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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 Diesel Era Lithographs of Louis Lozowick (1920’s to 1940’s)

April 27, 2013 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

The Diesel era immortalized in the powerful lithographs of Louis Lozowick (December 10, 1892 – September 9, 1973). Born in the Russian Empire, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Technology, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, Art, illustrations, magazines, past futures, politics, psychogeographies, social, street, Technology, urban chronicles, world weird web

Weaponized Architecture by Léopold Lambert

December 29, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Léopold Lambert's Weaponized Architecture, an "analysis of Israel’s architecture of colonization in the context of global trends in architecture and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Culture, Media Tagged With: Architecture, go public, magazines, people, politics, social, street, urban chronicles, visions

La Guía de las Rutas Inciertas (Guide of Uncertain Routes) by Clara Nubiola

December 21, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

"Cada lunes Beside Books enviaba a Nubiola un punto de partida de un nuevo camino que debía seguir. No había ruta. No había objetivos." Every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, illustrations, street, urban chronicles

Dr. Pierre Pâte Dentifrice

August 20, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Mural in France, (Versailles?) from the 1920's overgrown over time. (Photographed by Deidi Von Schaewen) Click to zoom. Via: Betonbabe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, street, urban chronicles

Art inspired by, or depicting Riots

August 14, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

We're open to further contributions. “The Battle of Orgreave“, 2001 by Jeremy Deller. A large scale performance re-enacting a confrontation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture Tagged With: Art, electronic arts, illustrations, past futures, people, photography, politics, social, street, urban chronicles, world weird web

London, a history of clashes

August 11, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 5 Comments

Before these days. 1915 to 2010 protests in London. Destruction of a German shop by Londoners, Poplar High St. 1915 Brit bobbies destroy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Territories Tagged With: past futures, people, photography, politics, psychogeographies, social, street, urban chronicles

Nation of shopkeepers, by Garudio Studiage

August 10, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Here's a colouring book on the typology of Rye Lane commercial architecture, stripped of signage. While their corresponding in south and north London … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Architecture, illustrations, people, politics, social, street, urban chronicles, world weird web

Randomly collected images and diagrams about “Life, a User’s Manual”, George Perec

July 16, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

George Perec, La Vie, Mode d'Emploi. Read more on Ivar Hagendoorn's article "Georges Perec: Life a User's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Media Tagged With: Architecture, illustrations, information graphics, literature, maps, street, urban chronicles

Evol @ Point Ephemère, Paris

April 2, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Huge 13 meter X 3.5 meter wall made by Berlin based street artist Evol in Point Ephemère, in Paris. More Evol. Evol does cardboard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, Art, paperworks, street, urban chronicles

Miniature buildings by Evol

November 21, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Berlin based street artist Evol turns electric boxes and small planters into miniature buildings, often adorned with characters. His process involves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, Art-2, street, world weird web

Graffiti Taxonomy: AEIOU – Paris, 2009 (Ni9e Factory)

September 26, 2009 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Ni9e Factory Graffiti Taxonomy: AEIOU - Paris, 2009 - All characters taken from tags photographed in Paris, April 2009. Official poster for Fondation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: go public, street, typography, world weird web

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