it’s san francisco bike & roll to school week! 18.04.-22.04.22.
the san franciscan, issue 5. cover art by elena zlokazova.
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“the classic chinatown-bay bridge-califonia street cable car trifecta view! twa (& pan-am) had wonderful graphics on posters and beautiful photographic calendars every year.”
via sfccm.
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chicago, 2020. by ashes57.
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new print by chris arvin! commissioned by the sf transit riders union.
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new yorker cover by r. kikuo johnson, 26.10.2020.
the 99% invisible city: a field guide to the hidden world of everyday design.
the creators of the 99% invisible podcast put together a book with illustrations by patrick vale!
“99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast and website about seemingly small things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive on, and sidewalks we traverse. The show celebrates design and architecture in all of its functional glory and accidental absurdity, with tales of exceptional designers but also everyday designs.”
read more: sfweekly, 14.10.2020.
view from the empire state building, new york city. by ashes57.
read: interview with ashes57, centralmagazine, 13.02.2020.
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kips bay, new york city. by ashes57.
buy a print or wallsticker.
read: interview with ashes57, centralmagazine, 13.02.2020.
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how uber got lost — the once-swaggering company is losing more money and growing more slowly than ever. what happened? nytimes, 23.08.19.
illustration by max guther.
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Historical Map: MUNI Route Changes, January 27, 1982
Sent my way by Marcin Wichary on Twitter is this rather adorable little illustrated map. It’s from the front page of a leaflet issued to introduce new – and quite substantial – changes to routes in San Francisco, moving from a radial pattern that centred on downtown to more of a gridlike pattern covering the whole city. The changes also introduced the concept of timed transfers at some stations to eliminate long waits for transfers.
The illustration is simple but charming, with a rather lovely Sutro Tower right in the middle and a modern (for 1982!) streetcar emerging from the Twin Peaks tunnel below – the problematic Boeing-Vertol LRV.
Also of note for all the pedants out there who insist that “Muni” has be styled in caps/lower case as it’s short for “municipal” and not an acronym – Muni itself styled it as all-caps back in 1982!
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fighting evil by moonlight, by alice lee.
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long lost oakland by east bay yesterday x front group design (t.l. simons)
“The story of this city’s transformations has always been the story of human and ecological devastation. Yet Oakland continues to shine with beauty, culture, and resistance. That energy is the inspiration for my work on this project. I have chosen to illustrate this map not as a horrific depiction of the catastrophes that define our common history, but as a reflection of the resilience and magic I see in the city around me. It is a reminder that no matter how bad things get, they are always changing. I want Long Lost Oakland to ground the viewer in the place where they stand and to spark the imagination of those who will struggle for a different kind of future."
order your poster-sized map on kickstarter.
“It was immediately clear to me that teens are already urban planners if they grow up in a city. They know what works and what doesn’t.” Gabrielle Lyon, the vice president of education and experience at the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) noticed, for instance, that the students were quick to assess neighborhood features such as walkability, or critique unequal distribution of public transport.
Wacker’s Manual, a 1911 textbook fashioned from Daniel Burnham’s 1909 plan of Chicago, was taught in Chicago’s eighth-grade civics classes until the late 1930s. CAF’s teen fellows wondered why there wasn’t a manual like it today—as did Lyon. She decided to bring some structure to young urbanites’ planning instincts through a new book project: a graphic novel.
“Dubbed No Small Plans, the book chronicles young people’s adventures in Chicago neighborhoods of the past, present, and future. Like Wacker’s Manual, it will also be taught in the city’s public schools. It is a beautifully drawn, three-part volume that recounts stories of Chicago teenagers in the years 1928, 2017, and 2211.
In the first section, set in the past, three friends of different races and classes encounter discrimination from passersby when they attempt to spend an afternoon together downtown.
“The second section, based in the present, addresses issues of gentrification, affordable housing, and zoning through the story of a girl who is being evicted from her home.
Five teenagers work on Chicago’s City Planning Council in the third section, set in the future, and are tasked with reviewing developer proposals for a neighborhood. To make good decisions, they realize they must personally engage with the community to find out what it needs. Each chapter ends with a map of the area featured, as well as a brief narrative about Burnham and the challenges of urban planning.”
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effective visual communication by fat pencil studio, 11.10.16.
pioneer square renovations in portland, starting jan. 2017. more info: portland parks replacement bond.