249. City Camera (after Yoko Ono)
atelier ying, nyc.
getting inspiration from reading Ono's wonderful book, "Grapefruit". She's so brainy. This design is adapted from her "City Piece, 1961". The small Moleskine reporter is close to the size of her book too. I thought any design that I would make in honor of this book should also have a kind of short poem quality.
This city camera is an empty depository of images as you walk all over New York city.
The empty 'chambers' are two detachable sake cups that metaphorically collect city images; in camera functionality they are double lens hoods for two pinhole apertures. The cube volume is the actual picture-taking chamber with a pair of insertable back plates so that the camera can take photos in two positions, one image of the sky and one of what is in front of you. The cup locks faintly recall those of the Kodak Brownie. Offered in a delightful yellow plastic.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2015 by David Lo.
249. City Camera (after Yoko Ono)
atelier ying, nyc.
getting inspiration from reading Ono's wonderful book, "Grapefruit". She's so brainy. This design is adapted from her "City Piece, 1961". The small Moleskine reporter is close to the size of her book too. I thought any design that I would make in honor of this book should also have a kind of short poem quality.
This city camera is an empty depository of images as you walk all over New York city.
The empty 'chambers' are two detachable sake cups that metaphorically collect city images; in camera functionality they are double lens hoods for two pinhole apertures. The cube volume is the actual picture-taking chamber with a pair of insertable back plates so that the camera can take photos in two positions, one image of the sky and one of what is in front of you. The cup locks faintly recall those of the Kodak Brownie. Offered in a delightful yellow plastic.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2015 by David Lo.