Just in time for summer, animator Tom King colorfully skewers that creepy guy that you’ll find at any beach.
H/t to Nathan Gelgud and Signature
Just when I thought I was over the whole drone video thing, the French cinematography group BigFly got my attention again with this gorgeous drone video. The short was shot entirely in the 19th century neo-Byzantine church Église Saint-Louis de Pamboeuf in the Loire-Atlantique of France.
New York City’s official tourism and marketing agency—NYC & Company—has just launched a branding update for the world’s greatest city. The sweeping new visual identity incorporates custom typefaces, icons, a new website, neighborhood guides, and dozens of videos. There’s also a bold new color palette utilizing “taxi cab yellow”, “Statue of Liberty green”, “Staten Island Ferry orange”, and “Bowie purple”.
Visit the new website nycgo.com and check out the videos, updated tourist content, and insider guides to New York City neighborhoods.
The former lead designer for the Moscow Department of Transportation, Constantine Konovalov, and his team of graphic artists and animators at the Tetter-Totter-Tam Studio, has developed a brilliant alternative to RATP Paris’ official Metro map. After two and a half year’s work, and 800 separate map files, Konovalov has created a less confusing guide to public transport in Paris for visitors and residents alike. He has even managed to add icons for landmarks and tourist attractions. You can learn all about the project and download your own version right here.
The studio also produced this terrific hyperlapse visit to Paris in their spare time.
I smell so good because I spend my days surrounded by antiquarian books. This video explains why that is the case. Okay, it’s just one man’s opinion.
It’s always a pleasure to stumble upon a creative concept online that’s done well. In Shades is a new digital magazine created by Marina Esmeraldo (illustrator) and James Vincent (writer). Based in Barcelona, In Shades is a weekly magazine publishing stories with accompanying original artwork. I’ve especially enjoyed the “Six Word Story Project” each week. Check out the website, which has no ads, but is supported by sales of prints of the illustrations. You can even submit your own work for consideration.
Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina has created this fabulous series of posters that imagine the houses of celebrated authors. Archiwriter covers many of the world’s greatest male writers. each poster incorporates a famous line and allusion to an appropriate architectural style. You can see more from Babina’s series, and purchase prints, at the artist’s website.
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