Nychos New Mural In San Francisco, USA
After Linz (aka Nychos) is now back in North America where he just finished working on this new signature piece on the streets of San Francisco. Continue reading »
Wonderful Photos of San Francisco’s SoMa District During the Late 1970s and Early 1980s
Saturday Afternoon, Howard between 3rd and 4th Streets, 1981
In 1978, Janet Delaney moved to San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) district because the location was central and the rent was cheap. She was a student at the San Francisco Art Institute at the time. Delaney began taking photographs with a view camera on the weekends. She initially shot construction sites near her apartment, including the vast Moscone convention center. Continue reading »
This New Restaurant Concept In San Francisco Has No Visible Staff
This restaurant is perfect for those of you who don’t like dealing with people. Eatsa is a new restaurant in San Francisco, where you won’t even see anyone who works there. Continue reading »
Design Agency Made Giant Mirror Letters In San Francisco To Show That Design Is All Around Us
Character is a San Francisco-based branding and design agency with a passion for launching, rejuvenating and propelling brands. Our goal is to create lasting and meaningful relationships between our client’s brand and their audience through smart thinking and thoughtful design. We aim to do this by crafting stories that touch people on a personal level, sparking a change in their everyday behavior.
We at Character developed “Look Closer”, the campaign for the 2015 edition of San Francisco Design Week. Continue reading »
Salt Ponds of San Francisco Bay
Salt evaporation ponds, also called salterns or salt pans, are shallow artificial ponds designed to produce salts from sea water or other brines. The seawater or brine is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested. The ponds also provide a productive resting and feeding ground for many species of waterbirds, which may include endangered species. The ponds are commonly separated by levees. Continue reading »
One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco
Thirty five years ago I had yet to be born, but artist Scott Weaver had already begun work on this insanely complex kinetic sculpture, Rolling through the Bay, that he continues to modify and expand even today. Continue reading »
San Francisco Zombie Walk 2008
A zombie walk also known as a zombie mob is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually taking place in an urban centre, the participants make their way around the city streets and through shopping malls in a somewhat orderly fashion and often limping their way towards a local cemetery or other public space. More photos.
