Scottish firm Timorous Beasties has created some amazing wallpapers and textiles, including toile patterns of Glasgow [pictured] and London.
January 30, 2008
January 27, 2008
Ghost of a Ghost Sign
This sign is on Sycamore St. in downtown Cincinnati. I have no idea what it said, or what the building was in its past.
January 26, 2008
Stopping for Directions by peanutbutterandyelly
Stopping for Directions is an ink and marker drawing on an atlas page by Cincinnati-based Etsy seller peanutbutterandyelly.
January 23, 2008
Quaker Oats Ghost Sign
This ghost sign for Quaker Oats is on the side of a building on Main St. in downtown Cincinnati, but it basically faces Arnold’s on 8th St. I’ve always really liked the “Q” in this logo.
January 21, 2008
Time to Rest by apak
Etsy seller apak offers tons of sweet, quirky Giclee prints, including several that feature very bizarre architecture, such as this one, entitled Time to Rest. Do you see an upside-down udder, or is it just me?
January 20, 2008
Smitty’s in OTR
Smitty’s on Vine St. in Over-the-Rhine is a veritable assault on the senses, just an amazing cacophony of signage, like our very own Times Square.
January 19, 2008
The States by Frank Chimero
Illustrator Frank Chimero is working on a series of images depicting each state in the USA. Pictured is his version of Kansas. His project-in-progress is on Flickr.
January 10, 2008
January 6, 2008
Ork Posters
Ork Posters offers typographic posters of different US cities, including Chicago [pictured], Boston, and San Francisco, and the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
January 5, 2008
Tile at The Chong Inc.
The Chong Inc. on Race St. downtown is where you go if you want to look flyyyyy… Or, if you have a thing for patterned tile, like I do.
