Category Archives: Art

Typewriter Art

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the story of aviator Amy Johnson’s flight from London to Darwin, Australia in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane, animator Lizzy Hobbs created this charming film using an old Underwood 315 typewriter.

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I am curious yellow

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I recently had a scintillating conversation about pencils with two artists. I only wish that I had seen this neat video beforehand so that I could have contributed some pithy pencil trivia.

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Is It Wrong

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I haven’t quite made up my mind about these new takes on the New York City subway map from the Brooklyn-based Triboro Design team. The duo explain their design choices by saying, “we chose the most inappropriate colors that we … Continue reading →

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Officially Nobody

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

When I was in Reykjavik last month, I stumbled upon Greek street artist INO working on this mural for the 2016 Wall Poetry festival in Iceland’s capital. On a break, he told me that he was planning to title the … Continue reading →

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Dispensing Culture

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Distriboto is a brilliant project in Montreal that re-purposes old cigarette vending machines to dispense comic books, zines, poetry, stories, mini-CDs, pins,and assorted original artworks. Collaborating with more than 1,000 local artists and writers, the project loads old vending machines with … Continue reading →

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Not Dead Yet

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I continue to be amazed by the endlessly imaginative ways in which book artist Brian Dettmer transforms discarded books. His latest series Dodo, Data, Dada plays with the concept of the changing place of the printed book in our culture. Dettmer says, … Continue reading →

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Film Meets Art

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Britain-based, Azerbaijan-born photographer and filmmaker Vugar Efendi has created two terrific videos pairing scenes from films with paintings that provided the inspiration for the shots.

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How Dickensian

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Tom Gauld created this brilliant print for the London comic book store Gosh!s 30th anniversary celebration. Prints are available on their website.  

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Up In The Air

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

After flying in and out of Amsterdam’s Schiphol International Airport four times during the last month, I have a newfound appreciation for the facility’s many special amenities. I especially love the museum branch, the library, and the outdoors picnic area … Continue reading →

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And It’s Gone

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Brian D. Butler
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