Original traffic cone patent by Charles D. Scanlon, US Patent US2333273A.
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A collection of specimens from around the World Trade Center
Prototype: Updated Cards
A quick prototype of information, infographics, and layout for the street guide walking deck.
Inspiration: Jan Kattein Architects
Description Jan Kattein Architects is a London-based architecture, urban planning, placemaking, developer, etc firm which uses architectural practice and design as a tool for dialogue and exchange, empowering the community. Their projects are small, scrappy, and amazing. Discussion I’ve been most obsessed with Blue House Yard (Instagram), a temporary redevelopment of a former carpark including…
About this project
Project goals, background, experiments, proposed outputs, and questions.
Genus: Littera
Description The common Blue Box and other types of mailboxes found throughout the Five Boroughs, and the rest of America. The United States Postal Service knits the country together, is a jewel of our country, and must be strengthened and reinforced as a bedrock of our democracy. These boxes are tended by both city residents who…
Inspiration – Magic: The Gathering
Note: This inspirational entry is way outlandish, and at the far end of what I envision the form of the final field guide. Wildlife Treasury is closer to what I imagine this project to entail, both in terms of form factor and content. These posts are an attempt to pull back the curtain on the…
Inspiration: City Stamps
Description United Airlines in–flight magazine Hemispheres had an article about cities featuring customized city stamps. Discussion I love cancellation stamps – especially customized ones (see Fancy Cancels). In much of my work, stamps are something that I try to force into the project until I, or someone else, call attention to the absurdity with attendant…
Prototype: Cards
Some of my inspirations have been card decks of varying kinds – I’ve shared aircraft identification cards and Wildlife Treasure – and I wanted to share an early profile of what a card might look like (prototype above). The design challenge is figuring out what information is germane for a card versus a printed pamphlet…
Construction Drum (Orange Barrels)
Like a cockroach Protectus dolium OrderSupellex FamilyCoercitio Genus Protectus Species Protectus dolium Description Ubiquitous in the summer months, Protectus dolium is present year round in NYC, helping divert traffic or filling in a sink hole. Often called Orange Barrels, common name synonyms are Construction Drum or Construction Barrel. Identification Medium-sized cylinder, with four ridges, and…