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William Heath Robinson’s Wacky Inventions

November 7, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was a victorian cartoonist best known for drawing overly complicated mechanisms able to achieve only simple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media Tagged With: comics, illustrations, rube goldberg machines

Liam Cobb, “Reflections” and Other Drawings

August 30, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Liam Cobb is an illustrator and comic artist we have already featured on Socks. Here we collect a series of sketches, croquis, half finished … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media Tagged With: comics, Interiors

‘Book To The Head’ And Other Comics by Max Baitinger

August 29, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Max Baitinger is a German comic designer, illustrator and animator. After studying carpentry, he moved to Leipzig to study illustration. His style is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: comics, drawings

Collecting, Rearranging and Reinventing: Ray Yoshida’s Comic Works

September 27, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Throughout his career artist Ray Yoshida produced a long series of collages featuring excerpts from comic books. The working process includes the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture Tagged With: archive, arrangement, collection, comics

Drawing Soane: a Comic by Eu Jin Lim

April 28, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Young architectural assistant Eu Jin Lim chose the house John Soane built for himself in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London as the setting of a short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: comics, drawings, narrative

Drawing the Naked City: Shohei Manabe

November 11, 2013 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 5 Comments

What is striking in the precise drawings of the japanese comic artist Manabe Shohei is their ability to immediately express the feeling of a street or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, comics, illustrations, japanism, street

“The true story of Mr Like”, By Nanni and Colella – Crowdfunding Campaign

September 15, 2013 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

As you may have / already / noticed, we particularly like the work of Italian author, illustrator and comic artist Giacomo Nanni, namely his studies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: animations, comics, illustrations, satire, world weird web

A Selection of Texture Based Sketches by Giacomo Nanni

April 21, 2013 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

This series of drawings has been recently posted by Italian illustrator and comic artist (and friend) Giacomo Nanni. An ongoing exploration of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: comics, illustrations, world weird web

Duck and Cover, Nuclear War Awareness campaign

May 29, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

In 1951, shortly after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing, the US Federal government's Civil Defense started producing a series of films and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Technology Tagged With: comics, illustrations, information graphics, past futures, Technology, world weird itself

Giacomo Nanni – 21 12 2012

May 22, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Giacomo Nanni is translating his personal technique of hatches and Moiré patterns from drawings to animations. Best watching in HD. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: animations, comics, illustrations, world weird web

Roberto La Forgia “Il signore dei colori”

May 17, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Roberto La Forgia is one of those artists whose indisputable talent needs some time to completely bloom. Knowing him since almost six years now we've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media Tagged With: comics, illustrations, literature, magazines, world weird web

Tiger Tateishi, The Vanishing City (Milan)

November 22, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

A late seventies wordless comic by Tiger Tateishi, who was working at the Ettore Sottsass architecture and design firm, at the time of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: Architecture, comics, illustrations, urban chronicles, world weird web

Katsuhiro Otomo’s Domu

November 6, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 6 Comments

The chilling 1983 manga "Domu, a child's dream" , by Katsuhiro Otomo of Akira's fame, revolves around a child and an old man conducting telekinetic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Culture, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, comics, illustrations, literature

Tigers Factory, by Mayumi Otero

October 1, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Illustration for the newspaper Le Tigre numéro 5. mayumiotero.com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: Architecture, comics, illustrations, world weird web

“Images drifting into the distance”, a cycle of conferences, debates, meetings, by Benoit Peeters

September 27, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

The Centre Pompidou program of evenings during the last three months of this year is particularly rich (Anri Sala, Kusama, Matali Crasset among … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Architecture, Art, Art-2, comics, illustrations, literature, movies, photography, Technology, visions, world weird web

Osamu Tezuka B/W Phoenix drawings

August 26, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Phoenix (火の鳥 Hi no Tori) is a manga series by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered Phoenix his “life’s work”; it consists of 12 books, each of which tells … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: comics, world weird web

Cani (Dogs), by Giacomo Nanni

June 2, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

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Filed Under: Art Tagged With: comics, illustrations, world weird web

Chris Ware, back cover

April 24, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

CW: "Yeah, it’s a map of this story. I mean, the title is “The Smartest Kid on Earth,”, so the front of it is the character and on the back is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture Tagged With: comics, literature, world weird web

Non sono un capriolo – I’m not a deer, by Giacomo Nanni

April 20, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Some months ago Italian illustrator and cartoonist Giacomo Nanni (author of the recently published "La vera storia di Lara Canepa") started narrating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: comics, illustrations

XKCD’s Radiation dose chart

March 20, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

A handy recap, just in case. Click to zoom. Via: BoingBoing. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Technology Tagged With: comics, information graphics, Technology, world weird web

Makihiko, by Roberto la Forgia

February 23, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

"Insomma cercate di capire: sono a casa dei miei genitori e la voglia di non fare un cazzo è alta. (In short, try to understand: I'm at home by my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: comics, illustrations, world weird web

Mp5 + To/Let in Germany

November 2, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Our super talented friend Mp5, with all-female collective To/Let, just painted a huge wall on an abandoned building in Germany. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Architecture, Art, comics, go public, illustrations, world weird web

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01

August 24, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Madox is a 1988 anime OVA released in Japan. Beautiful animated imagery found on Concept Robots: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: animations, Art, comics, world weird web

Io sono il dinosauro, di Roberto La Forgia

July 12, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 4 Comments

Roberto "Multitasking" La Forgia: Blog, Illustrazioni,  Little Pills TV, Book trailers, Facebook, Flickr,Tumblr, Twitter, Rizzoli Lizard. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Art, comics

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