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Representation: Axonometric projection

The axonometric projection is a parallel projection, usually detaching the viewer from the scene and emphasizing the level of abstraction in the representation of the subject. Mostly employed for technical drawings, axonometrics can be as expressive as any other projection while keeping the ability of being highly descriptive. An axonometric image allows to place on the same level very different layers of informations on a space which is non-hierarchical and isotropic. The complexity of a scene is underlined while its contradictions are resolved by making them peacefully cohabit in the same frame.
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Scary Monsters and Nice Prints: Works by Jamie Temple

October 12, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Jamie Temple is a Scottish illustrator based in London, working primarily with Linocut. He writes about himself: Jamie’s  narrative driven works … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: linocut, print

Julien Rodriguez: “La Marche Sensible”

May 26, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

Julien Rodriguez is a student at the "Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs de Paris". Every time he visits a building or an exhibition, the young … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: buildings, drawings, pen, walking

Steven Holl’s Bridge of Houses (1979-1982)

April 19, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Throughout history bridges have been a focus of legends of every civilization. Esthetes, philosophers and poets have used the bridge as a transcendent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Culture, Housing the Multitude, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: axonometry, bridge, houses

Andrew DeGraff’s Unfinished Construction Sites

April 15, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Illustrator and painter Andrew DeGraff is working on a series of sketches of unfinished construction sites with a surreal twist. The axonometric … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, illustrations, sketches

Suburban Mystique: Bic Drawings by Kevin Lucbert

February 11, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Kevin Lucbert (Paris, 1985) is a young illustrator who got a diploma in 2008 at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Ensad) in Paris … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: biro, drawings, naïf, surrealism

“Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by Zhang Zeduan (12th Century) and an 18th Century Remake

February 8, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli 4 Comments

"Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is a Chinese artwork attributed to the Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) and painted over a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Culture, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: axonometries, axonometry, chinese art, drawing

Suburbia and Other Catastrophes: Drawings by Jeremy Profit

January 22, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The visual universe of French illustrator Jeremy Profit is located somewhere in a generic suburban environment, where sprawled houses, streets and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: catastrophe, cities, drawings, suburbia

Allan Wexler’s Axonometrics of the House (1979)

January 19, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Some days ago we featured on Socks a set of cray landscape models by US architect, artist and teacher Allan Wexler. Today we focus on a smaller scale, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: drawings, form of form, House, rituals

Richard Giblett’s Architectural Algorithms

October 16, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Richard Giblett (B.1966, Hong Kong), an artist living and working in Melbourne, creates bi and three-dimensional works as explorations of urban … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: alhorithms, cities, dystopia, form of form, geometry

Franco Purini: Study of Architectural Elements (1968)

October 12, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

The number 11-12 (Nov-Dec 1972) of Italian architecture magazine Controspazio presented a retrospective of the earliest "design researches" by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: drawings, form of form

Axonometric Drawings by Icinori

August 2, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Icinori is a duo based in France, formed by illustrators and graphic designers Raphael Urwiller and Mayumi Otero (the work of the latter was already … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: axonometries, drawings

Josephin Ritschel

House E.1027 by Eileen Gray illustrated by Josephin Ritschel

February 26, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Josephin Ritschel (Mevameva) is an illustrator living and working in Berlin. We originally knew her thanks to Wrap Magazine that used the illustration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: drawing, eileen gray, illustration, Le Corbusier

“Under the Mountain” by Jamie Mills

February 10, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

  "Under the mountain" is a small sequence of axonometric illustrations by Jamie Mills: a story of progressive colonization of built … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: forest, illustration, mountain, nature

‘Forest’ and Other Interpretations of Nature by Jamie Mills

January 26, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

    A series of drawings by English artist, illustrator & animator Jamie Mills show commodified fragments of fauna and flora … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories

Sophia Martinek’s The Worker

August 21, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

"In this story I wanted to tell the story of a single man. In general I am interested in the mundane everyday life, the routine and unexciting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: illustrations, psychogeographies, social, world weird web

Unreal Estates of China, by Map Office

July 19, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

MAP OFFICE (Gutierrez, Portefaix) recently published a book titled Unreal Estates of China, with 56 axonometric drawings of China's land- and city … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, form of form, illustrations, social, urban chronicles

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