As part of an ongoing project he calls Here to There, Japanese artist Nobutaka Aozaki is creating a map of Manhattan made entirely of smaller, hand-drawn maps. Aozaki roams the city streets, asking passersby for directions; he then connects the drawings to form an illustrated patchwork - the map-in-progress is pictured below. (I especially love the paper plate portion of the East Village.)
A few photos of the artist, gathering material:
Visit Nobutaka Aozaki's website, here. (And check out his Names on Starbucks Cups project, which tracks the many misspellings of Nobutaka's name by Starbucks employees. As someone with a name that often elicits double takes, I can appreciate it.)
wow, this is so cute and creative! I also love the starbucks cup project; I never go to starbucks, but I remember giving fake names at Jamba Juice all the time. I usually don't expect people to spell or pronounce my name correctly (it's "sway") and I usually spell it out for people if they're going to have to write it down for a drink..... though that leads to mispronunciations when I actually get the drink. :)
ReplyDeleteI had someone spell my name correctly by just hearing it without me spelling it out recently, and I was floored! it was the first time it had ever happened, hahaha.
this is all sorts of awesome!
ReplyDeleteoops! i didn't realize I wasn't signed in for my earlier comment. sorry!
ReplyDeleteanyway, just re-iterating. ;) this project is all sorts of awesome.
Oh my f***ing god this so cool and creative! Wow! I am so impressed. What a cool project. I love things like this. How do people have the patience?! :) By far one of my favorites you've shared!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing an, oh so creative! Also love the Names on Starbucks Cups project. Genious!
ReplyDeleteWow this is such a great idea and love the unique map so much! I agree I love the paper plate part too. What a creative project! xo akiko
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This makes me want to walk the length of Manhattan and see if I can get where I need to go without my phone.
ReplyDeletethis is the coolest! how creative!
ReplyDeleteSui, you have such a beautiful name!
ReplyDeleteTara, I'm so glad :)
Kathy, yes!!
i want to try this sometime - awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is way way cool!!!
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I love this! And would be happy to help him fill in the west side of upper Manhattan! ;)
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I love when people draw maps for me - it really helps with whatever way my mind processes directions. I'm about 75% more likely to get there with a map, hand-drawn or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteT, me too! I'm very directionally challenged, so I can use all the help I can get :)
ReplyDeletehave you seen this book that just came out, Mapping Manhattan? http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Manhattan-Sometimes-Yorkers-ebook/dp/B00C6ACUAA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377717232&sr=8-1&keywords=mapping+manhattan
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