Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Our daily Bread. An inside view into our society's standard of living


Interesting documentary that leaves you up to judge.

Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming. To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting into the places where food is produced in Europe: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds - a cool, industrial environment which leaves little space for individualism. People, animals, crops and machines play a supporting role in the logistics of this system which provides our society’s standard of living.

OUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn’t always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.

http://www.ourdailybread.at

Experience communism in ostel (Berlin)


At the Ostel guesthouse in central Berlin, visitors can step back in time and experience the aspects of former East Germany. Not only is the hotel completely decorated in styles from the GDR, you can book a night in the "Stasi-suite" -- complete with bugging devices reminiscent of those used by the secret police. Two-person "prefab" apartments or an economy bed in a six-person "pioneer camp" room only costs nine euros. Ostel's Web site promises that, while the deco may be less-than-modern, the mattresses and plumbing are completely up-to-date. DDR prime minister Horst Sindermann is staring to entering hotel guests in the main lobby.

www.ostel.com

just beautiful


Have a look at the website of design agency Jonathan Yuen - Singapore. It's just amazing, the graphics, the style.

http://www.jonathanyuen.com