The March issue of Cincinnati Magazine has a feature on the cool shops around 12th and Vine in OTR, including two that stock our work: Park+Vine and MiCA 12/v. Our Ohio River coasters got a mention, too!
Archive for February, 2009
Ohio River Coasters in Cincinnati Magazine
Posted in art, cincinnati, fashion, home decor, VisuaLingual news, tagged cartography, cincinnati, interior, over-the-rhine, urban life on February 28, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Quilts by Leah Evans
Posted in art, tagged cartography, landscape, madison, rural life on February 26, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Leah Evans is a Madison, WI-based artist who creates cartographic quilts by piecing, dyeing, needle-felting, printing, and embroidering elements of maps, satellite images, and aerial photographs. Wow.
Pritzker Pavillion in Snow
Posted in architecture, close look, tagged architecture, chicago, public art, urban life on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
During the winter, Frank Gehry’s Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Chicago’s Millenium Park resembles an abandoned sci-fi movie set.
Mollenkamp Tile in OTR
Posted in cincinnati, inspiration, tagged cincinnati, ghost sign, over-the-rhine, pattern, tile, typography on February 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Check out this ampersand I found on Main Street in Over-the-Rhine!
Antoine et Manuel
Posted in art, home decor, tagged cartography, interior, paris, urban life on February 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Antoine et Manuel is a Paris-based design duo whose work includes wallpaper, rugs, maps, and printed matter. Above is their map of the Paris Metro.
Equine Branding
Posted in cincinnati, tagged cincinnati, downtown, sign, urban life on February 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Have you ever noticed that the Cincinnati Police Department horses features this bit of bum branding? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it elsewhere, so I recently asked one of the cops on the downtown beat about it. He said that Cincinnati is not unique in this, but that it is unusual.
Paintings by Þórarinn B. Þorláksson
Posted in art, tagged copenhagen, glasgow, reykavik, rural life, urban life on February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As part of my ongoing fascination with Iceland, I’ve been looking at the work of some of its artists and designers. Long before Wallpaper* magazine became obsessed Reykavik’s nightlife, this isolated country was quietly nurturing its stable of artists, and Þórarinn B. Þorláksson was one of the first to receive Iceland’s official accolades and support.
Elsewhere
Posted in elsewhere, tagged architecture, chicago, cincinnati, new york city, public art, rural life, san francisco, small town life, suburban life, urban life on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shakedown in Chitown: painter Cedric Cox is in a group exhibit celebrating Black History Month at Maison Rouge Gallery in Chicago. QCS: Behind the Asphalt: Queen City Survey examines the life of Robert Hosea, for whom Hosea Ave. is named. A Real Life Extra: $100 to Look Employed: NYC architecture firm employs the unemployed to [...]
Ghost Sign Downtown
Posted in cincinnati, inspiration, tagged cincinnati, downtown, ghost sign, sign, typography on February 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
An illegible ghost sign in downtown Cincinnati, on Race St. across the street from City Cellars. That cornice is gorgeous.
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