Inspired by the UK Art Everywhere project, the Outdoor Advertising Association of America launched Art Everywhere US this week in Times Square NYC. The program will be placing posters and billboards of fifty eight curated paintings at sites throughout the U.S.. You can view the selected art works here and see maps of installations here. The project even included Edward Hicks’ iconic work “The Peaceable Kingdom”, which was literally painted up the street from my house in 1846.
Designer Michael Tyznik has produced a set of terrific maps imagining a fully developed Westeros rail transit network. If you’re not a George R. R. Martin fan, this will mean nothing to you. If you are, check out all of the maps and buy your own prints right here.
The Flederhaus is the newest addition to Vienna’s wonderful Museum Quarter education and entertainment district. Based on a pun of the word fledermaus, which means bat in German, the Flederhaus is an open five floor structure containing 28 hammocks free for all to use. What a great ideaafter visiting the sites in central Vienna just hangout and chill.
The prankster street art duo known as In Return (aka Guus ter Beek and Tayfun Sarier) have taken their latest project to the streets of London. “Gifs Go Wild” consists of framed animated installations attached to bus stops, light poles, mail boxes and trash cans.
Stockholm’s popular cab company Taxi Stockholm has created a website for visitors that aims to offer a novel approach to the city travel guide. Taxi Trails uses data from thousands of cab trips to highlight spots where people are actually going in Stockholm. The site can be searched geographically to find popular destinations. Users can also see where residents of specific neighborhoods, such as Södermalm, travel to by taxi. There are links to actual street views, information on restaurants, bars and tourist attractions, and of course you can book your own cab through Taxi Trails. In mobile app is in the works as well.
This summer the Louvre is featuring an extra added attraction for visitors who linger in the Carrousel and Tuilerie Gardens—a herd of rats. Not quite as cute and cuddly as the cast of Ratatouille, these rodents have proliferated throughout the gardens to the extent that they are brazenly approaching picnickers and waiting for leftovers in broad daylight.
The museum has engaged a private pest control firm to address the problem, but in the meantime tourists will have to share the lawns and gardens with the rats.
photos © Xavier Francolon
h/t to the Greene County Public Library
Small World Books is a haven for book, music and art lovers in Rochester, New York. Last month, the secondhand bookshop owner Rocco Pellegrino commissioned this lovely wall mural by peripatetic Italian artist/illustrator/designer Alice Pasquini for his city’s 4th annual Wall\Therapy art festival. The winsome mural was inspired by stories of Pellegrino’s youth and travels. What a fabulous combination—books and street art.
Transport for London has released a marvelous series of retro travel posters and ads that hopes to inspire Londoners —and visitors too —to spend time exploring one of the world’s greatest cities. The campaign encourages folks to get out and discover all that London has to offer.
After listening to the world news I needed a good laugh. So many thanks to TBTP reader Vernon Coram for the link to Scorpion Dagger. James Kerr, the artist wiz kid behind the blog, reworks Renaissance paintings into hilarious, irreverent, kooky and very outré gifs.
Warning: this post may be NSFW and could be mildly offensive to religious sensibilities.
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