Archive for the 'Everydot' Category
Metrix Create Space in Eurostile
Monday, July 18th, 2011I made this laser-cut signage for Metrix in their house style: black and red, with Eurostile as the typeface. (The hanging sign now actually says “METRIX CREATE SPACE” instead of just “EAT”).
Up next: a laser-cut moveable letter board.
Werner, North Dakota
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011Bremen, North Dakota
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Sprague, Washington
Monday, May 16th, 2011Hastings, North Dakota
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Argleton, the Google town that only exists online
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
The nonexistent Argleton in Lancashire, England
From the Telegraph in the UK: “Argleton, a ‘phantom town’ in Lancashire that appears on Google Maps and online directories but doesn’t actually exist, has puzzled internet experts.” The photo is from Picasa user Mister Roy, who walked and photographed the nonexistent place in February 2009.
I’ve seen hundreds of Argletons in North Dakota. Of course, the difference is that North Dakota’s Argletons usually had, at some point in the past, a bit more concrete existence — though not necessarily that much more. Some of the places I photographed were ever only a railroad siding or post office. If they were big enough to end up on USGS topological maps in the 1970s, they’ve now secured a permanent digital existence thanks to the place name database distributed by the US Board on Geographic Names.











