2011 was a great year for African music but it was also a great year for graphic design and cover art in Africa. Enjoy!
I love the vibrant colors on these album covers! I’m going to have to go back & listen to each of these artists, as I only recognized Spoek Mathambo. I love finding new music :).
Spectacular Aurorae Erupt Over Norway
Over the weekend, the Earth’s magnetic field was struck by a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME — a vast bubble of solar plasma that had erupted from the sun on Jan. 19 — took longer than expected to travel through interplanetary space, but on Sunday it made contact.
This is absolutely stunning.
Crossing the Pond by Nick DeWolf.
I just became aware of this project on Flickr when I saw a post on A Continuous Lean. Nick DeWolf carried a camera around with him everywhere during his lifetime (1928 - 2006) and took photos of nearly everything. His son-in-law Steve Lundeen is digitizing all of DeWolf’s work and posting it to Flickr. Currently there are over 50,000 images and counting.
Above is a photograph from May of 1959 on a flight from New York City to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fascinating :). Makes me want to start doing this myself.
