50 and 50: Designer’s Atas
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}
Bronwyn
April 28, 2011 at 10:17 am //
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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April 28, 2011 at 11:42 am //
wow amazing colors, they are lovely
Leslie
April 28, 2011 at 2:15 pm //
Brilliant & beautiful.
risamay
April 28, 2011 at 4:49 pm //
Awesome!
Have you seen these?
http://www.twoeyeballs.com/art/zenphoto/the-fifty-u/
risamay
April 28, 2011 at 4:51 pm //
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/
Marisa Midori
April 28, 2011 at 5:14 pm //
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!