World Map of Useless Stereotypes

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

A big tip of the hat to TBTP follower Sandra A. for this clever map created by Christoph Niemann (see Monday’s post on Berlin)  for the New York Times Magazine in 2011.

 

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NYC: Poe on the street

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Zimad in Queens

 

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Book Week

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

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Art and History Are Everywhere In Berlin

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway network, commissioned artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann to create a pair of forty meter-long tile murals for a pedestrian tunnel at the Berlin Wannsee train station. Working with 10×10 cm tiles, Niemann designed two different colorful pixelated abstracts.

The design on the left side of the passageway depicts a fun beach scene along the lakeside of the suburban Wannsee. While on the right, the mural incorporates the infamous villa where the Nazis held the 1942 conference to decide their so-called “Final Solution.” Niemann chose to use a single red window in the building and its blood red reflection on the lake to abstract the historical horror of the site.

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Hard Day At The Writing Desk

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Tom Gauls

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Another Caturday

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t William Blake

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Tourist Information

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t to Miguel Marquez (aka Michael Pederson)

 

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Literary Road Trips

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

For the last century, American road trips have inspired authors to write great novels and memoirs based on their travels by car, bus, or motorcycle. From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Jack Kerouac the open road has launched a special form of travel literature and has encouraged  countless readers to embark on their own adventures. This stylish infographic highlights just a few of the open road journeys that we love to dream about.

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Book Sculpture Gone Wild

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

You can make sculptures with almost anything and everything: marble, stone, paper, wood … and even books . In Seoul, South Korea’s Starfield COEX Mall Library , which we featured back in January of this year, there’s an impressive example of book art.

The Starfield Mall collaborated with artist Mike Stillkey , who specializes in making sculptures by stacking books. And to celebrate the Winter holidays, the latter has imagined a display that takes the form of a sculpture 9 meters high … composed of 14,000 books .

This display is divided into three “book walls” that illustrate Winter scenes hand-painted by the artist directly on the books. You can see a reindeer and a rabbit toboggan, different animals riding a unicycle , or two cats dancing on the head of a bear .

The artist reveals through his book sculptures a wonderful world where animals are “humanized” , to the delight of visitors to this library. If you enjoyed this creative display for the holidays , you should visit Stillkey’s website.

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Do you believe in collaborative creation

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the popular National Novel Writing Month project — which has aspiring writers around the word producing a 50,000 word manuscript in the month of November — Boook.Land is one of the most engaging and original digital writing schemes in a while. Developed by three London-based creative types— Harry Boyd, Ben Chan and Malone Chen— the online project allows users to collaboratively produce a novel in real time.

When you log-in to the Boook.Land  you will be shown a continuous scroll of participant-generated text, along with the option to add your own writing or illustrations to the work in progress.

Here’s an example of what you might find on the site:

“Master Cheese slept in that next day and missed his appointment with the local cardiologist. He always did silly things like this during the warmer months. In continuing his morning rituals he reached for his record player and put on his Miles Davis LP that his father gave to him for his birthday many moons ago. Master Cheese walked into the put the kettle on for coffee, lit a cigarette and watched the local school kids eat their morning tea.”

The creators plan to print the finished novel at the end of November and of course keep a digital presence. So you have a couple of weeks left to get on board.

 

 

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