Max Roberts really likes maps. Trained as a cognitive psychologist and a lecturer at the University of Essex, he began cultivating an immense knowledge of transit maps nearly 15 years ago, even writing a book on the subject. At some point, he thought he’d give design a try.
via Look, No Grid! NYC Reimagined As A Circular Metropolis | Co.Design.
A video that provides an incredible new perspective of Niagara Falls. Filmed from a DJI Phantom with a GoPro Hero 3.
A London-based duo gives locals and tourists a unique perspective on cities in North America and beyond.
The surprising transformation of houses of worship into beautiful spaces.
via Beautiful Churches That Have Been Converted into Secular Buildings – io9.
At some point in the past two million years, give or take half a million, the genus of great apes that would become modern humans crossed a unique threshold. Across unknowable reaches of time, they developed a communication system able to describe not only the world, but the inner lives of its speakers. They ascended — or fell, depending on your preferred metaphor — into language.
