Aside from making beautiful pastries (re: this morning and my kitchen window) the Danes are serious when it comes to furniture design. Andrew Hollingsworth has authored a book entitled Danish Modern exploring his findings of Danish furniture design. He covers everything from the history, to caring for pieces and guides to contemporary purchasing. The books mantra is to look at what is now seen as the pinnacle of furniture design and understand why so many Danish furniture designers are regarded as instant classics by exploring the details of the craft and market. Something a bit more classy that a bright yellow cover that reads “Danish furniture for dummies” because the Dans definitely wouldn’t except that hideous cover. The book begins shipping on September 11th, but you can pre-order copies now.

So Polaroid is closing up shop — they just couldn’t swing with the digital camera. So sad, but Nicole Kenny and KS Rives are giving the camera company a swan song by taking portraits and asking people “What do you want to do before you die.” The person writes their goal on the white space and presto, a whole website full of goals. Ambitions range from living in other countries, to singing on Broadway, fame, family goals and my personal goal of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Check out the book that coincides with the project, where countless grainy faces type out tiny sentences of hope. It makes for an interesting way to spend your Wednesday.

We don’t have a Polaroid, but we do have a comment section: what do you want to do before you die?

Remember when Michael Jordan retired from basketball to play baseball, only to go back to basketball and win three more championships? That is basically the story of Olimax. A pivotal photographer in the 80s who gave all of his cameras away to work as a music producer, he announced his return to photography a few years back and created the book Possession 78, a series of portraits in South London. The book and project were great, except it took a year to do. Why take a year when you can finish the same work in an afternoon in a pub? For Olimax's new portrait project he wants everyone to come The Victorian pub in London and pose for a photo (professional hair and make up will be available) at 3 p.m. on August 31. The project was originally slated to be 26 portraits based on the alphabet, but because of a growing demand an alphabet soup is a more accurate portrayal. Everyone who shows up will have their photo taken and every photo will be used in the book. Send an email to abcd [at] olimax.com to reserve a time spot — or just show up and enjoy some drinks and have your portrait taken by a landmark photographer.