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Category Archives: Art
Do You Miss The Clickety Clack
I never thought that I’d pine for the clickety-clack of my ancient Smith Corona or the satisfying feel of the carriage return, but this wonderful poster from the folks at Pop Chart Lab has me all sentimental. The chart, called … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Writing
Tagged Olivetti, Remington, Smith Corona, Typewriters
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A Lost Era of Travel
A recently discovered treasure trove of 1930s Japanese railway and tourism posters is being auctioned this month through Heritage Auctions Galleries . The gorgeous Art Deco-influenced posters are so rare that even poster museums have few examples from the collection. … Continue reading
From Dawn to Dusk
Singapore-based photographer Fong Qi Wei has created a series of short animated gifs, which compress a full day — from dawn to dusk — into a single, looped gif. Shot from the same position at various time of the day, overlooking … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Asia, Photography, Tech
Tagged gifs, Shanghai, Singapore
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Just Another Mandala Monday
The 12th century City of Temples complex of Angkor Wat in northwest Cambodia constitutes the largest extant ancient religious complex in the world. Today the Angkor Archeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a tourist magnet drawing nearly a … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Asia, Film, Museums, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Angkor Wat, Buddhism, Cambodia, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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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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