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Tag Archives: Chicago
On the Cuff
The very imaginative folks at designhype have created a cleverly designed line of urban street and subway maps embossed on metal cuff bracelets. Metro Cuffs currently cover New York City, London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Chicago. The next release in … Continue reading
Loving Lenticular Mapping
Urban Mapping is a San Francisco-based technology company that produces data and geographic research tools. But they also market a small series of way cool city maps that set a cartophile’s heart afflutter. The Panamap series utilizes a brilliant, patented … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Tourism
Tagged Chicago, Lenticular printing, New York, San Francisco
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Better Than a Pub Crawl
Yesterday bibliophile bikers inaugurated Chicago’s first annual Bookstore Bike Crawl and Art Show. The participants pedaled from Powell’s Bookstore North to Bookworks Used and Rare Books, on to Unabridged Bookstore in Lakeview, then to Open Books (Chicago’s nonprofit bookstore) and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Bookselling, Chicago, Powell's Books
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Ten Most Read Books in the World
British business writer James Chapman compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Read Books in the World based on the number of copies of each title sold during the last 50 years. Utilizing Chapman’s list, Chicago designer Jared Fanning … Continue reading
Don’t Embark Without One
There’s an embarrassment of riches when it comes to urban transit apps for smartphones, as well as a pile of dreck. But it can be a daunting task choosing an app to help navigate an unfamiliar public transport system. San … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Tourism
Tagged apps, Boston, Chicago, London, New Jersey Transit, New York City, Philadelphia, Public transport, San Francisco
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Eye of America
For his audacious new project, Vanishing Cultures, Chicago photographer Dennis Manarchy is traveling around the United States creating astonishing, one-of-a-kind portraits of Americans who represent the vanishing cultures of the nation. Manarchy has created an amazing 35-foot-long camera called “Eye … Continue reading
Small Business Saturday: Bookshop Edition
Today marks the second annual Small Business Saturday. On one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year in North America, shoppers are encouraged to patronize their local stores to help suppport area businesses. You can do your part to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged American Express, Black Friday, Chicago, Doylestown, NYC, Princeton, Small Business Saturday, Strand Books
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Tacky Tourists, Tacky Photos
Let’s face it, when we travel we all become tourists. But are we all destined to become tacky tourists, who take tacky tourist photos ? The hilarious website Tacky Tourist Photos, curated by Darren Garnick and Peter Koziell, seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cairo, Chicago, Mexico, Paris, Poland, Tourism, Travel and Tourism
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Airport Buzz (more)
That buzzing sound you hear at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport could be a jet taking off. Or maybe it’s coming from the 1.5 million bees that call the airport home. In May, the Chicago Department of Aviation partnered with a … Continue reading
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