Beautiful Lettering Murals by Emmy Star Brown
Emmy Star Brown, a talented artist based in Chicago, has spent the last decade creating dynamic and vast pieces that bring life to walls and urban environments. Continue reading »
The Intersection of Typographical Art and Cultural Transformation in the 1960 and 1970s
Alan Riddell’s Typewriter Art (1975) features 119 typographical artworks by 65 artists from 18 countries, spanning from the 1890s to the 1970s. Riddell links this medium to the concrete poetry movement, emphasizing the importance of typographical effects over verbal meaning. Continue reading »
Writing Your Name in Sand Big Enough to be Seen from Space
You need about 2 miles of sand to carve your name big enough and a crew of hired hands to dig. But a billionaire sheikh from Abu Dhabi, Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan, has done just that. As seen from a satellite in this image taken from Google maps, the name Hamad is clearly seen from space. On Google map. (Google maps / DigitalGlobe / GeoEye) Continue reading »
