Robert Moor’s “On Trails: An Exploration”

A non-fiction work on the very nature of trails, inspired by the author's hike of the Appalachian Trail

Everyone is familiar with the way one’s mind strays while on a long walk. Seven years ago, author Robert Moor embarked upon a very long walk—in fact, it was a five-month-long thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. During that time, he took copious amounts of notes about the experience and began to consider writing a book. “On Trails: An Exploration,” out today, is far more than …

Mapping The London Underground On The Street

Rather than wait in line to enter a crowded tube station, what if one could walk on a colored path that corresponds directly to the train underground and arrive at the next stop? That’s what UK design student Jamie Quantrill proposed at the recent Design & Art Direction Awards, sponsored by Ford. The project, named Streetlines, won the New Blood Award and would offer a …

Contemporary Art Inspired by Classic Italian Horror Films

“My Blood Runs Yellow: A Tribute to Giallos” at LA's Project Gallery

For anyone smitten with classic Italian horror films—a genre of thrills, eroticism, drama and gore—a new exhibition in Los Angeles pays tribute by way of artworks from 13 contemporary artists. “My Blood Runs Yellow: A Tribute to Giallos,” at Project Gallery, was curated by Alix Sloan of Sloan Fine Art and her husband Drew Fitzpatrick, the person who introduced her to Giallo (a term that …