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Category Archives: Europe
London By The Book
Daniel Speight is a graphic artist based in East London, UK. His new Book Block project incorporates screenprinting onto discarded books, transforming them into three dimensional art works. Each piece is inspired by London’s distinctive architectural styles from iconic landmarks … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe
Tagged Daniel Speight, London, Lower Marsh, Screen printing
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Berlin Lights Up
The annual Berlin Festival of Lights is one of the largest illumination events in the world. For 12 nights every October, Berlin‘s iconic landmarks, historical buildings, cultural sites, streets and squares are transformed by stunning illuminations and lights shows. The … Continue reading
Book Mountain
On October 4th, Rotterdam inaugurated the stunning new Boekenberg Bibliotheek and education center in the heart of the Spijkenisse market square. Designed by the prolific hometown architectural team at MVRDV, the Book Mountain project is the dramatic centerpiece for a … Continue reading
Ireland, Who Knew ?
Many thanks to the folks at GoIreland.com for this quirky infographic on Irish inventors and inventions. Take a peek at their website the next time you are planning a visit to Ireland.
Injustice Anywhere…
Polish-born, New York City-based artist Olek yarn-bombed London last month with this awesome four panel knit grafitti installation. The project was in collaboration with Anti-Slavery International and Street Artists Against Slavery. The quote, by the way, is from Martin Luther … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe
Tagged Letter from Birmingham Jail, London, Martin Luther King Jr, Olek
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A Sense of Place
Penguin has created a very cool audio/visual tour of London locales that appear in Zadie Smith’s new novel NW. The “tour” covers four significant locations in the book, including Camden Lock. Users can launch location videos with layered audio readings … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Tech, Writing
Tagged London, Penguin, White Teeth, Zadie Smith
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Street View Ghosts
Media artist/provocateur Paolo Cirio has created a new take on street art using images of unsuspecting people captured by Google Street View. Cirio prints life-size pictures of the unidentified pedestrians and pastes the cut-outs on walls at the exact spots … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Photography, Tech
Tagged Berlin, Google Street View, Paolo Cirio, Street Art
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Land of Fire and Ice
I’ve made two brief visits to Iceland and was awestruck by the stunning landscape. But nothing that I saw compares to the mind-blowing aerial photographs of Iceland by the Russian photographer Andre Emolaev. These bird’s-eye view images of the volcanic landscape offer … Continue reading
Just Like Driving
Even if we have the opportunity (or chore) to travel by air on a regular basis, we rarely, if ever, get this vantage point on the trip. The video below was produced by SmartWings pilot Jakub Vlk to document a … Continue reading
