Lehel Kovács: Google Street View Illustrations

A Hungarian designer uses Google Streetview to illustrate an alphabet of whimsical cityscapes

> What happens when when the ABCs meet Google Map’s street views? Using the online superpower’s vast database of photography, Budapest-based designer Lehel Kovács illustrates a partial alphabet of locations such as Florence, Indianapolis and Ostrava in a series of vignettes. Kovács’ whimsically simple style strips each picture down to near outline form, strategically coloring them to highlight each place’s main attraction. With a degree …

Eat Out: Restaurant Design and Food Experiences

A new book explores restaurants with both unique cuisine and contemporary design

The upcoming book “Eat Out!” highlights restaurants that shine for their adeptness at creating the full culinary experience—from an impeccably designed interior to an equally well-planned menu, each location offers their guests a unique venture in both gastronomy and contemporary design. (Click on any image for expanded view.) Available February 2010, the book explores a full spectrum of current trends and future paradigms relating to …

Behance Action Method Journals

The latest Behance notebook collection sparks productivity and spares the environment

Expanding their Action Method line of notebooks, creative network Behance teamed up with New Leaf Paper to create three new models that encourage productivity without harming the planet. Building on Behance’s series of notebooks that make their task-based system tangible, the 100% ecologically-sound versions also help today’s creative community bring ideas to fruition. Designed to maximize organization, the layout channels thoughts and concepts into action …