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It's a London underground map and a working circuit board.

107 points by jacobsimeon 14y ago

mik4el 14y ago
This is the most beautiful circuit board I've seen since http://www.esarcasm.com/wp-content/01-geek-tattoos.jpg http://www.esarcasm.com/wp-content/01-geek-tattoos.jpg
- Robin_Message 14y ago
  PNSFW
rlt3 14y ago
Having worked in an art museum for a while, I gained an appreciation for artwork I never really knew I had. One area I really liked was using newer technology in unexpected ways -- not just using Photoshop to make a cool image. A good example, and not totally unrelated to this piece, would be the Something Awful GIF exhibit: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3487352 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=348... I love seeing people take something that exists now and molding it. Art has always been about this in some form, but now, with the digital age, manipulating the visual (and auditory) senses has become easier. One thing that really has come from this age is the imperfections in the digital medium: glitches. We now have the Glitch genre of music and art as well. http://www.evanmeaney.com/glitches.html http://www.evanmeaney.com/glitches.html All of the way art has evolved, and in such a short period, really catches my fancy for some reason or another. I'd love to go to a museum full of just thing kind of stuff.
- dhucerbin 14y ago
  I hope you would like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XPpWE29yeiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X... It's a manifestation of El Lissitzky's idea - digital/electronic library.
Carioca 14y ago
Really cool, though it might be a little dangerous to use as an actual map in the London Underground.
wrekkuh 14y ago
From a design perspective this actually brings Harry Beck's inspiration for modern 'tube' maps full circle. The 'electrical schematic concept' revolutionized the way these maps were drawn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck
acarabott 14y ago
I saw this at the design museum, he also made a denki puzzle radio http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/23447/yuri-suzuki-technology-will-save-us-denki-puzzle.html http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/23447/yuri-suzu...
mds101 14y ago
An interview with the designer is available at https://vimeo.com/album/2067663/video/48937359 https://vimeo.com/album/2067663/video/48937359

107 points by jacobsimeon 14y ago

This is the most beautiful circuit board I've seen since http://www.esarcasm.com/wp-content/01-geek-tattoos.jpg http://www.esarcasm.com/wp-content/01-geek-tattoos.jpg

Robin_Message 14y ago
PNSFW

rlt3 14y ago

Having worked in an art museum for a while, I gained an appreciation for artwork I never really knew I had. One area I really liked was using newer technology in unexpected ways -- not just using Photoshop to make a cool image. A good example, and not totally unrelated to this piece, would be the Something Awful GIF exhibit: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3487352 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=348... I love seeing people take something that exists now and molding it. Art has always been about this in some form, but now, with the digital age, manipulating the visual (and auditory) senses has become easier. One thing that really has come from this age is the imperfections in the digital medium: glitches. We now have the Glitch genre of music and art as well. http://www.evanmeaney.com/glitches.html http://www.evanmeaney.com/glitches.html All of the way art has evolved, and in such a short period, really catches my fancy for some reason or another. I'd love to go to a museum full of just thing kind of stuff.

dhucerbin 14y ago
I hope you would like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XPpWE29yeiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X... It's a manifestation of El Lissitzky's idea - digital/electronic library.

Carioca 14y ago

Really cool, though it might be a little dangerous to use as an actual map in the London Underground.

wrekkuh 14y ago

From a design perspective this actually brings Harry Beck's inspiration for modern 'tube' maps full circle. The 'electrical schematic concept' revolutionized the way these maps were drawn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck

acarabott 14y ago

I saw this at the design museum, he also made a denki puzzle radio http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/23447/yuri-suzuki-technology-will-save-us-denki-puzzle.html http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/23447/yuri-suzu...

mds101 14y ago

An interview with the designer is available at https://vimeo.com/album/2067663/video/48937359 https://vimeo.com/album/2067663/video/48937359