Category Archives: Europe

Moscow Boulevard

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I really appreciate travel magazine Flaneur’s singular focus on just one street in a city for each issue. The Berlin-based publication’s latest actually concentrates on a large district this time. Their new issue explores Moscow’s Boulevard Ring in the center of the … Continue reading →

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Available in the following formats

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

You can always get the latest from the inimitable Tom Gauld at his website.

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Grey London

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

  To mark the launch of Bose’s Get Closer campaign for Quiet Comfort wireless headphones, Grey London has created a one minute video that shows dancer Maëva Berthelot moving through the deserted streets of London. Dancing through locations that range from Piccadilly … Continue reading →

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How to use poetry

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Copenhagen-based artist Johan Deckmann walks that fine line between irony and insult with his hilarious book cover creations.

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Amsterdam Tails

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Even though I just returned from Amsterdam a few weeks ago, this sweet little film from the Holland Marketing Board has me yearning to return. You may find “The Tale of Kat and Dog” a bit saccharine, but by the … Continue reading →

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City of Love

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

You may recall French digital artist Julien Nonnon’s marvelous video mapping project from last year when he projected images of nattily dressed animals on the walls of Paris. Now his new project #Le_Baiser, inspired by the work of poet Alfred de … Continue reading →

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Typewriter Art

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the story of aviator Amy Johnson’s flight from London to Darwin, Australia in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane, animator Lizzy Hobbs created this charming film using an old Underwood 315 typewriter.

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Officially Nobody

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

When I was in Reykjavik last month, I stumbled upon Greek street artist INO working on this mural for the 2016 Wall Poetry festival in Iceland’s capital. On a break, he told me that he was planning to title the … Continue reading →

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Paris Re-Tale

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I’ve been following photographer Sebastian Erras’ wonderful projects for a few years now. You may remember his brilliant series that focus on the floors of various of European cities. Now he has turned his camera upward towards the beautiful storefronts … Continue reading →

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How Dickensian

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Tom Gauld created this brilliant print for the London comic book store Gosh!s 30th anniversary celebration. Prints are available on their website.  

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