Bonne Chance

A collection of art, design, illustration, typography, photography, ephemera, ideas, videos, music, quotes, internet memes, and general curiosities.

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What a day! My heart has grown 4 sizes with all the love and support of people in our lives. Thank you! 📷 @sharaleeprang #gavyandmarie (at Beer Island)

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Today I got to sit in this seat at NASA's old mission control, which in itself was MIND BLOWING, but in the middle of the tour Gene Kranz (!) made a surprise appearance. (at NASA's Johnson Space Center)

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Watchtower of Turkey

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Yoga Joes is a kickstarter project to make and sell these fun remakes of the classic green army guy toys.

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Don’t lose your breath when speaking in front of a hundred people you don’t know. Or one who knows you too well. Better by bike.

Tell everyone you have nice legs without being the guy that tells everyone you have nice legs. Better by bike.

A heart so strong only love can break it. Better by bike.

Get problems out of your head without putting them in other parts of your body. Better by bike.

Get in shape without eating the stuff that people who get in shape eat. Better by bike.

Advertising Agency: La Comunidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chief Creative Director: Joaquin Molla Executive Creative Directors: Ramiro Raposo, Fernando Sosa Art Directors: Fernando Sosa, Dante Zamboni Copywriters: Ramiro Raposo, Nicolás Larroquet, Adrian Rey, Aaron Zimroth Illustrator: Guillermo Muñoz Group Account Director: Sebastian Diaz Account Executive: Lucas Saenz Head Of Graphic Production: Ramiro Capisto

Source: Adeevee

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Happy 'Bike to Work' week.

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My tumblr turned 6 today, which is ancient in digital years. Time for my blog to have a midlife crisis, get a racy (Pontiac 6?) car and find a hot young app for inspiration.

Image from one of my favorite tumblrs for shiny things, chromeography

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I usually have fun at work but today was a real *blast*. (at lululemon SSC)

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I'm feeling grateful for all of these pixels that made up 2013. Here's to many more photo-worthy moments in 2014. Happy New Year!

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Feliz Navidad (at Sayulita)

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I love these album covers designed by Mattson Creative for one of my current favourite shows, Homeland.

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Just discovered the tree in my building's parking lot is full of gorgeous plums.

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I've seen a lot of Highway 35 in my lifetime. The yellow of Canola fields in July never gets old though.

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When I'm deep in an internet vortex, I have the habit of mindlessly opening new tabs in my browser window. I had 30 or so tabs open tonight and when I got to this page, I had already forgotten what link had compelled me to hit "command+T". I was puzzled for a few seconds and then it hit me. I made an audible gasp at the beauty of this photography when i remembered that the thing that intrigued me was this text description:

"Photographs of a 12-year-old with muscular dystrophy and limited movement. How he sees his life outside of his wheelchair."

Here is the rest of the series and a bit of background on the photographer,  Matej Peljhan, and his subject, Lucus.

Thanks for posting, Karen.

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Recalling NYC 1993

You see a lot of "taking art to the streets" gallery projects lately, which usually just means some sort of sculptural installation. I think this exhibition from the New Museum in New York is way more interesting. They've taken the ubiquitous-but-obsolete pay phone and transformed it into a time machine, taking people back to the much more tumultuous New York of 1993.

I love how hyper contextual it is (many audio files relate to the specific street or neighbourhood that the pay phone is on). I also love how accessible it is – listen to as many or little as you like from the hundreds of Manhattan pay phones or from the website if you're not lucky enough to be in NYC for this show.

www.recalling1993.com

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Instagrams of Polaroids

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Toy Stories

I love this photo essay, by Gabriele Galimberti, showing kids from around the world with their most prized possessions. I shared it with my parents, who said that mine would've been a favourite doll that I named "Beege" and an over-flowing bag of dress-up clothes.

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Blog Refresh

It was getting pretty stale around here so I gave Bonne Chance a new coat of paint yesterday. I used the theme 'Cadence' by Style Hatch and made a few small tweaks to fit what I wanted. Most notably the new layout is now responsive. New typefaces too thanks to TypeKit.