27 March 2012

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Ah, gay Paree, you beguiling city you - your irresistible cobbled streets, smokey bars and red wine indulgences flood the romance of our hearts like subway stations filling with people - each stop; another dream, another twinkling star, another delicacy in a moveable feast. Gaze here my friends at the celestial city

20 March 2012

WHITE MEN CAN'T MAP


As the wolf will lie down with the lamb, so too will the jock lie down with the nerd. In this week's post, the shooting positions of basketball's NBA superstars are deconstructed by a geeky b-ball fanatic. What we see are not only visually satisfying images, but also, I think we see mainstream acceptance of how mapping can be used to unlock spatial potential, and literally change the shape of the game.  click here to view

13 March 2012

BIT OF A STRETCH

Let us my friend, consider the intriguing case of 'art imitating life... imitating art' - what the hell? Well, first came the City of London (with all it's multitude of tubes and buses), and then came the tube-map of London (which took stylistic liberties with spatial accuracy for the 'good' of representational comprehension) and then along comes this street-map based on the tube map (which turns the whole thing on its head). Phew, maybe just click this link and let the people who made it, explain it better.

06 March 2012

WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO A FUNKY TOWN

Warning, read no further if you think you may have any reason at all to regret a bleary-eyed ruckus karaoke night (this means you!); orientating yourself with this map (which replaces street names with song titles) will probably cause you to sing the song over in your head, and thus recall those awful sessions that time and alcohol had mercifully repressed for you.