October 2010
11 posts
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Oct 26th
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WatchWatch
Jerry Gretzinger: Mapping the Void. A fascinating short film, also picked up by many others.
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Trap Rooms →
An interesting article about deliberately introduced cartographic errors, created in order to catch those infringing copyright. It has long been practised, but I guess has gained currency recently as we seem to live in times where everybody seems to assume they can have everything for free (another disastrous economic model waiting to implode in the future)—or pay a pittance. The example shown...
Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Ring Roads of the World →
An interesting poster by Thumb, perhaps more for its artistic effect as its informational one.
Oct 22nd
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Migration of Mel & Judith →
As shown on the Culture Show, the work of architect, Thomas Hillier.
Oct 22nd
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Sound Sculptures →
More interesting work by FIELD.
Oct 18th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 10th
September 2010
13 posts
Sep 23rd
18 notes
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Sep 23rd
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“When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we’ve...”
– Bruce Mau
Sep 20th
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Giles Revell: Environment →
One of a series of prints considering the conflict between environment and urban/industrial development with found natural objects.
Sep 15th
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Geocontext Profiler →
Thanks to Feltron for this find (who’s site is worth exploring further). Would be nice to be able to scale the vertical axis, but makes interesting artwork nonetheless.
Sep 15th
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WVV Timetable →
Another interesting project by Martin Oberhäuser. I like the way he has represented the times; not a typical table approach.
Sep 14th
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Worldflag System →
Thanks again roomthily, good find! I like the discipline in the construction of this map.
Sep 14th
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Delaunay Raster →
Tool assisted Delaunay image vectorization using Scriptographer and Color Averaging by Jürg Lehni. The triangulation is like that used in land survey, and 3D terrain construction.
Sep 14th
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Cities and Objects →
Exhibition which related to the process of city growth and expansion to doodling with existing structures.
Sep 14th
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Cross-disciplinary Design
Having just read Justin O’Beirne’s post Basemaps: One-Size-Fits-All No Longer Works, and the article from the Princeton Architectural Press on the Hand Drawn Map Association, I was reminded how cross-disciplinary design often falls flat on its face. Having trained in both cartography and graphic design, it amuses me how much re-invention goes on when designers move from one field to another....
Sep 13th