A London Underground “Tube” Map From Kyle Bean

 

Now this is taking the idea of London’s famous ‘Tube‘ quite literally: Kyle Bean, designer, model maker and all around advertising re-thinker has created the London metro map using colored drinking straws. His map uses the colorful tubes in a playful, elementary school craft-time like fashion, which when finished appears completely to scale and quite grown up… that’s because he’s built the design over a large poster of the actual map. His final design, lacking the station labels needed to navigate the system, is still highly recognizable for what it is, a truly iconic design tribute.

Kyle Bean has been producing exceptionally crafty models for quite some time now. Many of his designs have been featured in high profile print advertising, with clients as varied as Wallpaper*, Scientific American and Louis Vuitton. His recently completed child’s toy like iPhone model, called App, features at the bottom of this post and on the cover of the December issue of Computer Arts magazine. For more of his growing portfolio, see kylebean.co.uk.















Via: trendsnow.net 

A QR Code Built From Everyday Objects

QR codes seem to be cropping up everywhere you look, from tags in electronics stores to flyers stapled to telephone poles… so it’s really nice to see this completely original project from David Sykes.

To promote his newly launched website, Sykes created an 8 foot square model of a QR code using objects sourced directly from his studio. He then photographed the ‘cityscape’ of stuff from above and made 8×10 prints retaining the full frame of the shot. By including the studio floor and rebates in the image, he gave the whole piece a further sense of depth. Possibly my favorite aspect of the project was the mysterious way each print arrived at it’s recipient: in an anonymous photograph mailer with no mention of who it was from. Brilliant!

Sykes has been creating some equally brilliant ad work and personal photo projects over the years. His personal works often feature food related themes that cleverly distort the way we look at cuisine, consumption and the home. For more work from this photographers highly unique viewpoint, use the QR code below or head to davidsykes.com.