What happens when you take something from the past and ask designers to give it a fresh spin? 50 and 50 is a project dreamed up by illustrator Dan Cassaro which is an attempt to take a new look at the US through the eyes of fifty designers representing the 50 states and re-imaging their state motto in a new visual form. The idea is to create something steeped in history, but with a modern spin in a unique kind of "designer's atlas." You can view all 50 states in the gallery here. {thanks to Miss Dale Marie for this awesome find!}
Speaking of States, check out John Holcomb's The United Plates of America, in case you missed it the first go.
{Images via 50 and 50}
Thursday, April 28, 2011
50 and 50: Designer's Atas
Labels: 50 states, collaboration, design, illustration, projects, state mottos, USA
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6 comments:
Wow, those are lovely! I also really really like his colour scheme - the rusty coral-ey red (I don't know what it's called) and the navy are lovely - it reminds me an awful lot of Kali Ciesemier's work...
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wow amazing colors, they are lovely
Brilliant & beautiful.
Awesome!
Have you seen these?
http://www.twoeyeballs.com/art/zenphoto/the-fifty-u/
And I did a much less exciting collection of states and mottos, once upon a time. Here's my shout out to Cali, my home state!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/risamay/3961209178/
Ohh I'm so glad you shared this! I didn't know they were all complete now. I only saw Meg Hunt's on her website. This is such a neat idea!
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