Posts tagged travel

This Is What Happens When Your Dad's A Graphic Designer — Ewoks!

Anthony Herrera’s young children we’re bummed they didn’t see any Ewoks living in Sequoia National Park during a recent visit. Problem solved. Magic and wonder restored…

And it’s awesome. (via)

(Image © Anthony Herrera)

NASA Face In Space

NASA wants to put a picture of you on the final space shuttle mission and launch it into orbit.

There’s also an option to send just your name. I felt safer going that route.

I didn’t feel comfortable sending a photo. You know, just in case the pod aliens get a hold of it and use it to single me out for assimilation once their invasion begins.

Then there’s the worry that the government’s orbiting death ray satellites might use their über-classified facial recognition system to target me for assassination after I remove my new mattress tags.

And I just want to say, for the record… these tin foil hats are not “One Size Fits All,” like the website says…

Chicago Airport Music Tracker

You’re traveling through O’Hare, maybe Midway. Your flight’s been delayed… again. You eat another overpriced meal at the neon-gasm food court thunderdome. Amid the grating gate call overlap, you hear a tune piped through the loudspeakers you can’t get out of your head all the way to your final destination.

Now you can find out what it was, thanks to the Chicago Music Commission.

SLEEPBOX

Imagine the situation that you are in the modern metropolis, where you are not a local resident, and you have not booked a hotel. It is not a comfortable situation, because in the modern, aggressive cities there are no opportunities to rest and relax. If you want to sleep, while waiting your plane or train, it may cause many security and hygiene problems. We believe that urban infrastructure should be more comfortable for people. For this purpose we have developed a device: SLEEPBOX. It provides moments of quiet sleep and rest from the city without wasting time searching for a hotel.

More than a pinch of Kubrick (re: Masters, Lange and Archer) and Mead in this functional industrial design from Russian architecture firm Arch Group.

Definitely beats misaligning your spine trying to catch winks during layovers at airport gate waiting areas. (Via)

Internal “Day” View. (Image: Arch Group)

External View. (Image: Arch Group)

Vintage 'Star Wars' Travel Posters

Artist Steve Thomas re-imagines a galaxy far, far away from an era much closer to home.

(Image © Steve Thomas)

Zillow Ranks 20 Best Cities To Trick-Or-Treat

Chicago came in at a respectable #7. Los Angeles, a measly #14. Any idea who took #1…? (via)

Travel Warning – U.S. Dept. Of State, Bureau Of Consular Affairs: Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of

File under: “Duh.”

Besides, the barbecue’s not so great.

World Monuments Fund (dot org)

A private organization dedicated to preserving “important architectural and cultural heritage sites around the globe.”

Check out their 100 Most Endangered Sites from The 2008 Monuments Watch.