A fun interpretation of urban skylines, made entirely from staples.
Peter Root’s City Made of Staples.
Urban Aesthetics
from Liz Hickok.
Posted by Art Vandelay
on September 12, 2010
Street Maps, Subways + Metros, Urban Aesthetics / No Comments
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“We were recently asked to create an opening for an extreme sports show, based in New York and surrounding areas. Our client wanted us to capture the energy of the city culture and action of the sport.”
An amazing overview of the manhole cover designs from Tokyo and throughout Japan.
“Drainspotting” with Remo Camerota: Documenting Japan’s creative manhole covers – Core77.
“The idea behind Build Your Block is so everyone can recreate a Brooklyn street in their own home. They can pick and choose the buildings and colors that most inspire them, and arrange them on a couch or bed to give their décor a cozy, urban feel.”
An amazing tilt shift portrait of the city, capturing its physical character and people beautifully. Little Big Berlin – today and tomorrow.
Martin Wilson uses the “Look Left” “Look Right” markings found at each urban pedestrian crossing in the UK as the inspiration for a magnificently design print. He shoots each frame on 35mm film so the contact sheet is the final work – no edits, no photoshop. Inspiring.
From http://juliafraia.com.br/
Julia Fraia draws inspiration from the streets of Sao Paulo for a wonderful collection of textile designs. From her website, with apologies for the poor translation:
“Transit, building, motorcycle courier, theater, sirens, helicopter, child, beggar, dribble, square, smoke, crowd! Colors and shapes in a short circuit chaotic and provocative. I walk the streets of Sao Paulo in order to reconsider my surroundings. With a watchful eye and camera in hand, I see beauties, often hidden by everyday. From these photographs I created the collection of prints Short Circuit, printed digitally, which allows customization of each product, from the type of fabric to the size and color the drawings.”
See more of her amazing work at http://juliafraia.com.br/
From infostethics.com:
When you ignore some of the UI elements, the sometimes prolonged waiting time, and the occasional crashes, Bing Destination Maps [bing.com] seems quite interesting as a new way of rendering geographical maps in a more visually simplified, understandable and accessible way. In other words, imagine one can now create a sort of information-optimized summary maps, similar to those you would quickly draw yourself on the back of napkin.
Users are able to specify a specific location, set the area of interest by dragging the sides of the on-map square, and provide the map with a title. The ‘cool’ feature allows the selection of a visual map style such as ‘Sketchy’, ‘European’, ‘American’ or ‘Treasure’ (think about the favorite activity of pirates).
via Bing Destination Map: Automatic Napkin Sketching of Maps – information aesthetics.
