Mar
09
2010

To seek, to find, to design and not to yield.

Design Something Everyday 14/365 This was a design based on one of my favorite poems, Ulysses, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem is very moving, and has the great hero Ulysses (Odysseus in Greek) at the end of his life...

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Mar
05
2010

Polyphemus Gives Odysseus’s Men a Hand

Design Something Everyday: 12/365 Here's a little sketch for my design something every day project. Imagine yourself as one of clever Odysseus' men in the cave of the Cyclops, and one-eyed Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, reaches down to devour you,...

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Mar
04
2010

A Map of the Underworld according Virgil’s Aeneid Rendered as a Subway Map

Design Something Everyday 11/365: In honor of my love of maps, information graphics and Virgil, I decided to imagine Aeneas journey as if it were a subway map. So enjoy. Don't forget your subway token's for Charon! I have always...

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Feb
11
2009

Doodle of the Day for February 11, 2009

Odysseus is tempted by the song of the sirens, via boom box. Click for the full image.

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Feb
09
2009

Doodle of the Day for February 9, 2009

Odysseus hears the complaints of the dead while visiting the underworld to get directions. Elpenor let's Odysseus know, in no uncertain terms, that he needs a proper burial, Odysseus is unmoved. Click for the full image.

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