Recent Surfing Highlights 36

+ Howard Arkley touring exhibition at NGV
+ Beautiful wildlife drawings from Japan's Edo period
+ Top 12 appearances by bands in films
+ Choose your colour parka and dance!
+ James Brown RIP. Who sampled him most?
+ "Developing the visual culture industry through design"
+ Peter O'Leary lives somewhere around, er, here...
+ Celebrity Patents
+ Above Paris
+ iPad

A visually dazzling exhibition of paintings by the late Howard Arkley. Is currently in Melbourne, other states to follow. Seriously wonderful stuff.

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Edo-era artist Kurimoto Tanshuu's beautiful wildlife drawings.

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City of Sound lists the top 12 appearances of bands in films (that are also on YouTube). The Tati one is unforgettable.

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UNIQLO are a Japanese low-cost clothing chain (I'm currently wearing very comfortable UNIQLO boxers and t-shirt courtesy of a recent trip). They do good interactive too. Choose your parka, mix your groove and dance! Via Core 77.

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James Brown RIP. Lots of musicians sampled his sounds.

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"Leading creatively: Developing the visual culture industry through design" by Jacques Lange, Icograda President. Delivered to the first International Forum on the Development of the Cultural and Creative Industry in Beijing, China.

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Peter O'Leary lives somewhere around, er, here...

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Don't Give Up Your Day Job Dept: Celebrity Patents

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Above Paris. Via Coudal.

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iPad in Dubai. Hmmm...