Just when you think Leica couldn’t possibly get anymore luxurious with its limited special editions, it shoots out this “Very Special Edition” of M7 crapped in calfskin and a Hermes name.
It has all the usual (analog) M7 components & specs with some minor (yet so important) tweaks, for cohesiveness in design. No red logo. Logo is on top of the camera instead of smack in the middle of the front (I never really liked that element). “Auto” dial apparently matches the color of the calfskin. And at this price, Leica better throw in a matching leather shoulder strap and lens hood.
This limited edition with only 200 units will be sold at roughly $14,000 a piece (£8550).
Put it on your Christmas list.
Education Week’s Diplomas Count 2009 released earlier in June includes two very interesting (and addictive if you are a data geek like me) interactive tools, Graduation Rate Trends 1996-2006 and Graduation Rate Map Tool.
The Grad-rate Map Tool, using Google Map, shows you state and district graduation rate data. These data include demographic data as well as grad data from the past decade. So, the first thing I did was to check the graduation rate for my old high school’s district.
To my surprise, I discovered that the class year before my own graduating year achieved a 98% rate (which was about 30% higher than national average). It is the highest (by 10% or so) comparing to all the other graduating years, before or after, in the same district.
How I remember all those smart ass upperclass students that my mother just won’t stop comparing me to….
The trend map graphically display state-level data over the past decade. The U.S. national average has been (slowly) improving from 66.4% in 1995-96 to 69.2% in 2005-06.
(More education-related infographics from Edweek here)
Track the release of education-related stimulus funds with this tool on Edweek.org.
Edweek Stimulus Tracker
It shows an overview of the total funds released, to-be released and received by states. It also breaks down to the state-by-state level with detail numbers for each funding category.
During Design Week 09 Milan, French luxury brand Hermès held its Prix Emile Hermès competition for the second time. The stated goal of this competition is to help discover young and new object designers in Europe.
This year, the theme was everyday lightness. In the end, the jury selected no first and second prize winners but three third place winners as well as 14 other notable entries (Click here to see all selected projects).
Among them, these two are my favorites. I have no idea how use-able they are from look at them. But they certainly appeal to my visual taste (and I would buy them).
Rolling VS Folding, a “weekend bag” by Francesco Librizzi / Vittorio Venezia, Italy (third-place prize)
1+1, Briefcase : Alexandre Mussche / Xavier Figuerola, France (final selection)
LARP is an emerging Germany-based art form based on the time-lapsed photography technique. With a single light-bulb exposure and the movement of light, the artist creates a scape that blends reality with fantasy.
(From http://www.lapp-pro.de/)
And these are from Vicki Dasilva’s Graffiti series. Environmental-friendly graffiti - nice. :)
(From artist Vicki Dasilva’s site)
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