Francisco Infante-Arana
Posted June 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm. There are 0 comments.
Aluminium foil on trees by Francisco Infante-Arana
In a similar vein, Jan Imberi
field guide to NYC standpipes
Posted June 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pm. There are 0 comments.
Jeff Maki has posted a field guide to NYC standpipes. These systems act like a fire hydrant to an individual building and there color coding and associated signage tell us city dwellers a bit about the fire protection in the building and perhaps more.
via infrastructurist
the last 50 years in everyday design
Posted June 12th, 2009 at 9:31 am. There are 0 comments.
Six things that illustrate the past fifty years in design. British Airways flight attendents, Corn Flakes boxes, telephones, the Queens hat, police cars and covers from George Orwell’s 1984.
from the Guardian
Air France 447 crash infographics
Posted June 3rd, 2009 at 5:14 pm. There are 0 comments.
VisualJournalism has a good collection of info-graphics that attempt to explain the mystery that is the crash of AF447 in the Atlantic off the coast of Brazil. With so few details it is interesting to see the stylistic differences in these graphics that all tell, roughly, the same story – a plane flying from Rio de Janiero to Paris encounters a zone of bad weather and is never heard from again.
via @michaelsurtees
giant tangrams in the park
Posted June 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pm. There are 0 comments.
A Day in the Park is a big game that involves giant tangrams. From the game’s description:
The grind of New York City as gotten to you. You and your buddies have decided to play hooky in the park. Once you get there you realize nobody has brought any supplies. You need the essentials to enjoy the day. Remember this is New York so your team is not the only one looking for a fun day, of course you have to beat out teams for your items. Each team will have to complete missions in the park, and solve HUGE tangrams to create their ideal Day in the Park .
Part of the Come out and Play festival, city-size fun.
ring roads of the world
Posted May 28th, 2009 at 9:01 am. There are 0 comments.
Ring Roads of the World by Thumb for Rice school of architecture. Houston, where Rice is located, is shown in black. Second largest is Beijing, shown in red. Ring road?
summer of fun manifesto
Posted May 27th, 2009 at 11:44 am. There are 0 comments.
A Summer of Fun, The Manifesto presents a set of suggestions to increase your fun levels between June 1st and September 1st. My two favorites:
SLEEP DIFFERENT – Staying up extremely late or waking up extremely early is an easy way to experience a totally new world. What’s outside your front door can feel like a completely foreign place when you’re the only one around to experience it.
EXPERIMENT – Here’s an idea: every Sunday evening, write down something that you’ve never done before. By the end of the week it should be checked off so you can be ready for the next thing. Don’t go easy on yourself.
The more challenging the task, the bigger the reward. Use fear as a motivation to try new things. Remember, failure can be just as interesting as success.
Go read the whole list
the world as top level domains
Posted May 26th, 2009 at 7:15 pm. There are 0 comments.
See a large version, or buy as a poster
map is trademark Byte Level Research
the future beneath us
Posted May 26th, 2009 at 3:56 pm. There are 0 comments.
The vast underground network of tunnels in New York City is the focus of an historic exhibition allowing visitors into a world unknown and featuring the much-discussed, but little understood mega-projects bringing the City’s transportation infrastructure into the 21st Century.
An exhibition at Grand Central Station and the New York Public Library highlighting the amazing mega projects that lay beneath the city streets. The website has a great selection of current and historical photos and drawings from the 8 Great Projects Under New York. This is looking like a must see for me.
olympic posters
Posted May 26th, 2009 at 8:51 am. There are 0 comments.
Olympic poster proposal for London 2012 by Alan Clarke
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