DRAWINGS OF OBSOLETE CAMERAS: Volume I, Issue 6
Christine Berrie has done a series of great drawings of obsolete objects. And now…tote bags!
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My dad just sent me this site, Urban Sketchers, which is full of urban sketches by artists around the world. I like this one of newspaper boxes. Newspapers, of course, are possibly (and unfortunately) on the brink of obsolescence. These kinds of “honor boxes,” as they’re called, have been fading from cities from years. I still see them sometimes on streets, but they rarely have papers in them.
It was once pointed out to me that the USA Today honor box was designed to look like a TV in order to appeal to people who would rather be getting their news via boob tube but will settle for a newspaper if they are at a diner eating breakfast or on the train. The design, however, is out of date: TVs are no longer boxy things on pedestals. Also, any diner-goer or train-rider with a smart phone now can tune into the news whenever and wherever. (By news, I mean The Daily Show, of course).
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