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Category Archives: Art
Mappamundi
The glorious Fra Mauro Mappamundi was created between 1458 and 1459 by the Venetian monk/cartographer/sailor/explorer/adventurer Fra Mauro. The map was commissioned by Portugal’s King Alfonso V and produced at the Camaldolese Monastery of Saint Michael on the Venetian lagoon island … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Museums, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Camaldolese, Cartography, Fra Mauro, France, Murano, Portugal, Vatican Library
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Ecriture Infinie
Beginning in 2006 at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, artists Bili Bidjocka and Simon Njami have been traveling the globe inviting creative types to hand write personal messages onto eight huge books. The extraordinary project, titled Ecriture Infinie, focuses … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Bili Bidjocka, Ecriture Infinie, Moleskine, Mori Art Museum, Museet, Simon Njami, Tokyo, Venice Biennale
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The East is Red (and funny too)
Dutch architecture group MVRDV has won the design competition to build the outrageous new home for Hangzhou, China’s much anticipated comic and animation museum. Composed of eight whimsical giant speech bubbles the museum will be an exciting venue uniting the … Continue reading
Green (and metaphorical too)
Columbian artist Miler Lagos works in many mediums, including video, collage, sculpture and installation. His work, which often incorporates repurposed reading materials, is often a metaphorical take on the precarious balance between human culture and the forces of nature. Miler’s … Continue reading
New York City : Subway Manners
New York artist Jay Shelowitz has embarked on an admirable campaign to help his fellow New Yorkers (and visitors too) behave civilly on the city’s subway. He’s been putting up hundreds of posters modeled after the MTA’s service changes notices. … Continue reading
Alternate History (with monsters)
Pennsylvania artist Matthew Buchholz reinterprets American history through imaginatively altered vintage prints, postcards, maps and photographs. His ongoing project, titled Alternate Histories, incorporates aliens, monsters, robots and horror icons into historic scenes. Here’s a sample of his historical vandalism. But you … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Maps
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Toronto : The Good Bike Project
Urban dwellers are well acquainted with the sight of abandoned bicycles that stay locked to poles for months, rusting away and slowly being stripped of all of their parts. In Toronto, Caroline Macfarlane and Vanessa Nicholas decided to do something about it. … Continue reading
Jerry’s Map…Jerry’s World
Michigan artist/cartographer Jerry Gretzinger has been creating his own fictional world through his nearly half-century mapmaking project. If you love maps as much as I do, you’ll find Jerry’s world mesmerizing. You can support Jerry’s life-long project by visiting his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Maps, USA
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Travel By Poster
Philly’s award-winning design studio, The Heads of State, is a two man operation run by Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers. After learning their design chops creating posters for Philly bands and music venues, the team has garnered such diverse clients … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Tourism, USA
Tagged Chicago, Miami, NYC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle
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Travel Between The Pages 