I like this. I post some photos on flickr // A lot of what I listen to is listed on last.fm // I have a website // I occasionally tweet // live&direct from Paris // I develop i <3 run Tumblr (3.0; @fil)http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz4l9d9MLN1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Beirut, Beyrouth, بيروت</h3> <p>Arabic typography imprinted into concrete.</p> <p>Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/441391210http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/441391210Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:17:00 +0100arabicbeiruttravel<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2zatqphf1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Muslim woman walking past Hamas posters in the Sabra & Chatila Palestinian camp in Beirut, Lebanon.</p> <p>February 2010.</p> <p>(See the whole series of Lebanese political posters & graffiti <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fil/sets/72157623593608874/">in my Flickr set</a>.)</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/439438610http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/439438610Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:38 +0100politicsmiddle easttravel<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2z77cZIM1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amal grafitti near the Sabra & Chatila Palestinian camp, Beirut.</p> <p>Amal is an acronym for “Lebanese Resistance Detachments”, and in Arabic means “hope”.</p> <p>(See the whole series of Lebanese political posters & graffiti <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fil/sets/72157623593608874/">in my Flickr set</a>.)</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/439435806http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/439435806Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:30 +0100graffitipoliticstravel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz24gl7gh61qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Arabic Stamps</h3> <p>Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/438635722http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/438635722Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:33 +0100arabicdesigntypographytravel<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz24f4N47j1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/438634788http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/438634788Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:18:40 +0100designtravel<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kype55uVPA1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Graffiti signage.</p> <p>Damascus, Syria. January 2010.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/423998262http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/423998262Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:19:53 +0100graffitiarabictravel<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kype2pR7lE1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Taxi x3</h3> <p>Taxi, taxi and taxi (in Arabic).</p> <p>Beirut, Lebanon. January 2010.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/423996903http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/423996903Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:18:00 +0100arabictravel<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky5a5vjl6j1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Continuing the theme of Arabic related posts…</p> <p>Scratched & rusting into a bus-shelter above the village of Dana, Jordan.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/400572597http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/400572597Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:41:55 +0100arabic<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxumbiP1f11qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Ma-Da-Ba</h3> <p>Graffiti in Madaba, Jordan.</p> <p>The graffiti depicts the name of the town in Arabic — from right to left, the characters are “Ma”, “da”, “ba” — incorporating the Jordanian flag in each set of characters.</p> <p>Deciphering graffiti and the calligraphy was a big motivating factor for wanting to learn (a little) of the language.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/389467078http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/389467078Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30:54 +0100arabicgraffititravel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvvosuOKvV1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Graffiti, University of Damascus campus.</p> <p>Syria, December 2009.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/321525015http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/321525015Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:14:54 +0100graffitiarabicaidssyria<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kujnsf2aNx1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Lebanese communist party celebrates its 85 birthday.</p> <p>Damascus, Syria. November 2009.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/280302860http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/280302860Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:48:15 +0100arabic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku567qHujM1qa25swo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s something exotic about Arabic road-signs, particularly when they point to <em>that</em> country…</p> <p><a href="http://whereis.philmoore.info/post/269301280/deir-ez-zour">http://whereis.philmoore.info/post/269301280/deir-ez-zour</a></p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/273232715http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/273232715Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:35:55 +0100arabicphotography<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku56f8QSgq1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Syrian graphic-design.</p> <p>Damascus, Syria. November 2009.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/269304970http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/269304970Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:06:44 +0100arabictypographygraphic design<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvs3671WD1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Typography</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/262240407http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/262240407Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:18:42 +0100typographyarabic<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt4bjnfXoE1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Breaking a design icon</h3> <p>Seen on the front of the Fed Ex office in Tartus, Syria.</p> <p>The central concept of the logo broken by a local sign-maker…</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/243987253http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/243987253Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:26:11 +0100graphic designarabic“My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3304496/Be-lucky---its-an-easy-skill-to-learn.html">Be lucky - it’s an easy skill to learn</a>, Telegraph.</em>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/213815870http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/213815870Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:14:32 +0200<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krjunrekSS1qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>French photographer <a href="http://www.behance.net/Nivalle">Laurent Nivalle</a> does a nice job on that grungy, desaturated kind-of thing.</p> <p>The shot above is taken from his <a href="http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Sicile/231996">Sicile</a> collection.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/213645321http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/213645321Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:35:51 +0200photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr7hr37EY61qz7z32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Leaving for the last time</h3> <p>For the last three years, Paris has been my home. Any time I left Gare du Nord, it was always followed-up a few days later by a return trip, back to the French capital.</p> <p>Not this time. This was a one-way ticket.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/207679374http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/207679374Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:25:51 +0200traveltrains<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr5p9kxWW81qz7zy8.jpg" alt="Ladurée @ Harrods"/></p> <p>I didn’t realise Ladurée had made it over to this side of the Channel…</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/206857371http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/206857371Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:14:07 +0200london<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6686768&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6686768&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6686768&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Stunning time-lapse style filming from California’s White Mountains.</p> <p>The slight-movement of the foreground during the filming really adds another dimension to the film.</p>http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/199180247http://fil.b4k4.co.uk/post/199180247Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:02:37 +0200videotimelapselandscape