has been streamlined since previous models. french customers will be the first to get the new phone,
followed by canada in the next few months. the screen is a 3.1 inch multi-touch display and the phone will also include
16gb of storage and a battery life of 5.5 hours for talk time.
