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Category Archives: Art
Vintage Futures
Vintage has just republished a fantastic set of dystopian and futuristic paperback fiction in a series titles “Vintage Futures”. Each of the books includes an attached sheet of acetate that can be used to “animate” the cover image. The … Continue reading
Only The Classics
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Dante, Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Moby-Dick
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Tokyo Views
Tokyo 100 Views is a wonderful, whimsical project from Japanese anime artist and illustrator Shinji Tsuchimochi. The colorful illustrations take us on a wacky little tour of Tokyo, replete with imps, ghosts, animals, movie monsters, and robots. It’s sort of … Continue reading
Reading Project
For the past year or so, stacks of books have been appearing around New York City with attached notes which read: “Take a book. Any book. Email the artist when you’ve finished it.” The mystery man behind The Reading Project … Continue reading
Infinite World
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Film, Music, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Street Art
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London Can Still Be Whimsical
You may have seen the colorful, whimsical work of London-based artist Sarah Tanat Jones in periodicals or ads. Her marvelous drawings and illustrations are always a treat. I loved her recent London themed set. If you like them too, prints … Continue reading
Dude It’s Rude
Inappropriate public transit passenger behavior is a problem in cities around the world. Over the years, TBTP has featured clever public relations campaigns from transportation agencies in Chicago, Tokyo, London, and Paris highlighting basic rider courtesy. Now, the New York … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Canada, Europe, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Advertising, Grand Central Terminal, NYC, public transit, SEPTA
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11 mirages
The magical work of Spanish street artist Okuda San Miguel is instantly recognizable due to his signature highly saturated color palette and the unique iconographic language of his geometric figures. His latest project, “11 mirages to the freedom”, wrapped a fresco … Continue reading
Winter Is Coming (back)
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, USA
Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Song of Fire and Ice
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Formulary for a new urbanism
Drawing on his interest in contemporary psychogeography and cartography, the British artist known as Fuller—aka Gareth Wood—spent a decade working on his London Town project. Created with black ink on cotton board, the intricately detailed illustrated map of Britain’s capital … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Tourism
Tagged British Library, Cartography, London, Psychogeography
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Travel Between The Pages 