Tag Archives: Turkey

Taksim Square Book Club

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

After weeks of demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police across Turkey, a new type of civil disobedience has emerged—the Standing Protest. Turkish performance artist Erdem Gunduz started it off by standing with his hands in his pockets facing the … Continue reading →

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Axonometric and Not

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brian D. Butler
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Mapmania

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

You won’t find any of these marvelous one-of-a-kind maps in your typical travel guidebook, but they make exceedingly clever ways to interact with geographic places. Some of the very talented creators of these diverse and idiosyncratic maps are professional illustrators … Continue reading →

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Round the World Travel (for breakfast)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Do you ever wonder what the rest of the world is eating for breakfast as you shovel your granola or Frosted Flakes? Well the folks at Hostel Bookers sent a link to their photo spread on fifty typical breakfast meals … Continue reading →

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Museum of Innocence

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Turkey’s most celebrated living novelist, Orhan Pamuk, is turning his fictional Museum of Innocence into a real tourist attraction in Istambul. The winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature is transforming an old building in central istambul into a … Continue reading →

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