Showing posts with label illustrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustrations. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

wanted: a map of the world

Thanks to brain pickings for the heads up about this book: A Map of the World: The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers. Magical.

Vesa Sammalisto - Island of Manhattan
Dorothy - LA Film Map 
Vesa Sammalisto - Hartwall Lapin Kulta
Harriet Lyall - 3.2 Miles / 9 Bridges 
Masako Kubo - Kyushu Train All Stars
João Lauro Fonte - Boots Adventures in London (Converse)
These maps really underscore how many ways there are to view the world. They also remind me of Rebecca Solnit's Infinite City, in which she explores my hometown of San Francisco in 22 unexpected maps and 19 really wonderful essays.

Check out the post on brain pickings for a description and a few more striking image samples.

Friday, November 13, 2009

falling in love with fifi lapin.

Sfgirlbybay guest blogger anh-minh wrote yesterday about decorating one's house with fashion illustrations, cheaply found second-hand. At the bottom of her post she also included some other illustrations, including this:


If you know me at all, this is pretty much the best fashion illustration I've ever seen. Immediately I followed the links to the Fifi Lapin Shop.

Lapin is French for rabbit. Here at home with me, I have an 11-year-old rabbit named Simon. I think Simon could have a little crush on Fifi and her cute outfits.






Fifi also travels:



Moreover, while you can purchase nice prints of these illustrations and photos, you can also purchase ... yes, greeting/post cards.


As my final aside, I've also had my eye on this rabbit illustration by eekdesign on etsy:


I'm trying to think of what Simon would wear if he wore clothes... I think maybe a cool old-timey hat.