A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

I love these photos by Mike Brodie. He's an untrained American travel photographer who, aged 18, began to ride the railroads. He did so on and off for the next 5 years to 2008, and covered about 50,000 miles, all on trains. He documented his travels and the friends he made along the way, and the results are wonderfully romantic. Most of the kids he photographed were riding the trains for a few years for kicks, or as a kind of rite of passage, rather than a complete lifestyle choice. "A lot of the kids I knew have since gone back to their old lives. It was something they did for whatever reason before they settled down. Some were running away, some were out for adventure. It's like being homeless by choice, I guess, but, living like that you learn a lot of American values like self-reliance, independence."

You can buy the book here and see more of Mike's photos here. 

24 Hour Alcohol

It does what it says on the tin - 24 hour off licenses and booze delivery. 

KLM - Claim Your Place in Space

KLM, hot on the heels of Red Bull, wants to put you in space. The difference is that it can be anyone - not an elite sports dude. KLM will send up a weather balloon on April 22nd 2013 which will, eventually, pop. All you have to do to win your place on a space flight (as well as a holiday for two to Curacao) is guess where the weather balloon will meet its fate - you have to claim your place in space.

The ambitious campaign, by RAPP/DDB and Tribal Amsterdam is supporting the Space Expedition Corporationwhich hopes to launch the first commercial space flight on January 1st 2014. 

Thanks Martin.