Monthly Archives: March 2015

Choose Your Route

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Back in the day, the only way for most folks to travel long distances in the U.S. was by bus. Most of the regional bus companies have disappeared due to the ease and affordability of air travel and the near … Continue reading →

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London Underground

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The mind-boggling short video below is a visualization of 562,145 journeys on London’s Underground network.

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How are tourists like fish ?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Guide book author/travel show host/tourism consultant Doug Lansky gave a thought provoking TED Talk in Stockholm on the sad state of travel today. Much of his critique was spot on—though a tad elitist. As a former guide book writer, I really liked his … Continue reading →

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Here Be Monsters

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

TeleGeography’s newly updated “Submarine Cable Map” is a wonderful tribute to the Golden Age of mapmaking incorporating historical elements of Medieval and Renaissance cartography. The fantastic map, which details 299 undersea communication cables, brings back a lost aesthetic of whimsical … Continue reading →

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Happy St Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Brian D. Butler
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Spinetingler

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Cape Town-based artist Barbara Wildenboer crafts dynamic sculptural works by flaying and dissecting discarded books creating a new narrative form. Slicing, folding, cutting, and gluing, Wildenboer reconceptualizes the abandoned encyclopedias and textbooks as art objects.

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Manhattan by Subway

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Thrillist.com

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One Night of Awesome

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Last month, street artist Sofles created an incredible project called “Graffiti Mapping” for the Melbourne White Night Festival. Using a combination of 3D video mapping, traditional street mural art techniques and graffiti, he explored the intersection of art and digital … Continue reading →

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Better a book than a green beer

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Continuing an annual tradition of celebrating Irish Literature on St Patrick’s Day for the fifth year, the Irish Arts Center of New York City will be handing out thousands of free books to school children and commuters. Volunteers will distribute … Continue reading →

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Vienna is calling all bibliophiles

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

On April 18th, the new Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library will officially open in Vienna. The institution will document the nation’s literature with rare manuscripts, books, letters, photographs, illustrations and related objects. Situated in the heart of the … Continue reading →

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