Why I Love the London Tube Map
I love maps, as my many posts on this site make clear. It’s hard to pick a favorite, since there are so many maps in this world with so many designs and purposes. Still,...
Category: Art
This category features original works of art and graphic design, as well as photos, maps, poems and short stories by Steve Lovelace.
How Surrealist Art Reflects Reality
One of my favorite paintings is “The Treachery of Images” (“La Trahison des Images“) by René Magritte. Even if you don’t know the title or the artist, you may have seen it. It’s an...
Portland Solo Vacation 2018
After a solo trip to Seattle last fall, I decided to check out Portland, Oregon Day 1 House on a Hill Around Downtown Across the River Aerial Tram Day 2 Rainy Morning Brewery Hopping...
Seattle Solo Vacation 2017
This fall, I took a week-long solo vacation to Seattle, mostly to try the many coffee shops there and just explore the area. After taking over 2,000 photos, I’ve culled it down to 140...
The Oddities of Area Codes
Area codes in the US seem pretty random. ZIP codes are organized somewhat by region, but area codes just seem to be made up of three arbitrary numbers. This is true nowadays, but there...
Defunct Designs: The Amoco Logo
The Amoco logo always brings back waves of nostalgia. As a kid in St. Louis (and later Lansing, Michigan), Amocos were far and away the most common gas stations you saw. Though half the...
Defunct Designs: The Bell System Logo
There are many great logos that, for some reason or another, are no longer in use. One of my favorite defunct designs is the logo for the Bell System. “Ma Bell”, as it was...
The Beauty of Old Charleston Houses
Charleston, South Carolina is one of the oldest cities in the US. While it has its share of suburban sprawl like any other American city, the core of Charleston still has a lot of...
Denton Square at Dusk
While I’ve lived in Dallas for almost a decade, I’ve only been to Denton on a handful of occasions. Denton is a medium-sized city an hour north of Dallas and Fort Worth. It’s a...
Charleston Churches and Cemeteries
Charleston, South Carolina is nicknamed the “Holy City”. Unlike other Holy Cities like Jerusalem, Rome or Mecca, it’s not the center of a great religion and/or a place of pilgrimage. Rather, Charleston is called...
