Category Archives: Art

Book Bench

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

H/t to Bibliodiverisidad for these pics of wonderful book benches in Istanbul.    

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Love Your Local Indies

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The New Yorker magazine’s “Page Turner” blog recently asked cartoonist Bob Eckstein to travel around New York City and draw his favorite bookstores. Here’s a sample of his first installment from the series of annotated cartoons. It’s bittersweet to see … Continue reading →

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Books Are Awesome

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Polish artist and muralist Natalia Rek recently completed this awesome bit of street art for ArtScape Festival in Malmö, Sweden. It’s very aptly titled “Magic Book”.

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Boeing Boeing

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (aka Os Gemeos) became legends in the street art community back in 2011 when they painted an entire train. Now they’ve topped themselves by painting an entire Boeing 737. The twin brothers completed the colossal … Continue reading →

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Trinkets & Trash

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

    During two days this month, teams of guerilla artists from the anti-corporate street art project Brandalism reclaimed  360 ads in ten British cities with hand made art work by forty international artists, such as Ludo, Ron English, Ankles, … Continue reading →

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Take the A Train

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

I’ve ridden the New York City subway system since infancy, sadly I never paid much attention to the intricate tiling, murals and typography throughout many of the stations. However, New York-based designer Adam Chang has opened my eyes to the … Continue reading →

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Books Are A Stepping Stone

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The celebrated Brazilian street artist Walter Nomura—aka Tinho—completed these wonderful pieces last fall in Frankfurt, Germany. Beginning as a grafiteiro at the tender age of 12 and gained notoriety in his home country with moving wall art depicting missing and … Continue reading →

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Cultivating Thought

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

One day the writer Jonathan Safran Foer was sitting in a Chipotle Mexican Grill enjoying a veggie burrito (they’re quite good and GMO-free) when he realized that he had nothing to read. This sparked a clever idea for the author … Continue reading →

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See America

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

The Print Collection produces museum quality prints of historic posters and photographs, as well as original prints that are inspired by earlier poster art. Their new “See America” series was created by artist Steven Thomas as an homage to the … Continue reading →

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It Must be the Flag of My Own Disposition

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

A while back we posted a story on artist Matt Kalish’s awesome project to illustrate every page of Moby Dick . That challenging enterprise inspired Philadelphia-based illustrator Allen Crawford to hand-letter and illustrate his own version of Walt Whiman’s “Song … Continue reading →

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