I’m a big fan of New York City’s High Line park—and who isn’t. So, I was happy to hear that the test lab for the city’s proposed Low Line Underground Park has opened. For the next five months, visitors can tour the exhibition in the old Essex Market building to see innovative plans for transforming a disused Lower East Side Manhattan trolley terminal into a solar-powered subterranean park. Take a look at the video below and visit the website to learn more.
Once upon a time I loved to hangout at airports. I drove travel companions batty by always trying to get to the airport early. I would even volunteer to pick-up friends and family members when they flew. Now, like everyone else, not so much. This neat infographic (below) by Mart Virkus offers some common sense suggestions for beleaguered flyers.
Residents and visitors in beautiful Grenoble, France will never be at a loss for reading material thanks to a new project sponsored by the city government and local publisher Short Edition. Clever little orange and black terminals that dispense short stories are popping up all around the city. Each machine delivers a three minute story on a 8 by 60 centimeter strip that looks like a shop receipt. The attractive short edition venders are already in the tourist offices, city hall, libraries and shopping centers.
photo © Morgan Fromentin
This wonderful infographic from the University of Virginia Library explains the potential “side effects” from reading a book.
The brilliant Brazilian street art duo known as VJ Soave describe their work as “digital graffiti”. The peripatetic pair travel the globe unleashing whimsy and spreading joy from specially equipped tricycles that they call Suaveciclo. Illuminating buildings, sidewalks and streets, VJ Soave project images of fantastic creatures while broadcasting an accompanying soundtrack as they lead groups of happy bike-riding followers. You can track their antics and learn more about their projects right here.
Those of us who didn’t get to visit Banksy’s much hyped Dismaland can now get to see just what we missed. This newly released video, “Dismaland–The Official Unofficial Film”, directed by Jamie Brightmore, should more than supply your daily dose of irony.
German graphic artist Henning M. Lederer has turned vintage book covers into a mesmerizing series of animated gifs. Check out the video of the project and visit the website to learn more.
London-based painter and printmaker Yanko Tihov has created a brilliant map of London out of passports. Using census data, the map demonstrates the increasing diversity of the UK capital, while showing the most common non-British nationalities in each borough. Inspired by the international immigrant experience, Tihov’s map uses 32 different national passports that he has hand-painted with 23-carat gold seals. You can see more of Tihov’s wonderful maps, paintings and prints on his website.
Tal Spiegel is a Paris-based designer and pastry chef who scours the city’s patisseries for delectable eclairs and pastries to photograph and to torture everyone not in Paris with the Instagram account titled “Desserted in Paris”.
images © Desserted in Paris
As a long-time vegetarian, I’m always happy to discover any resource for vegetarian-friendly travel. This helpful infographic from Berlin-based Get Your Guide offers some good tips and information. I never travel without consulting HappyCow.net.
h/t to GetYourGuide
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