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I have successfuly managed to contact Mr. Carroll after almost a month of attempts. On the 1st or 2nd of July we will have a phone conference, where I seek his guidence and wisdom about TRI . I will utilize my time with him to gain exposure tips and tactically et him involved by sending him a ball.

This project over the past 4 years embodies his lifes work, as a complete study of play and my design philosophy about generating evocative practicalities that challenge the user. I will write more about the subject after the phone conference.

MJ has reportedly died today. http://www.tmz.com/category/michael-jackson/

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I sent this video to Noe yesterday, but I think it’s worth sharing here as well. Visually cool/artsy/weird.

PS: How do I put the video clip in the post?

Marty is back!

frog design recently participated in a conference themed around the future of play- rethinking how toy designers and developers can react to the challenges of the future economy. At the conference frog analyst Laura Richardson came across the profound speaker/motivator Kevin Carroll. Kevin is a professional motivational speaker that works with ESPN to evangelize the powerful effects of “play”. His life long ambition to understand how people play, made me think of Jeremiah’s approach to TRI. I believe Kevin will be very interested in understanding the TRI project and its progression from thought to physical realization. I’m sure he would also love a ball for his collection

Here is his site.

What a way to go, David Carradine….will miss you!

David Carradine’s managers have denied he committed suicide.

The Oscar-nominated star - who played the role of Bill in Quentin Tarantino’s hit ‘Kill Bill’ movies - was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room by a maid yesterday (04.06.09), and while it was initially thought he had killed himself those close to him are unconvinced there is another explanation.

Tiffany Smith, who managed David alongside Chuck Binder, said: “I can tell you 100 percent that he would have never committed suicide. He was too full of life.

“We are not saying it’s an accidental death because we don’t know. Right now we are just letting everyone know that it’s under investigation and we’ll see. I just know he didn’t do this to himself.”

Chuck added: “It’s all under police investigation. We definitely don’t believe it was a suicide. David was a great guy and a great client and a great friend.”

The 72-year-old star’s naked body was discovered hanging from a curtain rope inside a wardrobe, prompting speculation he may have been taking part in a sex game.

According to reports, one police officer who saw his body claims the rope was attached to Carradine’s neck and genitals.

However, Thai police have so far refused to confirm or deny the allegation.

A spokesman said: “We’ve nothing to add at this stage, apart from the fact we do not believe anyone else was involved.”

The family and friends of David - who is survived by his fifth wife, Annie Bierman - have also expressed disbelief at claims he killed himself.

His mother-in-law Betty Fraser said: “He was a very strong person and I don’t think it’s likely at all that it was a suicide. I think it was either an accident or a break-in because it was a large hotel and him being an American.

David’s ‘Kill Bill’ co-star Vivica Fox said: “I would have never, ever thought that he would kill himself. I find that to be almost unbelievable that he hung himself. He did not seem like the person that would take his own life. It just seems so out of character.”

However, in a 2004 interview David did admit to be consumed with dark thoughts about suicide.

He said: “Look, there was a period in my life when I had a single action Colt 45, loaded, in my desk drawer. And every night I’d take it out and think about blowing my head off, and then decide not to and go on with my life.”
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1481542.php/David_Carradines_death_not_suicide#ixzz0HYrt5aQC&D

Here is another amazing dutch Photographer who is worth seeing as well. I find the morbid images extremely interesting as well…  Go go art school I guess.

www.erwinolaf.com

Eugenio Recuenco is a photographer who really pushes photography to levels that I really admire. You can tell that he always has to compromise, but nonetheless is still able to create some pretty stunning and original work. Not only that, his styles and execution is unpredictable and at that level you really don’t see many photographers having the luxury of doing that. In this business people usually want you for your style and a specific subject matter in your photos. Enough with the blabbing I hope you guys pay a little visit to his site.

www.eugeniorecuenco.com

Toy Story 3!!

Heath….