Posts Tagged ‘Brussels’

Vegetal City: Idealistic Visions of Our Urban Future

Friday, July 31st, 2009

lotus city, vegetal, brussels, utopian art, utopian design, utopia, paradise

Ever wonder what our modern-day cities could look like 100 years from now in a perfect world? Architect Luc Schuiten endeavors to find out with his Vegetal City installation, currently on display in Brussels. The entrance, made up of an archway with branches covered in blinking yellow lights, leads the exhibit’s visitors into a magical world of architectural drawings and models of cities where city residents live peacefully with nature.


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Belgian Ad Agency Designs Typeface Using a Moving 55 MPG Toyota iQ Microcar

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
toyota iq font typeface photo Font Designed by a Moving Car A team composed of two typographers, a pro driver, and an interactive artist/programmer has been hired by Toyota and Happiness Brussels (a Belgian ad agency) to pull off a pretty original PR stunt to market the Toyota iQ microcar (see more photos of the 55 MPG iQ here). The goal was to design a typeface by tracking the moving car using special software, and the whole undertaking has been documented with photos and video. You can download the font for free belo...Read the full story on TreeHugger