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Category Archives: Art
Go to the Gallery
Miriam Elia is a London-based visual artist, writer, radio personality and comedian. Her latest project, “We Go To The Gallery” (see below) is a sardonic look at the art world . If you’re intrigued by the sample, you can see more of … Continue reading
Curse You Reed-Kellogg
If you were educated during a certain era in the United States, you are all too familiar with the classic Reed-Kellogg diagrammatical system. The folks at Pop Chart Lab in New York , whose goal is “to render all of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Franz Kafka, Herman Melville, Kurt Vonnegut, Peter Pan, Tolstoy
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Snippets of Europe
Illustrator, teacher and Fulbright scholar Emma Fick has created a marvelous digital sketchbook of her life and travels in Europe. “Snippets” is a charming, whimsical and introspective pictorial journal of observations of European culture and life on the road from … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History
Tagged Balkans, Croatia, Sarajevo, Serbia, Slovenia
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We Share Their Grief
This March 11th will mark the 10th anniversary of the horrendous Madrid train bombings in which 192 innocent people from 17 different nations were murdered by terrorists. Paris-based, Italian photographer Ciro Prota has organized a moving photographic memorial book to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Photography
Tagged 11-M, Atocha Station, Madrid, Spain
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A Love Letter to the City
Here in the Philadelphia area, Stephen Powers’ large-scale murals have been a colorful, entertaining and surprising presence since the 1990s. Although he’s currently based in Brooklyn, Powers has been spreading his personal brand of typographic signage murals around South America, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA
Tagged Graffiti, Mural Art, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, Street Art
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An Atlas Can Light The Way
Rotterdam-based artists/designers Michael Bom and Antoinet Deurloo market their line of sustainable, recycled artwork under the BomDesignNL brand. Utilizing discarded books and atlases, the pair create beautiful, practical pieces that warm up any room. You can see more of their … Continue reading
Sacred Geometry at the Beach
H/T to loyal TBTP follower Aubrie Rudnick for this post. With commonplace leaf rakes and rope, San Francisco artist Andres Amador creates extraordinary temporary masterpieces on the beaches of California and Mexico. Even though it takes hours to form the enormous … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day
Graphic artist and animator Ben Kling has been having a laugh with his twisted, tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s Day greeting cards. It’s too late to purchase your own cards this year, but you can visit his website and stock up for next … Continue reading
A new Type of Tourism Campaign
Lisbon, Portugal has launched a unique tourism campaign utilizing its iconic tram lines and overhead electrical wires. Lisbon’s ad agency, Leo Burnett Lisboa, has created a new font called LX Type that is based on the tram lines, where letters … Continue reading
Z is for Zagreb
London-based, French-Japanese illustrator Hugo Yoshikawa has created this marvelous alphabet with letters composed of building, bridges and monuments from European cities. Each letter is hand drawn and watercolored. Of course A is for Amsterdam and Z is for Zagreb, but … Continue reading
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