Illustrated Maps by Linzie Hunter

Maps with hand-lettering? Yes, please! I love these cartographic illustrations by London-based Linzie Hunter. The letterforms are great, and the cheery color choices put a smile on my face.

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Highway Block Prints by Margaret Rankin

Margaret Rankin is an artist and landscape architect living in Toronto, who sells her prints on Etsy under the name Magprint. These block prints are from a series based on photographs by Toronto-based photographer Graham Iddon. I love the rich colors and bold geometry of these overpasses — they may be ugly in real life, [...]

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: St. Patty’s Day edition. OTR, West End a Quagmire for Census: the US Census plots obtaining a semi-accurate picture of Tract 16 in Cincinnati, one of the most difficult tracts to count in the country. Embshoff Woods – Off Trail: CityKin and son go on a hike through Embshoff Woods in Cincinnati. [...]

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Drawings by Luke Painter

Luke Painter is a Toronto-based artist who works in drawing, installation and animation. A selection of his India ink drawings is shown here, but make sure to also check out his amazing animations.

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Autobahn Tape

How much would you have wanted this as a kid? When I was little, I built roads out of rows of colored pencils and, when our need for speed increased, my cousins and I pooled together our Lego to build hills for our Lego roads, so that we could race properly. This tape would have [...]

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: lots going on this weekend, from the West End to Covington and beyond! Skateboarders Still Working towards Building Newport Skatepark: “Galaxie Skateshop and many of the city’s skateboarders have been working to build a permanent skatepark under the bridge by Newport High School.” Don’t Throw it, Grow it!: Etsy gives our Midwest [...]

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Elsewhere

Citizens’ Art to Be Displayed at Cincinnati City Hall?: actually, the answer to that question seems to be “probably not anytime soon,” though it’s a great idea that’s worth pursuing. The Death of Astroland: Iconic Rocket Could Be Sold for Scrap: holy fucking shit, people, don’t do this… Housepaint: at the Institute for Contemporary Culture [...]

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Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition

Monopoly has a simple, effective formula that works with varied themes [apparently even the Junior Disney Princess Edition]. I’ve just learned that, earlier this year, people voted for cities to be included in the new Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. 20 top cities were chosen out of the pool of 70, with 2 [...]

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Elsewhere

Charley Harper at Cincinnati’s Fab Frames: my Apartment Therapy post on the work of our hometown hero. Mason’s Art-Filled Loft: my Apartment Therapy tour of the home of Mason Paul, owner of Synthetica Gallery in Brighton. Unofficial Cincy Design Guide: Drew of designcincinnati wrote a concise guide to some of Cincinnati’s design-focused offerings. Guerrilla Gardener [...]

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Elsewhere

Young Pioneers Stake Claims in the Tenderloin: “urban blight” … “young professionals” … “pioneer” … “urban frontier” … “homesteaders” … “not those yuppie people” … “Tenderloin chic” … “a little edgy” … “Soho in San Francisco” No Easy Access to Fresh Groceries in Many Parts of Seattle: a story familiar to many urban residents across [...]

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