Category Archives: Art

Haunted Hotels

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

In keeping with this week’s apparent Halloween theme, here’s a peek at Booking.com’s very timely new “Haunted Hotels” ad campaign. Created by advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy (Amsterdam), the creepy ads are cleverly designed to look like classic horror film posters. … Continue reading →

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Wild Europe

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Halloween is precisely one week away, and I know how difficult it can be to find inspiration for that truly original costume for the work party. French photographer Charles Fréger has provided encouragement to get traditional this year with some … Continue reading →

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Reading Halloween

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in 2011, Nebraska-based Fantasy author Sabrina Zbasnik created a wonderful series of Halloween/horror-themed posters designed to encourage children to read. The original set of posters were based on iconic horror flicks drawn from classic novels like Mary Shelley’s … Continue reading →

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Taking It To The Bank(sy)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

I’ve certainly been reveling in street artist Banksy‘s month-long Better In Than Out project in New York City. Who doesn’t love a battered, old slaughterhouse truck packed with screaming, animatronic stuffed animals. So I really relished the secretive street art … Continue reading →

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Not Just Spinning Your Wheels

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Touring a new city on foot or by bicycle provides perspectives not possible from car or bus. The folks at Rapha, sellers of very hip cycling gear, get this and have created a marvelous series of European urban travel guidebooks. The … Continue reading →

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Just In time for Halloween

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

I was browsing in the remodeled store of a local book chain and ran across some amazing new editions from Penguin that sport covers curated by Academy Award-winning filmmaker and sci fi/horror writer Guillermo del Torro. The series, which includes … Continue reading →

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Discover Budapest

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

H/T to TBTP reader Rita from the website Love My Vouchers for this fun infographic (see below) on incredible Budapest. After spending a delightful week in Budapest this Spring, I’ve become an ardent proselytizer for the charms of Hungary’s capital. … Continue reading →

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La Tour Paris

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

La Tour Paris 13 is a unique street art event that has transformed a derelict Seine-side apartment building in the 13th arrondissment  into a ten story installation. The free event, which runs through the month of October, has covered the … Continue reading →

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Does Not Translate

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Do you ever get that melancholy sense of dépaysement when you’re traveling far from home? Does the lambent glow of Autumn kindle the wonder of komorebi for you ? Or, does it encourage you to seek the sublime feeling of … Continue reading →

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Better In Than Out (redux)

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

The elusive Banksy continues to take NYC by storm with his diverse and random art bombs. One of the most recent creations is an ordinary delivery truck transformed into a mobile garden space complete with an actual waterfall. This component … Continue reading →

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