My friend Cherie is an awesome, wonderful artist who creates the most distinct illustrations. She’s also a gung-ho motorbiking fanatic and has ridden her trusty bike all the way up from Singapore to Thailand and Myanmar and places I wouldn’t even think about driving to. As an artist and a traveller, she also does the…
The next time you’re on any subway, see if you can spot any hidden animals like Paul Middlewick did – check out his Animals on the Underground series! I love how whimsical and inventive this idea is, and while the Singapore underground line has too few lines to form animals at this point, one might…
So today’s Singapore Shorts is a tad longer… last week was apparently Arts Week in Singapore, but it’s been a really artsy month for me as I attend a record number of arts events in the month of January 2013. Friends and longer-time readers will know that my day job is in the arts sector,…
A lot of times I get inspired to wanderlust by great pictures and quotes that I find on the Internet. I came across this really great quote and thought it really resonated with one of my recent pictures from my Abu Dhabi trip, so after fiddling around on Photoshop and Indesign for a bit, here’s…
Plane spotters rejoice, here’s a fun little time-lapse video by Cy Kukenbaker that shows all the planes landing at San Diego airport during a 5-hour period on Thanksgiving. At one of the busiest airports in the world on one of the busiest days in the year, it’s a pretty cool effect watching all the planes…
I saw these lovely tower illustrations by Cheism off Hejorama recently, and the bold bright colours really spoke to me… I love the way the various towers from each city are layered on top of each other, and the detail is stunning! Head on over to Che’s website to check out his full portfolio, or…
Do you have Italianate-style buildings on your mind? I love a good rubber stamp, but this set Paper Neighborhood by Steam Whistle Press is cool because it’s like the stamp version of legos, with 21 stamps of different Italianate-style building bits that you can use to create your own buildings. Though it’s based on architecture…
What else is there to say but OMG I WANT THIS. It’s a 2011 calendar made by TBWA India for the Indian travel agency Yatra.com, so wonderfully inspiring and wanderlust-inducing. LOVE. Pix from here
Some pretty inspiration… if you’re not a fan of the classical styled of maps, check out the pixel maps by Tofufu Studio… via Doubletakes
You’ve seen some of the more interesting landmark or map related stuff we have here on TOT or in the blog, but here’s something that’s a little more personal – have a trip that you want to commemorate, or a journey you always want to carry around with you? Look into Meshu where you can…
