What follows are four plates from architect O.M. Ungers’ City Metaphors which were included in a larger exhibit on view in 1976 at the Cooper-Hewitt called MAN transFORMS. It was the kick-off show of the institutions’ rebirth as the Smithsonian Institution’s Nation Museum of Design. I’m lucky enough to have procured the exhibition catalog, which is just chock full of goodies, and the tiny taste which follows are taken from it’s pages.
City Metaphors from the vaults of the Cooper-Hewitt
This is beautiful and very interesting!!!
I wanted to post it in my blog, as part as my ever growing interest in mapping, i was making a search for Cooper-Hewitt images from this exhibit in larger scale then you provided, and found none…can you tell me please, where can i find some larger scale images?
@moon: I don’t know that they exist on the web and I already trashed the full scale scans that I did. Sorry moon.
that’s ok. they are great as they are !
i’ll use them as they are, if you don’t mind (credit will be given - be sure of that) if that’s ok with you.
Ha ha. Of course Moon. No worries.
Thanks.
and i’ll be waiting for your “More to come..” from this
not only images, but some of the texts that was related to this exhibit
p.s
i wonder, is it you who decide upon the word of verification below each post? i do like the idea that it is not some letters with no meanings, but actually a word that make sense in all insanity around us “:)
Those are wonderful.