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Category Archives: Europe
Metro Feminine
French artist Silvia Radelli noticed that very few Paris Metro stations were named after women. Her clever project Métroféminin remedies the sexist situation with an alternative map of the Paris Metro system. Her renamed stations celebrate everyone from Josephine Baker … Continue reading
Call me Touko Korpela
Inspired by the Travoltafy name generator that lampooned John Travolta’s Oscar presentation flub, Visit Finland has launched the Finngenerator app which allows users to discover their “Finnified” names. Just chose a gender and type in your name and hit generator. … Continue reading
Starry Night
Commissioned by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Vincent is a moving and affectionate tribute to Vincent van Gogh in the form of a graphic novel, or rather a graphic biography. Part of publisher SelfMadeHero’s “Art Masters” series, the book … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Europe, Museums, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Graphic Novels, Starry Night, Van Gogh
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Not the Full English
For most visitors to London, it’s all about the pubs, but for my part, I love me an old-school caff. In this short video by Rick Stanton, Nevio Pellicci, the grandson of the original founders of Bethnal Green’s renowned E. … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, Tourism
Tagged Bethnal Green, East End, London, London Restaurants
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No Luggage Required
The luxury retailer Louis Vuitton has been slowly rolling-out a collection of limited edition travel books that is being sold in its boutiques. Each of the guides is being illustrated by a different international artist. The initial four books in … Continue reading
A Portrait of the City (a little delayed)
Regular visitors to TBTP know that I’m inordinately fond of old travel guidebooks, whimsical book illustrations and tales of eastern European intrigue. Of course I couldn’t pass-up a crazy story that I ran across the other day that has all … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Czechoslovakia, New York City, Prague, Travel Guidebooks
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Best Books of the Century
It’s only just 2014 and we’re already seeing “best books of the century” lists coming out. Seems a bit premature to me, but this infographic from USC Rossier School of Education is interesting enough, though flawed. The choices were gleaned … Continue reading
#WithSyria
Secretive British street artist Banksy has revamped his popular “Girl With A Balloon” image to mark tomorrow’s third anniversary of the ongoing conflict in Syria. The new stencil piece comes with the hashtag #WithSyria to promote support for an international … Continue reading
Stand Up for the Environment
The Netherlands’ government-owned Waternet utilities company has recently placed sets of pee-collecting urinals around Amsterdam (but oddly not in Waterlooplein), with the intention of turning it into fertilizer for the city’s urban roof gardens. The idea derives from the fact that urine … Continue reading
Unplug With A Book
The Oslo, Norway-based design and brand agency Anti & Grandpeople has created a fun, pithy print ad campaign for the Norlis bookstore company. They designed a series of clever ads combining book covers to be read as phrases urging us … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged indie bookstores, Norway, Publishing, Reading
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Travel Between The Pages 