20 mag 2010




DEAR ERNO,
Sometimes I Hate You But Sometimes I LOVE You.




1944

Ernő Rubik is born in Budapest, Hungary. He grows up to become an architect, designer and university professor



1974

Rubik creates the first working prototype of the cube. This is the official birth date of the world’s favourite toy.



1975

Rubik creates the first working prototype of the cube. This is the official birth date of the world’s favourite toy.



1975

The first ‘Magic Cube’ is sold in a Budapest toyshop.



1980

Ideal Toy Corporation begins exporting the cube from Hungary. The ‘Magic Cube’ is renamed the ‘Rubik’s Cube’.



1981
A publication entitled ‘You Can Do the Cube’ was produced by Patrick Bossert, a 12-year-old schoolboy from England. The book goes on to sell 1.5 million copies.



1982

The first annual International Rubik’s Championships are held in Budapest. More than 100 million cubes have now been sold and Rubik’s enters the Oxford English Dictionary.



1990

Ernő Rubik becomes President of the Hungarian Engineering Academy. He later establishes the International Rubik Foundation to support talented young designers.



1995
Diamond Cutters International creates the ‘Masterpiece Cube’ for Rubik’s 15th birthday – a fully-functional, 185 carat Cube made of solid gold and encrusted with coloured jewels.



2005

The cube celebrates its 25th anniversary on 26 July. A special, limited edition Rubik’s Cube is produced to mark the occasion.



2007

World Rubik's Cube Championships are held in Budapest from 5-7 October, marking the 25th anniversary of the competition. Ernő Rubik was there to award the prizes in person.



TODAY

Ernő Rubik is now enjoying his retirement but the Rubik’s Studio continues to design games and work with young designers in Hungary and beyond.









"Nei primi Anni ’70 eravamo giovani, belli e molto stupidi, ora siamo solo stupidi"





"Nei primi Anni ’70 eravamo giovani, belli e molto stupidi, ora siamo solo stupidi", sogghigna Mick Jagger sulla Croisette. Riascolti Exile on Main Street, la sua voce mai così determinata, e ti rendi conto che il rock è - era - quella roba lì;
e che nessuno di coloro che oggi si dicono rock, per quanto bravo e noto, vuole o cerca o è in grado di restituire il senso di vitalità, immediatezza e ricchissima semplicità che hanno fatto grande quella musica, nel momento in cui rappresentava autenticamente lo spirito del tempo. Nemmeno i Rolling Stones, del resto.
E non sarà un caso se, seguendo la moda del rilancio di vecchi dischi, il premiato marchio degli ora ultrasessantenni miliardari fighetti, incerto ancora se continuare o no un percorso di invenzione, sforna la ristampa di Exile, per molti la punta massima della loro produzione, e per destino baro invece uno dei meno acquistati, amati, perfino cantati. E viene a presentarla al Festival di Cannes in un delirio di fan.
Con Jagger in piena forma che si prende in giro: «Nixon alla Casa Bianca, la guerra in Vietnam, Eddy Merks al Tour de France, ma noi non sapevamo nulla di tutto questo, eravamo chiusi a fare questo album...

...les nuages sont magnifiques.






19 mag 2010

something to drink?

twenty-one



film

Rock-a-rolla, issue #21




Nero, issue # 21


onroad, n°21




figura n.21


WAMM, issue #21


21



Jumpstreet 21


auch...22.
but i think it doesn't metter for YOU.

.happy birthday.